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Hordes of new restaurants in Cape Town and Winelands!
The flood of new restaurant openings continues, especially in Cape Town. We update information about newly opened and closed restaurants continuously. Restaurant Openings # Chef Luke Dale-Roberts has...
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Restaurant openings continue in Cape Town and Winelands, with some closures!
The flood of new restaurant openings continues, especially in Cape Town. Surprising was the closure yesterday of the three-month old Ranoushe Lebanese restaurant in the V&A Waterfront, the shortest...
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Restaurant Review: Live Bait opens in Muizenberg as Greek-style seafood...
Live Bait is the newest restaurant to open in the Harbour House Group, owned by Michael Townsend. It has an iconic view over Muizenberg Beach and its colored beach cabins, and is a Greek-style seafood...
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Bertus Basson @ The Ritz to turn heads in Sea Point from 15 November!
Sea Point is to get a shake-up when the newly renovated The Ritz hotel opens its doors to its first guests on 1 November, and the revolving restaurant and champagne bar at the top of the Ritz open...
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Restaurant Openings in Cape Town and Winelands slow down, after record 2016!
After a record year of restaurant openings, the pace of new restaurants opening in Cape Town and in the Winelands has slowed down, with no new restaurant openings in January, to our knowledge. We...
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Olive Branch Deli Cape Town’s best kept secret in Lifestyle on Kloof, market...
I don’t often visit Lifestyle on Kloof, but needed to buy something at Wellness Warehouse yesterday morning, so spent an interesting morning, revisiting the centre, and some of its more quirky shops....
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Restaurants continue to open in Cape Town and Winelands: April 2017!
The Granary Café, The Silo Rooftop, Bosjes Kombuis, The Deck at Hidden Valley, The Chicken Shop, Harrington’s Cocktail Lounge, and Yuzu Kitchen & Bar opened in Cape Town and the Winelands during...
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No new restaurants open in Cape Town and Winelands, iconic The Tasting Room...
It would appear that there were no new restaurant openings in Cape Town and the Winelands during April. Iconic restaurant The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français closed it doors at the end of April,...
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September explodes with new Restaurant Openings in Cape Town and Winelands!
After a quiet August as far as restaurant openings in Cape Town and the Winelands are concerned, September is seeing a number of new restaurants opening between now and the end of the month. We update...
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Restaurant openings continue unabated in Cape Town and Winelands: October 2017!
The explosion of restaurant openings in Cape Town and the Winelands in September is flowing into October too. Last month saw the opening of Tiger’s Milk Kloof Street, Marrow, Davy Croquettes, The Yard,...
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Sweet Service Award goes to Discovery Vitality; Sour Service Award goes to...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Discovery Vitality, for keeping its promises on offering its physically active members cash back on their purchases of healthy foods at Woolworths and Pick ‘n Pay, on...
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Waterfront Leathers Sweet Service; Bootlegger Sour Service Award!
The Sweet Service Award goes to Waterfront Leathers, and its sales assistant Suraya Isaacs, for her excellent service in selling me a Cellini suitcase at a reasonable price. She was knowledgeable about...
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Nuri Sushi Factory launches innovative ‘Sushi on a Bagel’ Breakfast Menu,...
On Saturday morning I attended the launch of the innovative new Nuri Sushi Factory Breakfast Menu in Sea Point, invited by Brewz Krew MD Thabied Harris. The menu rolled out at the Sea Point branch...
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‘Dark Kitchen’ Restaurant trend grows, enhanced by Corona Lockdown, operating...
I first heard about ‘Dark Kitchens’ when I met Ian Halfon, CEO of Slick Restaurant Group, last week, his company having opened Cape Town’s newest Dark Kitchen on New Church Street in the City centre....
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 31 of Level 3, 1 July 2020.
Wednesday 1 July 2020, Day 31 of Level 3, after 66 days at Levels 5 and 4 Corona Gratitude #Grateful for a beautiful summery Winter day, ahead of a weather change tomorrow; for a good working...
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Restaurants offering Sit-Down service in Cape Town and Winelands in Lockdown...
On Monday restaurants were allowed to reopen for Sit-Down Service, after having only been allowed to offer a Food Delivery service from May, and a Food and Alcohol Delivery and Collection Service...
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Corona Virus : Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 32 of Level 3, 2 July 2020.
Thursday 2 July 2020, Day 32 of Level 3, after 66 days at Levels 5 and 4 Corona Gratitude #Grateful for a lovely day, cold initially, leading to light rain in the early afternoon, and then a sunny...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 5 of Level 3, 5 July 2020.
Sunday 5 July 2020, Day 35 of Level 3 after 66 days at Levels 5 and 4 Corona Gratitude #Grateful for a typical Cape Town day, at least two seasons in one day, with light rain most of this morning and...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 77 of Level 3, 16 August 2020.
Sunday 16 August 2020, Day 77 of Level 3, after 66 days of Levels 5 and 4 Corona Gratitude #Grateful for my warm bed on this very cold evening, and having my cat kids on the bed with me; for the...
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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 42 of Level 1, 1 November 2020.
Sunday 1 November 2020, Day 42 of Level 1, Day 220 of Lockdown Corona Gratitude #Grateful for a fabulous day, the warmest this summer at 26C, and up to 30C in town; for the fire at the foot of Table...
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