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The history of the Grotto summer lounge site
The history of the Grotto summer lounge site
Writer Dr Robin Lee
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Meeting places for friends to share a drink, an ice-cream or a meal were a feature of old Hermanus. ‘Visitors’ and ‘guests’ (tourists, we might call them) and residents with a little cash and spare time created a market. And entrepreneurs in the town responded.
However, many opened, but few stayed open for long enough to become institutions. I have collected the names of more than 30 establishments that were popular in their time and are still remembered.
In a new series of articles, we’ll look at some of these more closely. What was their target clientele? When did they operate? Who were the moving spirits behind each one? Where are they now? We turn first of all to an enterprise that started out as The Goldfish Café on Grotto Beach.
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