Storytelling Dinners
LocalPlaces in collaboration with CURIOCITY introduces four storytelling sessions about the history of Cape Town and South Africa. Each combined with a stunning Slow Cooked BBQ Dinner.. Hosted on specific Thursdays and open for booking on a per person basis. Private group dinners can also be booked for any other dates.
Gerald Garner is a legendary storyteller, tour guide and author. He presents the most captivating overview of the history of Cape Town AND South Africa in four separate sessions. Each carefully crafted to stand on its own, yet to make a stunning total story together. Guests do not have to attend all four storytelling dinners though, as any one of them would make for a fantastic experience.
FOURTH THURSDAYS: Cape Town’s Contemporary & Future Story
Democratic Times to the future (1990-2025 and onwards)
Combined with a fantastic international-style slow smoked/braai meal at Curiocity Kloof Street, Gardens.
A captivating story starting off with the 1990s transition to democracy and then delving into how Cape Town morphed during three decades of democracy, doubling its population during that time. While the city has become a tourism jewel, a tech-industry hub, a nature conservation marvel and its surrounds, a stellar agricultural region, has Cape Town overcome the legacy of apartheid? What does the future hold for this African city by the sea that is attracting thousands of migrants and inspiring new ways?
Typically hosted on the fourth Thursday of every month at 19:00.
Available dates:
24 April
Price: Slow smoked braai meal and storytelling: R900 per person
Order and pay for drinks on site (full bar service available)
To book, send a Whatsapp to +27 82 894 5216 or email to [email protected]
ABOUT THE VENUE & MENU
(4) Curiocity Kloof Street (FOURTH THURSDAYS)
Cape Town’s Contemporary & Future Story – Democratic Times (1994-2025)
As a youthful and intrepid entrepreneur, Bheki Dube has grown Curiocity Africa from a sole backpacker’s lodge in Johannesburg a decade ago, to an impressive multi-property, design-led, hybrid hotel group. Operating in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Curiocity’s hotels, hostels and accommodations are complemented by a wide selection of exceptional experiences. Bheki elaborates: “Curiocity is a travel movement that connects local and international travelers, digital nomads, and groups with authentic experiences that only Africa can provide. We deliver exceptional hospitality, ensuring that every guest feels welcome and cared for. We embrace our responsibility to enrich the lives of those we encounter—our team, our guests, our communities, and everyone we work with. As custodians for positive change, Curiocity expands our sense of self, the world, where we are and where we are from.”
We gather at Curiocity’s newest location in Kloof Street, Gardens, from where we marvel at the picture-perfect view of Table Mountain. This meal is presented as a slow-cooked braai with overnight-smoked meats and delicious salads. As South African as it can be, but with an informal twist. The braai meal is prepared by Rory Burke who started Mugsy’s bbq over 30 years ago in his backyard. His award-winning, Colorado-style barbecue was his starting point, while years of travel and an enormous culinary curiosity have led to a melding of flavours from across the globe. Seasonal and local ingredients will change but no matter where, coals will be stoked, and meats will be smoked at Mugsy’s bbq.
The menu will typically include dishes such as:
Starters:
Smoked Jalapeno Poppers
Smoked Onion Dip w/chips and veg
Mains:
Smoked Peri Peri Wings
Smoked Cauliflower Bites
Braai Meet (Beef, Lamb, Wors) and Vegetables
Elotes (Corn) Salad
Dill Potato Salad
Dessert:
Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches!
To make a booking, send a WhatsApp to +27 894 5216 or email to [email protected]
Please do not phone as we are mostly busy hosting guests. Send a message and we will contact you as soon as is possible. We will respond to your booking request and provide an online payment link for you to pay by bank card to secure the booking.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Guests participate in all LocalPlaces events at their own risk. Neither LocalPlaces, nor its hosts or guides, accept any responsibility whatsoever for any injury, accident or death that may occur while participating in a tour or event such as a lunch or dinner, whether in a public or a private space.
A booking is only secured upon payment.
Provisional bookings will automatically be cancelled if not paid within 48 hours from making a booking.
Bookings cannot be cancelled once paid for any reason whatsoever and no refunds will be offered for cancelled bookings.
Bookings can be postponed to another date if postponed more than 21 days in advance of the booked date.
However, bookings cannot be postponed for any reason whatsoever within 21 days of the booking date, as we would lose the opportunity to take another booking for that slot.
LocalPlaces and participating venues reserve the right to cancel a dinner if less than 12 bookings is received for any specific date. In which case, guests will be notified at least 72 hours in advance and fully refunded.