Nauticus has just re-opened for the second time. This after a fire on their first night two weeks ago. It has been taken over by Martyn Hill and it will be an interesting one to watch. Despite the ups and downs with restaurants there, we used to travel out to Brenton regularly and it would be nice to see something taking root and getting established. Crabs Creek has also changed hands. It’s going to be run by Ron Pocock and his wife whose intro to Knysna was the Blue Marina on Thesen. Cafe Ambosia is closing, in typical Knysna fashion, after being messed around by would be developers. Lush is to be reopened as a Tapas venue and I believe the bottom half of Dry Dock is being remodeled as a ’something’ lounge. This is being sponsored by Peroni  with their expensive Italian beer and the soccer crew in mind no doubt  . Does it come with a big screen and Rugby on tap after the event? Who knows? The maket is all over the place at the moment and it will be interesting to see where the chips finally fall. Morton’s is for sale but here’s hoping that the fish and cheap lunch will continue