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WHERE TO STAY
Westcliff Hotel
DOUBLES FROM $342
67 JAN SMUTS AVE., WESTCLIFF; 27-11/646-2400; www.westcliffhotel.orient-express.com
Ten Bompas Hotel
A suburban boutique hotel set in lush gardens close to Rosebank, with each of its 10 rooms styled by different local designers.
DOUBLES FROM $361
10 BOMPAS RD., DUNKELD WEST; 27-11/325-2442; www.tenbompas.com
Melrose Arch Hotel
Joburg's first design hotel, complete with a bar out back that has tables set in a shallow swimming pool.
DOUBLES FROM $290
1 MELROSE SQUARE, MELROSE ARCH; 27-11/214-6666; www.africanpridehotels.com
A Room with a View and a Hundred Angels
A stunning Tuscan-style B&B serving enormous breakfasts in a Provençal dining room. It's just a short walk from the hot spots of Melville.
DOUBLES FROM $107
1 TOLIP ST., MELVILLE; 27-11/482-5435
WHERE TO EAT
Gramadoelas
Next to Moyo in the Market Theatre; you'll find Cape Malay and North African dishes plus bizarre delicacies such as mopani worms and crocodile steak.
DINNER FOR TWO $37
MARKET THEATRE, BREE AND WOLHUTER STS., NEWTOWN; 27-11/838-6960
Primi Piatti
An industrial-style hipster hangout in the Zone, where a staff clad in orange jumpsuits serve Italian bistro-style bites.
DINNER FOR TWO $12
SHOP FF20A, THE ZONE, OXFORD RD., ROSEBANK; 27-11/447-0300
The Singing Fig
Meticulous French Provençal and New World cuisine. Try roast chicken breast encased in ostrich carpaccio, paired with award-winning South African estate wines.
DINNER FOR TWO $45
44 THE AVENUE, NORWOOD; 27-11/728-2434
Yum
Celebrity chef Dario De Angeli crafts exquisite specialties such as sushi of foie gras and roast duck on brandied dried fruits.
DINNER FOR TWO $48
26 GLENEAGLES RD., GREENSIDE 27-11/486-1645
AFTER DARK
Carfax
Joburg's hottest club, in a former warehouse in Newtown, is packed with a stylish multi-racial crowd dancing to kwaito, house, and European beats.
OPEN ONLY EVENT NIGHTS
39 PIM ST., NEWTOWN; 27-11/834-9187
Color Bar
44 STANLEY AVE., MILPARK; 27-11/482-2038
Six Restaurant & Cocktail Bar
SEVENTH ST. BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD AVES., MELVILLE; 27-11/482-8306; www.six.co.za
La Suite
Inventive cocktails and French dishes are served in this plush restaurant-lounge owned by a South African, a Cameroonian, and a Côte d'Ivoire émigré.
53 A & B GRANT AVE., NORWOOD; 27-11/728-9262
Capital Music Café
Rosebank's newest velvet-rope club, popular with the kwaito and fashion crowd.
TYRWHITT AND KEYES AVES., ROSEBANK; 27-11/880-0033
WHERE TO SHOP
Reminiscene
Bargain-priced vintage clothing and jewelry in the suburb of Melville.
SHOP 1C, SEVENTH ST., MELVILLE; 27-11/726-7905
The Zone @ Rosebank
177 OXFORD RD., ROSEBANK; 27-11/788-1130; www.thezoneatrosebank.co.za
Amatuli Fine Art
Comprehensive collection
of sub-Saharan art, crafts, and artifacts sourced from Mali
to Ethiopia by inveterate Africa traveler Mark Valentine.
170 CORLETT DR., BRAMLEY; 27-11/440-5065
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