Twelfth in an occasional series about my favorite coffee shops in Joburg.
I’d nearly forgotten about the chilly day, more than two months ago, when Gail and I had a spontaneous coffee and lunch at Red Door Café in Edenvale. We had just gone shopping for knitting supplies at Elli’s Needlework and realized Red Door was on the next block.
Eleventh in an occasional series about my favorite coffee shops in Joburg.
Vice, a coffee shop next to CNR Café in Craighall Park, has become a semi-regular coffee hangout for me lately. I’ve held off on blogging about it because it’s a tricky place to describe.
Tenth in an occasional series about my favorite coffee shops in Joburg.
Remember the good old days, when I used to meet people for coffee in interesting places and then blog about it? I’m ready to bring those days back.
I’ve already blogged about Rand Steam and how it is by far the most pleasant suburban shopping center in Joburg. But when I wrote that post I didn’t yet know about Rialheim and Boho Café & Co. – in fact I don’t think they’d opened at that point. As it turns out, this corner of Rand Steam is the best spot in the place.
This post, featuring Ophelia Café, is the ninth in an occasional series about my favorite coffee shops in Joburg.
Making a great coffee shop is about more than just serving great coffee. In the global indie coffee culture of 2019, coffee shops must also have style. They must be bright and Instagrammable, in a cool but unlikely location, with pretty tableware and light fixtures. The food must be good. The servers must be attentive and friendly, preferably with tattoos and cool but effortless-looking hairstyles. The furniture must be attractive and comfortable but not too comfortable, as customers need to stay awake as they type away at their MacBooks.
This post, featuring AFRIKOA Café, is the eighth in an occasional series about my favorite coffee shops in Joburg.
I recently wrote a story about AFRIKOA Café – an African chocolate café, champagne bar, and coffee shop – for Lonely Planet Travel News. I want to mention it briefly here too because it’s something really new and different.