Thirsty? Take refuge at this embassy
The Vasco da Gama Taverna in Green Point started out as a notorious dive, but 50 years later ‘the Portuguese embassy’ is more family-friendly
19 May 2022 - 05:00
A few years ago, the Vasco da Gama Taverna in Cape Town’s Waterkant district was a rough place. Locals and sailors would come and drink, women weren’t allowed — there were no toilets to accommodate them — and things would get raucous.
It was a dive — a badge it wore proudly...
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