From Stacked to Shafted: how one Cape Town restaurant is ripping us off
The short version: beware of Stacked Diner’s brazen deception.
Picture it.
A wintry afternoon in Cape Town. Skies, grey. Stomach, rumbling. A lunchtime craving arrives on schedule. …
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