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Gramadoelas

In 1967 Eduan Naude and Brian Shalkoff decided to breathe life into their dream of starting a South African restaurant where no one would ever be turned away because of cultural barriers or any such pre-distinctions.

The first license that could be obtained for the restaurant was only a “Boarding House” license and only allowed people in the building to dine there. Brian recalls a specific day in 1970 when a non-European gentleman entered the restaurant for a meal. The political atmosphere at the time not only frowned upon this but considered it illegal.

Brian remembers Eduan’s distinct words back on that day, trying to save the coloured gentleman from embarrassment: “Well at least the colour of everyone’s money is the same.” Gramadoelas has been open to all cultures ever since and it is exactly this approach of cultural change, that enticed the Market Theatre to invite Gramadoelas in 1992 to share their unique building.

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