Varsoo by Soam, founder Pinky Chandan Dixit's newest venture, is housed in a 120-year-old heritage building in South Bombay. Photo courtesy: Special Arrangement

If you’ve spent time in the queue outside Soam wishing you could book a table, here’s your answer. Founder Pinky Chandan Dixit has opened Varsoo by Soam, a reservation-friendly venture that carries Soam’s most-loved dishes like moong dal sheera, handvo, panki, khichu, muthiya and turiya paatra, alongside newer additions like peru ananas ki chaat with crushed peanuts, a flavourful salad.

Tucked inside a heritage building that is over 120 years old, right above Aamchee, Varsoo is designed by Saloni Kothari of Studio SKO, who has worked alongside Dixit to honour the structure’s original character. Arched doorways, high ceilings, original windows, grand wooden doors — all of it has been preserved and woven into the new space.…