![]() ![]() By 2001, the old Silo had become redundant.Ītrium vault, Zeitz MOCA Museum. Consequently, it is heritage-listed by Docomomo South Africa (See and ). An iconic building, it is considered an important contributor to Cape Town’s urban character. It was sited to take advantage of its connectivity to the docks and the supporting rail infrastructure. The facility processed hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat, maize, soya and sorghum. Completed in 1924, the Silo dominated the skyline of the city at 57 m tall.Ĭonstructed by SA Railways and Harbours, the facility consisted of a suite of buildings including the storage annex, elevator building, dust house, dust cyclone and track sheds. The historic grain silo situated in the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront dates back many years to a time when most of the country’s trade was conveyed on the high seas or via steam train. “But the view and the way it’s situated, it’s more a place to create a great, elevated experience.View of Zeitz MOCAA in Silo Square. “It’s a pretty small space, so it’s not a big gangbuster revenue type of experience,” Kolanko said. It is expected to be ready by late spring.Īlso planned for the 840-square-foot glass-enclosed dining room are periodic collaborative dinners bringing together chefs, farmers and other artisans. ![]() Four-course menus will be priced from $50 to $65, not including wine pairings. The plan is to serve lunch there on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Still in the works for the La Jolla museum is a tasting menu that will be offered in a private event venue known as the Sahm Seaview Room. Executive chef Jeff Armstrong is overseeing the museum project. ![]() “I think we were chosen because of our understanding for art and how we treat food.”Ĭhef-partner Tim Kolanko said the museum’s setting on the coast helped inspire the Mediterranean-focused menu that makes use of bolder spices and marinades for dishes such as a swordfish kebab plate and roasted chicken marinated in whipped garlic, Aleppo pepper and sumac. There are a lot of decisions they participate in, whereas in a restaurant, you wouldn’t run those kinds of decisions by your landlord. “It will be part of the visitor experience as they journey through the galleries, our beautiful terraces and now The Kitchen, too.”īorkum, whose group has a half-dozen restaurants in addition to the museum locations, said: “It’s different than with just a landlord where you have a regular lease. “Our main objective throughout the expansion and in reopening has been to create a more welcoming, inclusive and sustainable institution,” said April Farrell, director of earned revenue at the museum. Urban Kitchen Group was chosen from among several bidders. The new venue came about as a result of a solicitation that MCASD made a couple of years ago for dining proposals well in advance of last spring’s reopening of the expanded museum. It’s very respectful to the renovation of the museum, using a lot of metal and grays with touches of green that we brought in from the garden.”įor more information, visit /visit/mcasd#dining. And in the interior space, Jennifer Luce worked on that. “It’s nicely protected from the wind and there’s just enough shade. “The outdoor space is a total garden setting, and we’ve added to it by including large green shade umbrellas and soft coloring,” Borkum said. In addition to The Kitchen’s 2,420-square-foot garden cafe where there is seating for 80, there is a smaller space inside the original museum building that Borkum’s group has designed for selling a curated selection of goods, including coffee, tea, house-made pastries and grab-and-go food for breakfast and lunch. Borkum’s Urban Kitchen Group opened its first museum eating spot a little over a year ago at the remodeled Mingei International Museum in San Diego’s Balboa Park. Wednesdays through Sundays, may eventually extend its hours for dinner service, but there is no timeline yet for that, said longtime restaurateur Tracy Borkum, who is returning to a recent venture of hers - museum dining. The Kitchen, which serves breakfast and lunch from 8:30 a.m. “This is a beautiful sight,” Kathryn Kanjo told a crowd of about 110 people outside the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its flagship La Jolla location April 5. News ‘A museum of our time’: Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates ‘masterful transformation’ in La Jolla ![]()
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