Crowbar

Crowbar

The Crowbar

While studying and in my early years of working in Cape Town I had a few friends who I often heard talking of their nights out in Cape Town’s clubs and bars. It’s sounded like huge amounts of fun, but for whatever reason I rarely (which means perhaps once) joined them. In retrospect I regret this.

While walking down the World Cup Fan Walk in Cape Town recently I came across one of their old haunts in Waterkant Street – Crowbar. For some reason I’d always had a picture of an actual crowbar in my mind when listening to the stories of the previous nights fun.

I found it strange that the bar was open late on a Sunday morning, and I guess wasn’t surprised when I stepped inside to find that I was their only patron. In case you’re curious about how it looks inside, the barman was kind enough to allow me to snap a few photos – one of which I’ll share with you in my next post.



  1. 1Deems

    Hey Paul – brings back memories indeed – New Years Eve was always a blast back in the day (mid 90′s) in Waterkant street which was always closed off for traffic and everyone partied in the street between the Crowbar and the former George Pub and Harleys (upstairs) – both of which no longer exist since that’s our parking garage now. I’ve not been inside the Crowbar in years but it’s become seedier than it used to be :)

  2. 2Paul

    Deems, I believe it was – and I’m so miffed that I never got to experience it. Perhaps now that the fan walk has been established it may turn out again to be what it was back then. :)

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