When in… Woodstock, Cape Town

Largely inhabited by a Cape Coloured community that was spared segregation under apartheid law, the ramshackle suburb of Woodstock runs from the docks to the foot of Devil's Peak mountain, east of the city
  
  


When in Woodstock: Table Bay
Woodstock sits between the docks of Table Bay and Devil's Peak mountain, about 1km east of the city centre Photograph: Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty
when in woodstock: Goodman Gallery
Goodman Gallery

One of South Africa’s finest galleries, it constantly blurs the boundary between local and international. Gavin Turk exhibited here in December, and Kara Walker will be on show during the 2010 World Cup

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Photograph: Michael Hall
when in woodstock: Missibaba bag
Missibaba

This is the local bag label of choice. All products are hand-made by Chloe Townsend and her team. She commissions the disadvantaged from the local township to string her recycled Caterpillar necklaces

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Photograph: Emma Jordan
when in woodstock: Neighbourhood Goods Market
Neighbourhood Goods Market

Organic local produce includes bread sold out of trailers and home-cured meats, while Edie’s lemonade draws them in from miles around. The caravan bar serves up arguably the best bloody marys and mojitos south of the equator

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Photograph: Emma Jordan
when in woodstock: Shongololo sofa
Haldane Martin

Furniture designer Martin combines craftsmanship with traditional tales: his leather Shongololo sofa, pictured here, is named after a millipede

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Photograph: Emma Jordan
when in woodstock: Superette
Superette

Next to the influential What If The World gallery, Superette's menu is clean – only three or four choices for breakfast and lunch – and made up of local ingredients. Favourites include pork belly with caramelised onions and apples, and Belgium chocolate and hazelnut torte

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Photograph: Emma Jordan
 

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