{"id":267917,"date":"2025-08-20T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T02:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/?p=267917"},"modified":"2025-08-19T15:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:06:21","slug":"gordons-bay-grill-food-and-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/gordons-bay-grill-food-and-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon&#8217;s Bay has a new Grill that brings food and sports together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" data-attachment-id=\"267918\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/gordons-bay-grill-food-and-sports\/img_3924_12950-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3924_12950-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,674\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3924_12950\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3924_12950-1-1024x575.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3924_12950-1-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Joint owners of new Gordon's Bay restaurant: Nazley and Sameer Kootbodien, Rico von Willingh, Demi Marston.\" class=\"wp-image-267918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3924_12950-1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3924_12950-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3924_12950-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_3924_12950-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">GB&#8217;s Grill and Lounge served up its grand opening on Friday 8 August. 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