End of an era as Newlands' Golden Spur (first in the franchise) shuts its doors It later moved to premises in Ashley Cooper House on the Main Road corner. On The Afternoon Drive, listeners share their fond memories of a steakhouse that had become an institution in the Cape Town suburb. John Maytham asks Ambor how it all started way back in the sixties. (Ambor's retirement was announced in 2019) I put myself through university working for a steakhouse in Johannesburg and made up my mind that that was what I wanted to do. Allen Ambor, Founder - Spur I went backwards and forwards to Cape Town for two-and-a-half years... Today, looking back, I just don't understand how I could have been so cursedly optimistic about eventually finding premises...