Top restaurant in Paternoster feels the pinch as lockdown regulations keep customers away
22 June 2020 - 05:05Chef Kobus van der Merwe at Wolfgat restaurant in Paternoster. Picture: MARCO LONGARI / AFP
Starting in May, blanket restrictions were eased slightly, enabling restaurants to cook but just for takeaways. A cook at Kobus van der Merwe's Wolfgat restaurant on the beach in Paternoster. Picture: MARCO LONGARI / AFP “Even before SA went into lockdown, a lot of our international guests had to cancel because of the situation in their country already being much worse. It’s been way more than just the lockdown period,” said Van der Merwe.In a bid to stay afloat, the sea-view Wolfgat started producing immersive boxes with assortments of snacks for delivery to customers in distant Cape Town. But this was difficult logistically and the returns were lower, with the restaurant charging half its regular price.
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