Lefty's

Cape Town


Appealing to students and lovers of grunge and shabby chic, this artfully crafted dive bar amps up its hipster cred with sticky BBQ pork ribs and Kentucky chicken waffles, alongside brick-oven-baked pizza and beetroot and ginger falafel. There's plenty of craft beers to wash it all down, too.

Food orders finish at 10pm but the bar cranks on until midnight. Upstairs is the noodle bar Downtown Ramen.


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