{"id":46102,"date":"2016-04-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/46102\/rex-cafe-to-become-ok-grocer\/"},"modified":"2016-04-11T07:33:30","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T05:33:30","slug":"rex-cafe-to-become-ok-grocer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/04\/06\/rex-cafe-to-become-ok-grocer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rex Cafe to become OK Grocer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been closed for a couple of weeks now and according to sources the entire building, including the Garage and the bottle store, will be renovated into an OK Grocer and possibly a fast food franchise as well.<\/p>\n<p>Renovations to the building are expected to begin soon and it is unclear as to how long the new development will take.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public have reacted strongly following the closure of Rex Cafe, with many expressing their familiarity with the business due to the many years it has served the community.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the building, who purchased the business recently, could not be reached on Monday morning for comment.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-46102 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/04\/06\/rex-cafe-to-become-ok-grocer\/attachment\/img_4137_85146\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/04\/IMG_4137_85146-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-46104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/04\/IMG_4137_85146-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/04\/IMG_4137_85146-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2016\/04\/IMG_4137_85146.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-46104'>\n\t\t\t\tRex Cafe, a landmark in Middelburg, has shutdown and will be converted into a OK Grocer.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rex Cafe, a landmark in Middelburg that has occupied the corner of Cowen Ntuli and Walter Sisulu street for decades, has shutdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":46103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Yaseen Gaffar","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[4060,4058,4059,4056,1918,4057],"class_list":["post-46102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-change-in-middelburg","tag-new-development","tag-ok-grocer","tag-reax-cafe","tag-shopping","tag-take-aways"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["change in Middelburg","New development","Ok grocer","Reax Cafe","shopping","take aways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}