#Restaurants - 128 posts

It’s Day 54 of the South African lockdown, and my big excitement was going to Patisserie de Paris for croissants. Lockdown photo 54: Gift, looking …

I'm so confused about about covid-19, I'm no longer sure it's okay to go out to restaurants or encourage others to do so. Anyway, I like Bamboo Thai.

Sweet Tea and Chickadee, an Emmarentia café serving American southern cuisine, serves the best -- in fact the only -- American biscuits in Joburg.

Eating a green chile cheeseburger in New Mexico was a lifechanging culinary experience. Read more about green chiles and other great things in New Mexico.

When I visit an interesting new Jozi restaurant, I don't always get around to blogging about it. Here are several good ones I've eaten at in recent weeks.

Hodad's in Edenvale is the best kind of fast food restaurant: a locally owned one, serving fresh, affordable fare that's far superior to McDonald's or KFC.

Picasso's Mexican Taqueria, a South-African-owned Tex-Mex restaurant inspired by Greeks and named after a Spaniard, is in White River, Mpumalanga.

Ophelia Coffee Shop in Emmarentia just might be the prettiest coffee shop in all of Joburg. The coffee isn't half bad either.

Ba-Pita is a Middle Eastern restaurant that used to be in Yeoville but has now re-opened in the vibiest section on 7th Street in Melville.

I'm not a vegan but I'm all for going meat-free whenever possible. When I heard there was a secret vegan restaurant hidden in a petrol station, I went.

There's a cocktail revolution on in Joburg -- bartenders are becoming more and more like chefs. Here are five of the best cocktail bars in town.

Rand Steam, a historic site in Richmond, was nearly destroyed by developers. The new shopping centre there incorporates elements of the site's history.