A number of new restaurants have opened recently in Cape Town, and this is a positive sign that restaurateurs see an end to the credit crunch and are positive about the future.

New restaurants, as featured on the Eat Out website, include Bravado, an Italian restaurant in the previous Melissa’s in Green Point; an Indian restaurant Bhandaris in Tokai; the bistro Cafe Sociale in Woodstock; a fusion restaurant Cheyne’s in the City Bowl; and Kassia and Figg, a deli and health shop in Kalk Bay. 

In the Helshoogte Pass between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek the chic Delaire Graff Estate restaurant has opened with chef Christian Campbell at the helm.   It promises to offer fine-dining at its best, and will be an interesting counterpoint to Tokara directly across the road.

In Knysna the new DISH restaurant, with beautiful interior decor, has opened in The Rex Hotel.   The chef was previously with Tank in Cape Town.

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