The Chai Shoppe @ The Hot Spot Over the years, the F7 Gol Market area had gained a reputation as being cursed among Islamabad’s property dealer community. In the 1980s, a prominent, well-connected family started Islamabad’s attempt at “Fine Dining” with an upmarket restaurant designed…
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The Chessboard That Thought It Was A Dancefloor The outdoor chess giant chess pieces are finally completed dispelling forever the rumour that the chequered floor outside was a dancefloor! For ants maybe.
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The Hot Spot’s 1st Horror Film Festival in Islamabad 1999 The Hot Spot Islamabad Horror Film Festival – a landmark in Islamabad’s “culturally” emaciated calendar manages to notch on a few thousand more rupees to the Edhi Fund. The event is organized as a fitting…
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Movies For A Cause Edhi’s Animal Welfare The Hot Spot’s Movie screenings had collected small amounts over the months, and once in a while, we dropped by their main Edhi Welfare Centre office in Islamabad to donate the collected funds. The money was specially earmarked…
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Experiment Caramel Almond Crunch The Hot Spot “Think Tank”, after days of scrutiny, testing and analysis, deem the Caramel Almond Crunch a worthy “Flavour of the Month”. It proves to be an instant success, and thus from being a one-off, it is made a permanent…
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No Publicity, No Media, No Cameras, No Politicians, Movie Stars, Generals, Fanfare, Advertising, Ribbon Cutting – The Hot Spot opens quietly in sleepy T Block on a chilly February Evening on the 2nd of February, 1999.
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The Herald on The Hot Spot The Herald’s Ali F. Zaidi writes on The Hot Spot just a few months after we opened our first official outlet in Islamabad. Apologies for using the flag mentioned in the write-up. It was brainless and insensitive to use,…
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“The Hottest Spot in Town”Pulse Magazine The Hot Spot is “Again The Hottest Spot In Town”, claims Pulse Magazine.
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The First Official Hot Spot We finally managed to find a space in Islamabad that we think suited us. An obsolete restaurant turned into a failed plant nursery known among the community as a “cursed” area for any venture! We started up using my horror…
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The Litre Pack, drawn by Sara Khan, is launched One step at a time… “The Old” by Sara Khan “The New” – by Sara Khan