Harry’s Cafe de Wheels is a Sydney Icon, with a rich history that dates back to the 1930s when enterprising Sydneysider Harry Edwards opened a caravan café at the Woolloomooloo naval dockyard. His pie and pea combo became a popular nightly meal amongst sailors, soldiers, cabbies and starlets. Now under the ownership of Michael Hannah the eatery is sill as popular with other locations in Tempe, Burwood, Bondi, Liverpool and more. The signature dish is a chunky lean beef pie served with mushy peas, mash and gravy.
The story of ‘Harry’s Café de Wheels’ goes back to the depression years of the late 1930’s.
With the world on the brink of a devastating war, an enterprising Sydneysider by the name of Harry Edwards opened a caravan café near the front gates of the Woolloomooloo naval dockyard. Word spread quickly with Harry’s ‘pie n’ peas’ and crumbed sausages soon becoming a popular part of the city’s nightlife – keenly sought by sailors, soldiers, cabbies, starlets and coppers alike. Harry operated the caravan until 1938 when he enlisted in the AIF during WWII.
During Harry’s time in the Middle East, he was nicknamed “Tiger” due to his boxing prowess and the name stuck. Upon his return in 1945, Harry realised that Sydney hadn’t changed much and it was still almost impossible to get a good feed late-night, so he reopened and the caravan has been operating continuously since.
As the years have passed, Harry’s has become a ‘must’ for visiting celebrities. Harry’s has served up the likes of Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, Marelene Dietrich, Kerry Packer and more recently, Sir Richard Branson, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Brook Shields, Pat Rafter, Olivia Newton-John, Jerry Lewis, Billy Crystal, Pamela Anderson, Sara O’Hare, Lachlan Murdoch, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Adrian Greiner, Anthony Bourdain and Peter Blakely.
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