#Restaurants - 128 posts

Here are a few of my suggestions for great places to have high tea in Jozi.

Mexican/Latin-American food is one of the things I’ve missed most in South Africa. There are a couple of Mexican restaurants in Joburg, including one in …

It’s interesting that I chose this particular time to return to America. Summer is drawing to an end here, while it’s just heating up back in …

Pop-ups have taken over Johannesburg. Pop-up clothing shops, pop-up restaurants, pop-up coffeehouses, pop-up night-clubs…you name it. It’s all …

I’ve always loved the Joburg Central Business District (CBD). But until recently most of the time I spent in the CBD was on weekends, which means I missed …

Last night I had dinner at the Darkie Café. I’m writing about it because: The Darkie Café is smack in the middle of downtown Jozi, in the mining district …

UPDATE (August 2017): Sadly, the Leopard has left Melville and reinvented itself as a much smaller deli at 44 Stanley in neighboring Milpark. The new Leopard …

UPDATE: As of April 2014, I am sad to report that Amamus Café is closed. Read about my new favorite croissant in Jozi. Amamus Café Bakery Instagram of Amamus …

UPDATE (OCTOBER 2017): Alas, Café Mexicho has closed down. It had a good run though. Fortunately there are several good alternatives around town – read …

My birthday is all about 7s this year. Lucky? I hope so. Light fixture at the Liberation Café, Melville. (Photo: David Penney) My birthday is actually today, …

A fellow Melville blogger, Chuck V., recently referred to me as “the Melville American”. I was flattered; it’s fun to think of myself as THE …

Yesterday I attended the Founders Day ceremony at St. Stithians College, a Joburg prep school. I was invited by a wonderful lady named Debbie, whose children go …