Aug06
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Caffe Neo
Situated directly opposite the lighthouse in Moullie Point, Cape Town, Caffe Neo is a revelation.
They have thought carefully about how to sink wells that attract the most networked, interesting, talented, bright individuals in the Mother City - and it seems to be working.
Sink wells? The story is told:
Some years ago a person who had never been to Australia before was taken on a trip through the Australian outback. He travelled across some of the huge pastoral leases. At one point he came into contact with a farmer.
“Excuse me,” he said to the farmer, “I have seen thousands of sheep around here, but there are no fences to keep them in. In my country we have fences everywhere so that the sheep will not stray or get lost and die.”
The farmer considered this for a moment and said: “Well … out here we don’t need fences. In this climate we only need to sink wells … the sheep get thirsty … they don’t wander too far.”
Neo has the perfect location. Neo has pleny of natural lighting and wide open spaces. Neo has an open kitchen - I can see who is fondling my chicken breast. Neo has great waitrons and waiters. Neo has a ‘library’ situated in the centre of the Cafe, with a diverse multitude of literary pleasures. Neo has their menu written on a big-ass blackboard.
Neo has free wifi, with phenomenally good signal and no sign-up required.
Welcome to the future of restauranting.
I take it this is where u met with the Genius Hunter. It is a lovely spot, too bad the weather is not so great in the AddiCT city at the moment.
The future is Now…
mmm… see you found my office Mike
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