Yesterday I popped by the much anticipated new Durban eatery, The Boiler Room Café. It's the latest venture by the people behind the popular 9th Avenue Bistro and is based in the original boiler room of the historic Lion Match Factory building.
It's got a really nice open and airy vibe, and I especially love the indoor trees. Probably the main feature is the awesome mural on the back wall created by local Durban artist, illustrator, graphic designer and painter, Wesley van Eeden, a.k.a Resoborg.
I ordered a lemon meringue milkshake, which was thick, creamy and delicious with a tart lemony flavour and a little meringue on top, served in a jar. Unfortunately I didn't have time to try the food, but I'm sure I'll be back to experience more. They offer a varied selection of sandwiches, salads, breakfast, coffee, smoothies, milkshakes, sweet treats and more.
Here are some process pics of the mural taken from Wesley's Twitter feed and EatOut's article on the place. Pretty cool to see the concept illustration and the translation of that onto the wall...
You can find the Boiler Room at the Lion Match Factory, through the main entrance on Umgeni Road, straight through and around the corner to the left. They're open Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 3:30pm, and Saturdays from 8am to 2pm.
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this place looks really awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis looks so great, I think we need to all meet up there when I'm home in 2 weeks!
ReplyDeleteYay, yes, would be lovely to see you! :)
ReplyDeleteOoh I must go check it out. What coffee do they use?
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marc! :)
ReplyDeleteIf their food is anything like that milkshake, it's worth a visit! :)
ReplyDeleteNice article! Come round next week to see the next phase of the mural!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and photos! Can't wait to visit.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nadia :) Hope you enjoy it, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Wes! Will definitely do so :)
ReplyDeleteThis is GORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteDo you have any where the week starts with Sunday and not Monday..?
Thank you, Gladis! :)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately not, they all start on Monday.