Author: Mihlali Mpendu

By Mihlali Mpendu The Red Café has been one of Makhanda’s cornerstone restaurants since 1997. Initially established at 127 High Street as the Blue Room, the restaurant was the place where people could sit down and enjoy a delicious meal or grab a quick cup of coffee. Fast forward almost three decades later, the Blue Room has removed its blues and become a warm and loving place, renamed the Red Café after its third owner took charge. Louise Boy, the fourth owner and the first woman to inherit the evergreen restaurant, rose to the challenge of owning the Red Café…