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AAFRICAA Store Desk verified

Gifts & Crafts · V&A Waterfront

Independent lifestyle emporium curating contemporary African design — fashion, jewellery, homeware and gifts from the continent's leading independent brands and designers.

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Clay Cafe Hout Bay

Art Classes · Hout Bay

Paint-your-own-ceramics studio and family restaurant on Main Road; choose a bisque piece, glaze it in-house and collect it fired.

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Massimo's

Restaurants · Hout Bay

Wood-fired pizza and Italian home cooking at Oakhurst Farm Park, owner-run by Massimo Orione and his wife Tracy since 2009.

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Tiger's Milk Kloof Street Desk verified

Restaurants · Gardens

Kloof Street branch of the South African restaurant group, with a large outdoor section on one of the city's busiest evening streets.

The Corner Store Desk verified

Gifts & Crafts · City Centre

Design-forward Bree Street collaborative space celebrating African creativity, from considered retail and slow luxury to bread out of its own oven.

Vela Projects Desk verified

Art Galleries · City Centre

Plein Street fine art gallery showing a boutique selection of local contemporary artists, both represented and not.

InnovaTech Group — enterprise technology for growing SA businesses

Systems integration & orchestration, bespoke software engineering, and a SaaS venture studio. Cape Town-based.

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The Indian Oven Hout Bay Desk verified

Restaurants · Hout Bay

Owner-run North Indian kitchen in the Red Sails centre, cooking in a clay tandoor with sauces, breads and desserts made in house.

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WINK Cafe Foreshore Desk verified

Coffee Shops · Foreshore

Street-level cafe on Heerengracht doing specialty coffee, pastries and harvest bowls for the surrounding offices; walk-in trade alongside the aparthotel above it.

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