Tucked away in an alley in Southern Industrial you'll find the very unusual antiques and backyard junk dealer Otto's. The huge shop in a colonial era theatre building houses everything you can imagine from the fashionable and useful to the utterly useless and kitsch. An eclectic mix of furniture, china, books and other paraphernalia that spans more than a century of design waits to be discovered. You will surely find the odd polka dot teapot or cosy rocking chair to enhance your home with things that have a story to tell. And while Otto's is living proof that things were not necessarily better back in the days, it definitely shows that quality was much higher up on the agenda than today.
Because the guys at Otto's know that you will be quite exhausted after hours of browsing and shopping, they have set up a neat little cafe outside in the yard. Order a refreshing lemon and mint cooler and a crispy cheese and tomato sandwich and make plans for a more simple life with less frills, good quality, honest service and things that are re-used again and again instead of being discarded only weeks after purchase.
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