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
Archive for November, 2009
Cafe Talk
Friday, November 27th, 2009The humble toasted sarmie
Saturday, November 14th, 2009When does the humble toasted sarmie become something other than a humble toasted sarmie? And the answer is when you happily pay double at Mon petit pain. And what’s more, for a whole lot less than you get elsewhere. There is no side salad, no greasy french fries and tomato sauce, not even a salt and vinegar crisp or two. All you get is two slices of bread that stand proud on the plate covering whatever tasty stuff is tucked away inside.
And somewhere in all of this is an important lesson for all would be Knysna restaunteers. It is always busy. Yet despite this the coffee is always as good as you will get anywhere else.
