You love coffee and you always wondered how it would be to pull your own perfect espresso shot and then top if off with awesome latte art. The Whippet is proud to launch the Whippet Home Barista Academy. We will be hosting home barista courses to anyone who loves coffee and would like to be…
We’re open again on Friday nights.
After emails, and more emails, standing in queues and more queues we have at last been able to convince the Liquor Board that we run a reputable institution. The Whippet will now once again be able to serve alcohol and this also means we can now be open on Friday evenings until 10pm. We are…
Our new hours from 1 May until we are blessed with summer again
Opening up the shop in pitch darkness is never fun, and seeing our baristas and cooks travel 3 hours to get to the shop because there are fewer and fewer taxis at those hours are not pleasant either – due to this we have decided to open up the shop at 07:00 (instead of 6:30),…
Now for some local poetry
Supporting local is what The Whippet does – when local “Lindenite” David Chislett asked us if he could show case his new book For You or someone Like You we definitely said yes. The poems in For Your Or Someone Like You were all drawn from an 18 month period when Chislett was posting a…
Could I have my milktart on the fly please?
A milktart to go please…huh? Yes – Our milktarts are now flying or should I say, are ready to be taken on the fly? We are proud to announce our flying milk tarts – they are smaller than our famous milktarts but packed with the same awesome creamy centre – and you can now have…
We are closed on Good Friday but open on Saturday
We will be closing the shop on 29 March (Good Friday) BUT we will be open on Saturday 30 March – looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.
We are closed from 1 April to 7 April – Our Chef is away to Italy
Ofentse (Our Executive Chef) has decided to take a break to Italy for some inspiration – I am sure he will bring back many ideas for us to include in our Winter menu. This means the shop will be closed from 1 April to 7 April and we will open again on Monday the 8th…
Yet another drive to support local Linden business
Have you ever met people when you speak to them about food it feels like watching BBC Food. Paul is that kind of guy – he has an immense passion for great food, Joburg and the people of Linden. He calls 9th street his home and talks with love about this awesome suburb, The Whippet…
The Whippet goes green
As you already know Jaco and his team are manufacturing our range of rustic furniture from recycled wood – and for every 5th table bought we plant a tree in Linden as part of our Trees for Linden drive, we are one table away from planting our first tree. To add to this we have…
No luck with Gauteng Liquor Board
I wish this could be a better post with good news but after 4 months we have had no luck with the Gauteng Liquor Board in converting our hotel licence to a restaurant licence.This means we cannot open the shop for normal after work drinks on Friday. We will need to close the shop at…
We now serve Earl Grey tea.
We have decided to expand our luxury tea range to now include Earl Grey tea. Earl Grey tea is a tea blend with a distinctive flavour and aroma derived from the addition of oil extracted from the rind of the Bergamot orange, a fragrant citrus fruit. Our teas are imported from Satemwa, a small boutique estate in Malawi. Please…
So why close on a Friday night?
Some of you may have pitched up at the shop for your normal after work drinks on Friday the 8th of March only to find our doors to be closed? But why? As some of you know the shop is located in the old Linden Hotel and has been operating under the Hotel’s licence for…
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