Out-of-the-ordinary experiences in Melville

Braamfontein is known for the Neighbourgoods Market where you can find some of the best food and drinks in the city, as well as the little patch of food, clothing and socialising heaven that is 70 Juta.

Maboneng is well-known as the first precinct in Gauteng to show commercial and non-commercial films in a bioscope-style setting, at the Bioscope, in addition to a number of other interesting places offering interesting experiences.

Now, City Buzz is letting you know where to find those out-of-the-ordinary experiences in Melville.

27 Boxes

27 Boxes is a shopping mall in Melville that is made up of 27 recycled shipping containers from which various retailers can sell their goods and services. It offers a completely new angle to the regular shopping experience by allowing each shopper to actively think about reducing their carbon footprint. In addition, a number of the retailers in the shopping complex sell products that have been reused, recycled or made from sustainable materials.

Details: www.27boxes.co.za

Freedom Hair

This one-of-a-kind barbershop is not decorated with the usual blue and red signs and spinning carousel, but rather with the front pages of Times magazines and edgy keepsakes. Decorated with skulls – both the barber and the store – this barbershop offers a good, friendly haircut in a setting that’ll no doubt have you telling your friends about it.

Details: 082 339 2087.

Six Cocktail Bar

While enjoying a drink at the bar can’t be described as spectacular, Six Cocktail Bar offers all customers two cocktails for the price of one, every single day between 12pm and 7pm. It is for this reason, and for the always-friendly services, that the popular bar has stuck through the ever-changing times of the area and is still going strong.

Details: 011 482 8306.

All of these places are quite out of the ordinary in their own way, and with so much more to offer, you’ve got to love Melville.