This is The Guildhall bar in bustling Harrison Street in inner-city Johannesburg, where Nxumalo’s on a first-name basis with the regulars. He says some of them have been drinking here for 50 years.

Guildhall is slated to open in mid-March in the former Wienecke Hardware/Active Endeavors space, ... previously owner of Blue Mesa and Canoe Club and Monkey Dish Bar & Grill in Gurnee.