Tag: Bar
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A Piece of Dublin Comes to Nairobi
‘I expect this is a very good place in the evenings,’ my colleague Elizabeth remarked. I reckoned she said that because, just after 12 am last Sunday morning, there were only a couple of other tables occupied on the broad terrace in the curved Mirage building and overlooking Chiromo Road. But, by the time we […]
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A Taste of Spain in Lavington Green
‘Hi!’ the girl said as she joined her partner with his dark suit, who had been waiting and had reserved a seat for her at the bar. ‘This is nice!’ ‘Yes,’ he said ‘This is the new hangout.’ I hope he is wrong. ‘The new hangout’ sounds to me like something temporary. Hangers out in […]
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J’s Fresh Bar and Kitchen Comes to Westlands
J’s Fresh Bar and Kitchen has moved to Westlands. Well, that’s not really correct – J has moved to Westlands, but his original bar and restaurant is still in Karen. Johnnie McMillan has opened a new place where Juniper used to be – at the Waiyaki Way end of Muthangari Drive. I liked Johnnie’s ‘Fresh […]
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The Juniper Kitchen: Much More than a Bar
‘What is it about Juniper?’ Kwame asked, when I was at his Steak Out restaurant a couple of weeks ago. ‘I mean, they have crowds there in the evenings – and people sitting on beer crates!’ I told Kwame I didn’t know, because I had been warned off the place. When I asked my son, […]
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The Caramel Lounge: A Taste of Luxury
It had to happen. So many friends were saying, ‘So you haven’t been to Caramel yet – that place that has an mzungu waiter and where you can pay over forty thousand shillings for a whisky? You really should go.’ So I did. This last Monday evening I persuaded a couple of my colleagues to […]
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Dave’s Garden and Kymm’s Gardens
It was late on Friday afternoon, and we were getting ready to close the office. ‘How about if we go for a sun-downer?’ one of my colleagues said. ‘We haven’t done that for some time. How about trying that new place, Dave’s Garden – it’s just down the road.’ So that’s what we did. The […]
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Divino: of Gods and Wine
They call it ‘Divino’. Now that could mean two things, couldn’t it? Something of god, or something of wine. I’m not sure about the god connection, but I’m certain about the wine. Because Divino is a restaurant and wine bar. It’s a new place, along Ardwings Khodek Road, on the right hand side and beyond […]
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