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		<title>A new Hope – and a StrangeLove &#8211; for cocktail connoisseurs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cocktail-and-mini food menu]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hope Distillery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[StrangeLove Cocktail Lounge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a world of informal bars and pre-mixed spritzers, the brand-new StrangeLove Cocktail Lounge in Salt River stands out for its distinctive offering of small-batch hand-distilled vodka, gin, agave spirit, rhum agricole (sugarcane-juice rum), and campari-style African Amaro, and its unique menu of curated cocktail and mini-food pairings. The cocktail lounge, sited in what was Hope Distillery’s mezzanine-level tasting room, features pared-back Scandi furnishings in dark hues, lush greenery and wooden finishes. While resident mixologist Decks serves up the carefully selected array of cocktails — which can also be paired with meals from the StrangeLove à la carte snack menu — in their own cocktail glasses, customers in the generous open-plan space can take in the bird’s-eye view over the distillery and its vast copper stills, and get a glimpse into the story behind the spirits they sip. Image by Warren Heath &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; Established in 2014 by co-founders Leigh Lisk and Lucy Beard — both of whom left corporate law careers in London to follow their hearts (and palates) back to Cape Town — Hope Distillery was the first licensed small-batch distillery to open in the Mother City. The distillery has expanded from its [...]]]></description>
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