The Thousands

The cliched “what are the three things you would want if you were stranded on a desert island?” question just doesn’t get asked often enough, does it? Well, it doesn’t get asked often enough of me; but then again I’m not a musician, actor or artist and I don’t get many interview requests from teen mags and lazy journalism students. So in the interest of actually having to think about it, I did, and this is what I came up with: Coffee. Bread. Decent music.

Surprise! Suburban utopia The Stranded Store provides all three! When you’re lost in the wilderness 7km south of the CBD you can easily get your De Groot coffee fix, pick up a loaf of delicious artisan bread and be treated to all your (ok, my) favourite cafe songs. You can quit saving your bottles to send messages in and just settle into the window seats with Facebook chat, or perch on top of a steel bar stool while you yell ‘ahoy!’ to passing cyclists. You can even buy your milk, eggs, olives (bread and coffee) from here, as Stranded isn’t afraid to share its ingredients, all sourced from top notch suppliers.

A lazy afternoon at Stranded will have you feeling far less at sea.