Last call for Crowbar: 128-year-old Cape Town pub closed
The Crowbar pub in Waterkant street has closed its doors for good after more than 100 years.
Business Closed. Picture: Pexels
Lester Kiewit speaks with Reinhold Scheer, owner of the Crowbar.
Listen to the interview in the audio below.
The cost of keeping an establishment running in the Cape Town city centre is constantly rising, so people are saying goodbye to some of their favourite spots.
This includes one of Cape Town’s longer-running pubs, Crowbar in Waterkant street.
ALSO READ:
New hotel near SA’s oldest mosque a threat to our heritage - Bo-Kaap residents
Perseverance Tavern is coming back! ‘We want to be a landmark in Cape Town’
The Crowbar first opened in 1896 and was bought by Scheer in 1996.
Scheer says their landlord wanted to redevelop the building completely, which would strip the Crowbar of all its heritage.
“It is scary. It is an empty shell. It is all gone.”
- Reinhold Scheer, Owner of the Crowbar
“We are losing the character [in the CBD]… and with it the special feel.”
- Reinhold Scheer, Owner of the Crowbar
Scroll up to the audio player to listen to the interview.