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Restaurant Review: Salmon Bar in Franschhoek serves almost only… salmon!
The Salmon Bar at The Yard in Franschhoek recently re-opened in a new venue in the same centre, but now is visible to the main road. The new venue has an odd shape, but its interior decor is...
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Bastille Festival gives Franschhoek French food and wine flair!
For the 18th year running, Franschhoek will don its red, blue and white flags and bunting to celebrate its French Huguenot past next weekend of 16 and 17 July, celebrated by its most popular annual...
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Taste South Africa new multi-brand winetasting venue in Franschhoek
In walking around Franschhoek during the Bastille Festival yesterday, I was surprised to discover Taste South Africa, the most beautiful transformation of what was previously the Le Grange decor shop...
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Franschhoek pop-ups with October ‘Art in Clay’ exhibitions, Music Festival,...
Franschhoek understands the value of regular events, and the power they have in attracting visitors to the village. During October it is hosting its first ‘Franschhoek Art in Clay’ ceramics...
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Hot new Cape restaurants opening: Burrata, Orphanage, Bruce’s Boat House, and...
Our list of latest restaurant openings and closures fortunately lists more openings than closures, and will be updated continuously, as we receive information. Cape Town * Neil Grant, ex-sommelier of...
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Deluxe Coffeeworks expands, one of leading restaurant coffee brands!
Listening to Carl Wessel, co-owner of Deluxe Coffeeworks, it sounds as if their successful coffee roasting business has just evolved over time, with little business planning and marketing, its...
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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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The Yard opens in Waterfront’s Silo District as multi-cultural cuisine...
The new The Yard in the Silo District of the V&A Waterfront opened last week, as a multi-cultural cuisine restaurant, but also offering a bar, a homeware shop, and a Deli. It is the most unique...
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Are there too many new restaurant openings in Cape Town and Winelands?:...
The explosion of restaurant openings in Cape Town and the Winelands in the last two months is a concern to many, both as restaurant lovers, in that one cannot keep up, and as restaurant owners, as...
View ArticleBeloved Carte Blanche presenter Derek Watts passes away.
Today Derek Watts, the well-known, respected, and loved Carte Blanche TV presenter, passed away. He was 74 years old. He was a presenter for 35 years. News 24 writes, quoting his long-standing fellow...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the Camps Bay CID Steering Committee.
Yesterday I attended the first meeting of the proposed Camps Bay CID. It is to have three legs: Crime prevention, Homelessness prevention, and Environment/Cleanliness. The Steering Committee is heavily...
View ArticleChef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen becomes WWF Ambassador
Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen of the JAN Restaurant Group has announced that he is a new Ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund. The article in his weekly newsletter of 25 August follows below:...
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