Food and Drink (Category) - 309 posts

It's not easy to find good pizza in the Joburg CBD, especially on weekends. But Ben's Pizza on Loveday Street fits the bill.

My mom and I spent two days in the Robertson Wine Valley -- tasting wine, eating food, and soaking up the lovely small-town atmosphere.

NGC is an upscale neighborhood restaurant in an unusual spot in Blairgowrie. Don't be put off by the tire shop across the road -- this place is classy.

Visual and culinary highlights from my two-day ride from Pretoria to Cape Town on the Rovos Rail, the most luxurious train in Africa (maybe the world).

Zietsies is a guest house and private dining room on the border of Brixton and Auckland Park. I recommend it as a place to both eat and sleep.

Mooteebar is an avant-garde cocktail bar on 4th Avenue in Melville. If you're looking for a bit of adventure at happy hour, this is the place to go.

My new series, This Is the East, covers hidden spots on Johannesburg's East Rand. First up is the Croydon Bakery, which opened in 1980.

Food trucks are trendy in Joburg, and in fact all over the world. But serving people lunch out of a truck is actually nothing new.

My June restaurant of the month is Sumting Fresh, a South-African-Asian-American-fried-chicken-street-food restaurant in Norwood.

Tonino's is a classic South African dive bar in Orange Grove. The beer is cheap, the pizza is decent, and the staff and clientele are friendly. One of my top …

27 Boxes is a retail center made from recycled shipping containers on 4th Avenue in Melville. There have been some great developments there lately - here are 12 …

I've discovered a few secret Jozi coffeeshops, but Tarantino's Coffee Co in Marshalltown is the secret-est of the secret.