The Local Grill

photo from The Local Grill FB page

We have dined at The Local Grill in Parktown North more than a dozen times - including last night - and yet I have never blogged about it. I guess I have taken it for granted. My bad. I will now attempt to right that wrong.

The Local Grill is one of Vince's favorite steak restaurants in Joburg. I love it too but for different reasons. He comes for the steak but The Local Grill is so much more than beef. It has a great "other" menu with delicious salmon and calamari offerings. The vegie sides are prepared to perfection. Crunchy garlic green beans and light and delicious onion rings! Their wine list is superb and they are very dog-friendly. Lou & Serge especially love coming with us to The Local Grill 'cuz they know they'll be getting Vince's leftover marrow bones from his starter when we get home!

in the kitchen with colleagues from African Parks and IBM

Ask for a tour of the kitchen if you want to get up close and personal with your entree.

set up for a demo and dine dinner in the kitchen

You can tour the meat locker too!

photo from The Local Grill FB page

They cook their steaks on Himalayan salt blocks!

me and the chef in the kitchen at La Mirande

They also offer private cooking demonstrations and dining in their kitchen. We have never done it at The Local Grill - that takes advanced planning - but we did do a kitchen demo and dine once in Avignon at La Mirande. They are super fun! Someday soon I promise I will organize a night in the kitchen for friends at The Local Grill.

this is what a kitchen demo and dinner looks like at The Local Grill (photo from The Local Grill FB page)

the private dining room and wine cellar (photo from The Local Grill FB page)

They also have a private dining room / wine cellar where a group of 8 or more can dine. Like the fabulous Cellar in the Sky in the old Windows on the World restaurant on the 107th floor of New York's fallen World Trade Center. RIP WTC. :( Someday we will have to do a dinner there too.

Two more dinners at The Local Grill coming up!