SCHOON Bright Street Café

WORDS Mary Garner IMAGES Lizelle Lötter

Fritz and Chanelle Schoon recently opened the new SCHOON Bright Street Café in Somerset West outside Cape Town.

“We’ve always had an incredibly loyal following in Somerset West, so we really wanted to honour them and have a small presence there to serve them,” says Chanelle and Fritz. “It was actually with the help of the local clientele that we figured out that Bright Street would be the right fit. The timing was truly perfect.”

The SCHOON Bright Street Café is a cosy neighbourhood hub with a focus on artisanal pastries and breads, and café-style meals. Designed by Chanelle herself in collaboration with Nina du Plessis of Studio N, the Bright Street Café features crockery designed by Cape Town-based ceramic artist Mervyn Gers, chairs from Sandalene Dale-Roberts and custom-designed tables by Nina, manufactured by Johan Basson of Bespoke Joinery.

“We’ve translated this message of purity, honesty, integrity, commitment and authenticity into cleaner lines and uncluttered simplicity, while still maintaining an essence of homeliness through the use of the wooden components,” says the duo about SCHOON’s rebranded look.

The beautiful hand-made leather menus, manufactured by Freedom of Movement, highlight the list of delicious dishes developed by Chanelle.

The SCHOON duo has also opened a Croissant & Coffee Bar in the De Wet Centre in Stellenbosch. For more information, visit schoon.co.za.