The administrative capital of South Africa, the city exists within reach of the sprawl of more well-known Johannesburg, and is home to countless government offices and administrative workers involved in running the country day to day. But Pretoria is also a city that celebrates South Africa?s more leftfield trends and characters
If Cape Town gets the country?s tourism, Pretoria has its creative sap. And so it follows, of course, that the city should be home to a fine cup of coffee.
Spout Coffee Company is an eye-catching new Pretoria cafe, and yet, this is not just another hip joint that could be on any continent. The vibe here is more about ?gut feel?, as Spout owner Philipp Exter tells me, on ?gut feel? and feels utterly at home here in Pretoria, a town known to march to its own beat beyond the administrative buildings and worker bees. For starters, the space has been built on unused lot space in Pretoria?s Hazelwood neighborhood, with the cafe occupying a pair of recycled shipping containers stacked on top of each other. It?s the first such recycled container space in the city, and the design touches throughout the small space help the bar to stand out.
