Cops and Robbers at Cafe des Arts this Friday (19th November)...

There comes a time when choices have to be made, deals have to be sealed and handcuffs have to be snapped shut! This Friday (19th November), you must take your place....will you be a cop or a robber at Cafe des Arts party of the century! PS: Welcome drinks for the first 100 divinely dressed party people!

Back to School Party Photo Gallery

The fun times!

Back To School/Sue's Birthday Party This Friday (15thOctober)

This Friday all roads lead to Cafe Des Arts for the most exciting Back to School costume party along with the ever vibrant Susan Dieters' Birthday celebration. This will be the ultimate party for all who cherish a great night out full of fun school uniforms, teachers, chalk, detention and birthday cakes!!

White T-Shirt Party II Slide Show

Thank you all for attending the White T Shirt Party II! For all who could not make it, here's what you missed!!

White t shirt party at Cafe des Arts, Nairobi, Kenya

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Its Back By Public Demand!! We Present the White T-Shirt Party Reloaded This Friday, September 17th 2010 8pm

Due to a lot of pressure from our beloved friends and fans, Cafe des Arts cordially invites you to the White T-shirt Party Reloaded. This day also marks the birthdays of three close friends of the restaurant. But what good will the party be without you!

Here's how it works: From 8pm onwards, Come in a white T-Shirt, and we'll provide the pens. This is the perfect opportunity to scribble anything on everyone's white t shirts, be it simple drawings, words of wisdom or phone numbers! May the T-Shirt with the most writings win!!

And for all who due to unavoidable circumstances (Sue you're not yet forgiven!) missed the first White T-Shirt Party, here is how it all went down:

A Friday Like No Other.....

Cafe des Arts invites you this Friday (16th July) from 5pm to enjoy a delightful evening of shopping and cocktails. Ladies get ready to shop till you drop with our latest collection from europe followed by an all night fashion fab party. Gentlemen are welcome as well.

There shall be a welcoming cocktail and tapas from 5pm to 8pm. There shall be a Dj rocking the house till dawn......Dress code: Fabulous!

Here is a taste of what shall be available....

White T-Shirt Party at Cafe des Arts this Saturday!! (12th June)

This is how it works...come in a white T-Shirt, and we'll provide the pens. This is the perfect opportunity to scribble anything on everyone's white t shirts, be it simple drawings or words of wisdom or phone numbers! May the T-Shirt with the most writings win!!

Beer Carnival Pictures!!

Party friends, thank you for attending the first beer festival at Cafe des Arts! For all who missed it....

Cafe Des Arts Beer Carnival this Saturday, 22nd of May, from 2pm till....

And so the day has come for all and sundry to celebrate Beer, the world's second most favored drink (after tea) at Cafe Des Arts this splendid month of May. We welcome you with open arms to the first of many more superb Beer Carnivals...

The selection of beers includes Sierra, Tusker, Tusker Malt, Heineken, Summit beer, Windhoek, Corona, Carlesburg, to name a few.

On the menu we shall have roasted beef, chicken, and grilled sausages...and all else necessary to accompany an inviting, delicious, smooth, thirst-quenching cold glass of beer.

The UEFA Championship League finals shall be displayed on a larger than life screen, see you then!

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Cafe Des Arts presents to you facts about our beloved beer....

1. Being intoxicated had desirable spiritual significance to the ancient Egyptians. They often gave their children names like "How Drunk is Cheops" or "How Intoxicated is Hathor."

2. There are 19 different versions of Guinness.


3. Among the Abipone people of Paraguay, individuals who abstain from alcohol are thought to be "cowardly, degenerate and stupid."

4. In Kentucky, anyone who has been drinking is considered sober until he or she cannot hold onto the ground.

5. The first beer cans were produced in 1935.

6. The worlds strongest beer is 'Samuel Adams' Triple Bock, which has reached 17% alcohol by volume. To obtain this level, however, they had to use a champagne yeast.


7. Tegestology is what collecting beer mats is called.

8. The oldest known written recipe is for beer.

9. Alcohol is derived for the arabic al kohl, meaning the essence.

10. Among the Bagonda people of Uganda, the several widows of a recently deceased king have the distinctive honor of drinking the beer in which his entrails have been cleaned.

11. To get rid of the foam at the top of beer (the head), stick your fingers in it.

12. Bavaria still defines beer as a staple food.

13. Early recipes for beer included such ingredients as poppy seeds, mushrooms, aromatics, honey, sugar, bay leaves, butter and bread crumbs

14. To keep your beer glass or mug from sticking to your bar napkin, sprinkle a little salt on the napkin before you set your glass down.

15. The longest bar in the world is the 684 foot long New Bulldog in Rock Island, IL.

16. The adulteration of alcohol beverage was punishable by death in medieval Scotland.

17. Tossing salted peanuts in a glass of beer makes the peanuts dance.

18. Chicha, an alcohol beverage which has been made for thousands of years in Central and South America, begins with people chewing grain and spitting into a vat. An enzyme in saliva changes starch in the grain to sugar, which then ferments.

19. The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a recipe for making beer that can be used at home.

20. Beer is a source of B- complex vitamins.

21. If you collect beer bottles your are a labeorphilist.

22. Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as beer drinking vessels

23. The Uape Indians of the upper Amazon in Brazil mix the ashes of their cremated dead with casiri, the local alcohol beverage. All members of the deceased's family, young and old, then drink the beverage with great reverence and fond memories. There's no report of how this might effect the taste.

23. Early Egyptian writings urged mothers to send their children to school with plenty of bread and beer for their lunch.

24. A Chinese imperial edict of about 1,116 B.C. asserted that the use of alcohol in moderation was required by heaven.

25. One glass of milk can give a person a .02 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) on a Breathalyzer test. That’s enough in some American states for persons under age 21 to lose their drivers license and be fined

26. Abraham Lincoln stated that "It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing."

27. If a young Tiriki man offers beer to a woman and she spits some of it into his mouth, they are engaged to be married.

29. Alcohol is considered the only proper payment for teachers among the Lepcha people of Tibet.

30. The Chagga people of Tanganyika believe that a liar will be poisoned if he or she consumes beer mixed with the blood of a recently sacrificed goat.

31. Beer is mixed with saliva and blood for a drink that is shared when two Chagga men become blood brothers.

32. Methyphobia is fear of alcohol

33. The region of the U.S. that consumes the least alcohol (commonly known as the "Bible belt") is also known by many doctors as Stroke Alley

34. In Malaysia, drunk drivers are jailed and so are their spouses.

35. A labeorphilist is a collector of beer bottles.

36. One brand of Chinese beer reportedly includes in its recipe "ground-up dog parts"

37. Texas state law prohibits taking more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.

38. Nebraska state law prohibits bars from selling beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.

39. Ohio state law prohibits getting a fish drunk.

40. Drunk drivers in San Salvador can be punished by death before a firing squad.

41. In Saskatchewan, Canada, it's illegal to drink alcohol while watching exotic dancers.

42. The most expensive beer is called "Tutankhamen” and is prepared according to the recipe recovered by a group of University of Cambridge archaeologists in Queen Nefertiti’s Temple of the Sun in Egypt. It costs US $52 a bottle, and is produced in limited and numbered edition.

43. Cerevisaphile is used to describe anyone that loves beer.

Mussel Evening at Cafe des Arts on 30th April (This Friday)

At Cafe des Arts, we are always delighted to have you with us, especially on such occasions as these! With the smooth Senta Lain Jazz Band and fresh, mouth-watering Norwegian mussels accompanied with beer and fries, your presence is compulsory!

Cafe Des Arts Toga Party pictures!

A resounding thank you to all who stepped in style at the Toga party. We all had an incredible time! Stay tuned for the next huge party only at Cafe des Arts!!

Toga Party Slide Show

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The Toga Party @ Cafe Des Arts on 9th April 2010

Introducing the first Toga Party in Kenya in 2010!

Join us at Cafe Des Arts on the 9th (Friday) of this beautiful April from 10pm for an ancient Roman evening like none before, and none ever after! Bring forth your Roman aristocratic self, step forth like the Roman god you are, and reveal your most magnificent toga swirl......There shall be a bottle of wine for the best dressed couple and a complementary drink upon arrival of the first 100 guests......Herein are the directions to the party: http://www.cafedesarts.co.ke/contacts.php

To the Gentlemen, here are brief instructions on How to adorn the Toga...

First, no self-respecting Roman ever put one on without the help of servants -- it's beastly difficult to do so without dragging it around the dusty floor. But here's how it's done. Two people, neither of which is the wearer, stretch the toga out lengthwise and fold it lengthwise in thirds. The edge with the stripe, if it has one, is folded over and the other edge is folded under. The narrower, more rounded end is draped forward over the left shoulder -- striped side forward and the striped edge near the neck -- with the tip just above the wearer's toes. The long remainder is loosely wrapped around the wearer's back and brought under his right arm. That accounts for two thirds of the length. The remaining third is thrown back over the left shoulder. It's on, and the weight of the wool keeps it on as long as the wearer maintains his poise and dignitas -- jumping around was not consistent with a modest appearance. The left arm was usually held bent and close to the body. Sometimes, especially if a spirited speech in the Senate was on the wearer's schedule, a slave might reach under the left armpit and stitch or pin together (as invisibly as possible) the two long dangling ends. There were no pockets, but your slaves carried most of your stuff anyway. And you could always tuck a copy of your speech, love poems, secret dispatches, or anything else too valuable to entrust to a slave, into the sinus, the folded part at your right hip and rising in front of your body. And that's your basic toga.