What: Artisanal Book and Antiques Faire
When: 15 March 2025
Where: Cape Town Club
Cost: R50
Patrons Present: Lucy, Amie, Fiona
Organised by: Amie
Thank you to Fiona for notifying us of this event.
The Cape Town Club is now a tenant of a building at 18 Queen Victoria Street. The building was designed by Sir Herbert Baker in the 1890s and is now privately owned with the Club having a 10-year lease. We went on a tour and saw the various rooms being renovated. There are beautiful dining rooms, lounges and a library. The old billiards room will be renovated as a type of "sports bar". They plan to use the function rooms for wine tastings, business talks and quiz nights. They are also working on a Gallery Restaurant on the closed balcony which will have space for 50-60 diners.
They have some beautiful antique bedrooms which they do rent out, but it's not operating as a hotel.
On sale were books, antiques, maps, art and jewellery.
There weren't any food/drinks vendors, but we had breakfast in the little restaurant called Victoria's Café.
Afterwards we took a leisurely stroll down St George's Street Mall to Greenmarket Square. The flea market doesn't have the type of crafts, jewellery and clothes like years ago - now it's all African prints and curios very much aimed at the overseas tourists. Lucy and Fiona did manage to buy hats for their Camino trip at SA prices.
Thank you to Lucy and Fiona for a lovely chilled day of browsing and chatting.
The parking garage in Burg street is open 24 hours. It is adjacent to the Mandela Rhodes building and was quite convenient and safe.
