"Kanpur

Do

* Walk in d morning at Motijheel.
* Watch movies at Rave3 or the new malls.
* Check out the market of Naveen market, ppn market, mall road, arya nagar, swaroop nagar, tilak Nagar, gumti no 5

Buy

* Leather Goods on Meston Raod (Bada Chauraha)
* Clothes at Gumti no. 5, Naveen Market, P. Road
* Utensils, Sarees, Bangles and lot of other stuff at reasonable rates at Sisamau
* Christ Church College

Eat

Kanpur is a great place for “Chat” lover’s, city is planked with chat shops serving pani puri, allu tikki, dahai chat etc. at Birhana Road (Shanker), Mall Road, Swaroop Nagar (Bombay Bhelpuri, The Chat), 80Ft Road Etc.(Hathras), Meston Road (Hathras), P. Road (Hanuman Chat), famous for mouth watering sweets.

South-indian: IIT gate

Fast-food: Little Chef (Civil Lines) - one of first restaurants to have started the fast food craze.... still offers wonderful ice-creams, 0512 (Civil Lines) - named for the telephone code of kanpur, it offers a range of delicacies, specially the indian style pizza & pasta.

Non-veg lovers: Biryani. Swaroop Nagar (Baba, Makhan Singh, Energy Point, Tandoori nights), Parade (Rakesh Biryani, Shahi Darbar), Bekon Ganj (Baba), Bakarmandi (Peru)

Among the famous sweets in Kanpur are Rasgolla from Ghosh Misthan Bhandar (80 feet road), Petha from Agra Sweets (Gumti) and Peda of Ram Misthan Bhandar, Sisamau, Sweets From Bhikharam, Sweets from Mithas Swaroop Nagar, Kaju Bari from Tewari (Birhana Road).

"Banarsi ke ladoo" serves the best boondi ladoos, which are world famous. Infact from a small shop banarsi has grown into a huge store with lots of branches all over the city. The sweet store always has a huge line outside it during all festivities, where the ladoos need to be booked in advanced. Its ladoos have travelled to america also, and is a hot favourite.

Thaggu ke Ladu This is a small shop next to Somdutt Plaza. Specialty of this shop are ladoo's(Balls of dried milk) and icecream. Although high in calories, ladoos are very delicious. Bunty & Babli was also shot here.

Another popular food junction is the lane at arya nagar, with eatries serving everything from chat, south indian, biryani, egg rolls, burgers, chats to ice creams.

Rave 3 and Moti rave are also becoming popular destinations for great food, with restaaurants like antarang(tandoori), chin mi(authentic chinese), palate( continental/mexican/lebanese). The food court as Moti rave, isnt bad wither for a quick grab before a movie.

A popular restaurant would also be Kwality at the Mall road. Old and popular this is with its charms of a diner which serves au gratin/baked vegetables still as a delicacy, and where tutti frutti and its famous pudding essentially close a meal. Must try are the desserts here, theyre irresistable.

For a range of multi cuisine restaurants vist The Mall, Naveen Market, Civil Lines, Sarvodaya Nagar (Moti Rave) & Swaroop Nagar , restaurants open to 11:00 PM. Check out Aromas in Swaroop Nagar for some awesome burgers. Try the mushroom burger if you're the adventurous kind; you won't be disappointed.

No meal in Kanpur can be completed without eating pan, hence, if you're near cantt, the mall road, near phool bagh gives you excellent paan options, or may just drive till birhana road and grab a pan there. Around the other side however, the lane near halet, is a haven of pan vendors. With alternating medicine and CT scan clinics, the pans here are the best in the city. The pan shops are open comfortably till 2:00am in the night. Perfect reason to go out on a drive.

Drink

There is a famous tea vendor named Banarsi Tea Shop at Motijheel chauraha (crossing) who sells only tea and there are always flocks of people waiting to have his tea, especially in the morning. You can also try the pubs at Landmark Hotel or the new malls."