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Red Door Café offers a comfortable and relaxed venue in the heart of Edenvale, offering
a wide range of healthy and freshly prepared meals and snacks. Now, one of the area’s
most popular venues is expanding its offering.
W
ith great coffee, free wifi and an extensive range of delicious meals,
it isn’t hard to see why Red Door Café, a chic, boutique style café,
is so popular. Just drive along 5th Avenue in Edenvale any morning
and you will see the venue’s popularity for yourself. And now, with
the opening of a branch in Bedfordview they are set to expand their
offering to a new market.
Located at Kiddilicious at 15 Nicol Road, their well known
quality and freshness in their range of healthy breakfasts, light
and hearty lunches – along with a selection of freshly baked cakes – complements
the existing offering perfectly. With a party venue, gift boutique, baby clinic and a
beauty salon already on the premises, it is a great place dedicated to both parents
and children, offering a relaxing, grown-up environment where you can chat, enjoy
a comforting meal or yummy cappuccino and exhale while your little ones are truly
entertained.
The new branch, however, hasn’t taken the focus off the existing café, and it has
evolved since its opening in early 2013 into a truly eclectic experience which you
cannot find anywhere else. Having obtained their liquor license, they now stock
a range of local craft beers, craft gins and craft whiskeys which are the perfect
accompaniment to their extensive food menu.
Another new development is the monthly Tapas Friday which takes place on the
last Friday of every month from 3-8pm, where you can join them for an evening of
tapas and craft drinks. Tapas are Spanish savoury dishes, typically served with drinks
at a bar, and Red Door Café’s take on it has proved extremely popular. Choose from
sixteen dishes (including chorizo cooked in red wine, prawns garlic peri peri, squid
heads with lemon and sea salt and battered and fried mozzarella sticks), and enjoy the
unique, vibey environment with friends and family as you listen to the music and soak
in the atmosphere. Booking is recommended though, as the 60-odd spaces fill up very
quickly.
Apart from their normal menu, Red Door Café also specializes in the Paleo diet,
which according to biochemist and author, Robb Wolf, is the healthiest way you can
eat because it is the only nutritional approach that works with your genetics to help
you stay lean, strong and energetic. Paleo specials are displayed in the restaurant and
change every two months or so to ensure that there is always something new to try.
And with Paleo growing in popularity, they now also meals for you to take home.
“We are passionate about food, and healthy food,” explains owner Dylan Roelofsz,
“And we know how difficult it can be to source the food needed for the Paleo diet, and
in our busy lifestyles, who has time to cook it properly?” As such, they offer 5 day,
10 day or a full months freshly prepared Paleo Meal cooking with collection from the
premises, ensuring that eating healthy can still be easy.
They are also proud sponsors of local Welterweight MMA fighter, Dino ‘The Lion’
Bagattin, and when training, Red Door Café supplies him with a healthy Paleo dinner
and lunch daily, to make sure that he is getting all the nutrition he needs.
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WHERE: 26 5th Avenue, Edenvale
TRADING HOURS: Monday: 7am-3pm
Tuesday-Friday: 7am-4pm
Saturday: 8am-3pm
Closed on Sundays
TEL: 011-453-1926
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.reddoorcafe.co.za
CAPACITY: 60