Say hello to Penny Noire
There is a sprinkling of female wine experts in the Mother City and sommelier Penny Setti is one of them. At her newly opened…
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Coffee culture flourishes in downtown Cape Town
The Central City’s coffee culture is alive and well. SANDY WELCH goes in pursuit of the perfect brew. There was a time when…
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Entrepreneur Judi Fourie on surviving lockdown
Central City chef and entrepreneur Judi Fourie reveals how the pandemic not only tested her one-year-old eatery, Pilcrow &…
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Hitting mute on Zoom fatigue
Over 300 million people globally are now using Zoom every day. While virtual meetings have become a part of our professional…
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Between Us...A Bree st success story
They were 21 when they started their first Cape Town restaurant. Ten years later, the Friedberg twins, who own and operate…
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Refuel & refresh - The CCID's guide to CBD eateries
As busy Cape Town Central City staffers, we work, live, eat and breathe the inner city. Here we let the cat out of the bag and…
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Matt Manning: CBD chef extraordinaire
We know Cape Town dining is world-class. Grub & Vine restaurant, in the heart of the CBD, now has accolades to prove it,…
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Unwind in these Central City bars
Looking for a sophisticated space for a sundowner? Or want to live it up (safely, of course) in a cool cocktail venue with…
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Liam Tomlin's vision for historic Cape Town square
Restaurateur Liam Tomlin of Chefs Warehouse restaurants has been chipping away at an exciting, new Central City venture…
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Guts and grit: Oxalis Eatery's recipe
Oxalis Eatery bravely opened to inner-city Cape Town on a rainy Friday at the end of August, on a shoestring budget, a wish and…
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Jason Whitehead: Chef in quarantine
“Covid-19 is a virus to the body but medicine to humanity.” These words by Ladles of Love founder Danny Diliberto epitomise…
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Foodies’ favourites central city eateries
The retail industry is under siege, but many eateries in the Cape Town Central City have managed to ride out the storm…
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Kitchen confidential: Guy Bennett
For the past three months, Guy Bennett, executive chef at the Cape Town CBD’s hip-and-happening Gorgeous George hotel, has not…
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Jacqui Simpson's food market success story
In the past decade, entrepreneur Jacqui Simpson has transformed St Georges Mall with the Earth Fair Food Market. She talks…
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Pilcrow & Cleaver: A restaurant with a twist
Judi Fourie’s 10-year global culinary journey has culminated in Pilcrow & Cleaver, an exciting new Central City eaterie. A…
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Tjing Tjing's winning ways
It’s like a little slice of Japan smack bang in the heart of the Cape Town Central City and its offering is winning one…
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A day in the culinary life of Dan Plato
He may be impossibly busy, but even the Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Dan Plato, has to eat. We caught up with him at the Wimpy…
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A FYN achievement
When FYN Restaurant opened its doors in 2018, its founders undoubtedly hoped it would be a success. Fact is, it has surpassed…
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Cape Town Coffee Festival deemed a success
The long-awaited Cape Town Coffee Festival’s successful debut has further enhanced the Central City’s vibrant and growing…
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Barista Moses Lebofa talks coffee
His delivery is smooth and easy and contains words like “nutty”, “caramel”, “bold” and “chocolatey”. Then the conversation…
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Cooking up a storm at Gorgeous George
It’s all happening at Gorgeous George, the innovative downtown boutique hotel set to open in St Georges Mall in April. At the…
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