Mariner's Wharf

Mariner's Wharf is a building in between the East end of the beach and the harbour of Hout Bay, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The building was built and designed by Stanley Dorman in 1984, whose family farmed in Hout Bay valley since the 1900s. It consists of an open air fish and chips takeaway shop, an upstairs seafood restaurant, a shop that sells marine-related curios and a fish and shellfish vendor. The building is situated next to the pier that is closest to Hout Bay beach.

Mariner's Wharf

History

Chapman’s Peak Fisheries

Stanley Dorman began his career as the owner of a large fishing business he inherited at the age of seven from his uncle Alfie Dorman called Chapman's Peak Fisheries and later Cape Coast.[1] He started running the business in 1965.

Cape Coast expanded into a group of companies including boats, workshops, cold storage, factories and freezing plants. In 1974 Dorman visited Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco as well as other wharfs which inspired the creation of Mariner's Wharf.

Mariner’s Wharf Harbourfront Emporium

Mariner's Wharf and its fish shop were opened in November 1984 and named Mariner's Wharf Harbourfront Emporium. Showcasing fish, fresh and frozen, as well as live lobsters, oysters and mussels, the fish shop was then followed by a number of other businesses selling nautical antiques and specialising in seaside and marine related goods over the next seven years. The building, featuring an outside display of a suspended dinghy, with its Wharfside Grill restaurant and its downstairs takeaway fish and chips shop has become a tourist attraction. In 1991, the building was refurbished and the upstairs Wharfside Grill was built into an over 350-seater restaurant with private dining cabins, a cocktail bar and balcony.

Due to the COVID-19 world pandemic the business closed its doors and retrenched most of its employees of many years, six weeks into the South African lockdown in the first week of May 2020.[2] However, its doors were reopened a few weeks later when the lockdown level was lowered at the end of May 2020.[3][4]

References
  1. Scher, David (2011). "EMBRACING HOUT BAY - A HISTORY OF THE DORMAN FAMILY'S CONTRIBUTION TO ITS DEVELOPMENT" (PDF). JEWISH AFFAIRS, ROSH HASHANAH. pp. 44–46.
  2. "Mariner's Wharf owner says he hopes this closure is not for good". CapeTalk. 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  3. Gerber, Jan (2020-05-04). "Hout Bay's Mariner's Wharf closes indefinitely, staff to be laid off". News 24. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  4. "Mariner's Wharf announces partial reopening". www.capetownetc.com. 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2020-10-10.

Literature

Fick, David S.: Entrepreneurship in Africa - A Study of Success. Page 113–114, Praeger (March 30, 2002), ISBN 978-1567205367

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