Food and Drink (Category) - 309 posts

I've been on the hunt lately for good bagels in Joburg. This week I discovered the Bagel Zone in Fairmount, which has the best bagel selection I've found yet.

Linden is my second favorite Jozi suburb, after Melville. Here is a totally haphazard list of some of the things I like there.

In this installment of my Favorite Jozi Coffeeshops series I review Flynn Coffee, a tiny, hidden coffeeshop next to a furniture warehouse in Kramerville.

In a continuation of my occasional series on new Jozi coffeeshops, I bring you Thirdspace -- a coffeeshop and community working space -- in Fourways.

Bergbron Plaaskombuis is a traditional Afrikaans padstal, or roadside farm stall/cafe, in the middle of the West Rand suburbs. Go for breakfast and bring your …

In the first of an occasional series about my favorite new (or newly discovered) coffeeshops in Joburg, I bring you Yield Coffee Bar in Linden.

I was invited to spend an afternoon at Brightside Farm in Magaliesburg, where chef James Diack and his mother Janet produce much of the food served at James' …

In my second installment of Restaurant of the Month I feature Impi Brewing Co., a pizza and beer joint at Victoria Yards in Lorentzville.

Joburg now has its own winery open for tastings: Gerakaris Family Winery in Craighall Park. And the wine is fantastic. Go try it before the hordes descend.

In my first "restaurant of the month" post I quickly review Reserved Cafe, a small restaurant in the 27 Boxes center on 4th Avenue in Melville.

I blogged about a lot of interesting Jozi places in 2017, but there were also a lot of places I never got around to telling you about. Here are 10 of them.

Despite a strong Jewish community in Joburg, bagels are hard to find in this town. Luckily a reader tipped me off to Feigel's, a kosher deli in Glenhazel and …