Harry’s Cafe de Wheels, one of Sydney’s most iconic eateries, is reportedly set to roll into Queensland.
Harry’s Cafe de Wheels was most recently in the headlines when The Bachelor contestant Laurina Fleure burst out in tears after being taken to the van for a date by Blake Garvey.
“Everyone else gets Ferraris, super yachts and private jets,” she bawled, “and I get a dirty street pie.”
The clip went viral immediately, as Harry’s fans launched a passionate defence of the historic eatery.
Where else would you take your best girl for a night out? #dirtystreetpie #harryscafedw
— Harry'sCafedeWheels (@HarrysCafeDW) September 4, 2014
The first Harry’s pie cart opened in Woolloomooloo in 1938, and has since expanded out to 10 more locations around Sydney. That original pie cart is now on display in the Powerhouse Museum.
Most famous for its “tiger pie” (a type of meat pie named after the cart’s original owner, Harry ‘Tiger’ Edwards), the cart soon became a magnet for visiting celebrities.
The likes of Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum and Marlene Dietrich were among the first big names to pay a visit to Harry’s. In 1974, KFC’s own Colonel Sanders stopped in at Harry’s; the story goes that he ate three ‘pies and peas’ while leaning on his walking stick. A picture of Sanders taken during his visit still hangs at Harry’s today.
Elton John had a press conference inside Harry’s to promote a tour in the ’70s; Rockmelons frontman Peter Blakeley featured Harry’s on the cover of his solo album, Harry’s Cafe de Wheels, in 1989; and Rupert Murdoch had pallets of Harry’s pies shipped to Los Angeles in 1991 for an Aussie-themed Oscars party.
In 2004, the National Trust classified Harry’s as a “quintessential Sydney icon”.
Now, for the first time, Harry’s is reportedly headed north, with owner Michael Hannah telling News Limited that a local businessman has floated plans to open three Harry’s vans in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast.
Mr Hannah said Harry’s Queensland expansion is moving ahead rapidly, with plans to establish a bakery and have the first pie vans running before winter.
Are you excited for Harry’s to come to Queensland, or would you still go elsewhere for your “dirty street pies”? Let us know in the comments below!
Adelaide have had pie carts as well, very Australian.
I think it might be a good thing for Brisbane. Looking forward to it.
Oh yes, I want dirty street pies.
#DirtyStreetPies #DirtyStreetPie
Brisbane did have a silver bus that parked outside the old entrance of Roma Street Station that sold the good old fashion pie & peas with your choice of sauce.They had a bench along the side of the bus & on the footparth were stools to sit on, this eatlng place was called The Aluminium Room by many. Great to see something Dirty street Pies hitting the streets of Brisbane
Ooooh!
Love a juicy, meat pie!
Hope its’ location will be easily accessible to all!
When does it arrive in Brisbane?
I like Harrys at Woolloomooloo and would be happy to see one in Brisbane.
Forget the pies, I want their hot dogs!
Give me Harry’s any day…
Brisbane/Redlands City Have the original Gislers Roadside Pie Cafe, 7 days a week on the Mount Gravatt Capalaba Road, Burbank. They have a website!
Why do we want mexican vendors in Brissie?
Has no one noticed the plethora of mobile food vendors that visit most trading estates etc?
Brisbane needs more of this type of outlet. Can only add to the atmosphere of the City and the only thing that can match a good old Aussie Pie and Peas is a great old Aussie Hamburger. Bring them on.
When we lived in Sydney Harry’s was the only eatery we could go to after the movies. Every darn place was closed after 9 pm.
When things changed and restaurants and cafes started opening
till late we still stopped at Harry’s for their delicious pies and hot dogs.
Now we live in Brisbane and miss Harry’s badly. Please bring it to Brissy soon!!!!!!!
Francis and Julie
Yes that’s correct! We are hitting the streets of Brisbane very soon. Brisbane based and very proud to be
That is correct…. The company Dirty Street Pies TM have been secretly developing the ultimate Dorty Street Pie in a local Brisbane suburb. Not long till we hit the streets of Brisbane with our range of #DirtyStreetPies.
Ah the 2am Harry’s run comes to Brisbane. BEST Hot dogs, with cheese sauce and chilli. Great pie floaters. Not that we haven’t enough early am food haunts, but Harry’s is the bomb!