Publik Wine Bar
High-end butcher shop by day, wine bar by night





Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants is Cape Town’s premier butchery, selling free-range, ethical meats. But the meat market has an unlikely alter ego: it doubles as a popular wine bar at night, helping you discover the best bottles from South Africa’s lesser known, sustainably farmed wineries. On any given night, the wine list in the subterranean nightspot might include unusual bottles like Fist of Fancy pinot noir, Spioenkop riesling, and Thorne & Daughters Rocking Horse.
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