New Owner for the Crazy Fish

The Crazy Fish has been bought. It will reopen as The Lyre Club sometime next month.

The new owner, Stephanie Anthony, will continue featuring live music. She said: “I'm planning on keeping the live music and looking to incorporate some more blues. Anyone who plays the blues give me a call.” And she will “more than likely” continue the traditional Karaoke Night on Tuesdays.

She said the bar will be named after the Lyre River near Joyce, the musical instrument, and the fact that “bars usually are filled with liars.”

She’s previously worked at the Harbor Deli (now Rick’s Place), The Coffeehouse (where Bella Italia is now located), Downrigger’s and the Peninsula Golf Club.

Bands interested in performing at The Lyre Club can call 925-360-9061.

New Years Eve in Port Angeles

Don’t just sit at home getting wasted this New Year’s Eve. Go out and do it at one of our local nightclubs instead. There'll be a lot going on:

Deadwood Revival will be playing at the Crazy Fish (229 West First St.). Bob Daniels Music Machine will be playing at Dupuis Restaurant (256861 Highway 101).

Eagles (110 South Penn St.) will be featuring music by Haywire. The Elks Naval Lodge (131 East First St.) will have a silent auction (the proceeds will go to help children with HIV), dinner and dancing, and music by the Jimmy Hoffman Band. And Michael’s Divine Dining (117B East First St.) will be featuring the music of Lynn Peterson.

The End of the Crazy Fish?

This could be the end of an era — a loss for Downtown Port Angeles and the Clallam/Jefferson County music scene.

The Crazy Fish — 229 West First Street, Port Angeles — is for sale. The owners, Cypress Vollmer and Molly Tucker, are burned out after the Crazy Fish’s four-year run. Hopefully they’ll find a buyer who will keep the business going.

Stephen Farr, who's in charge of Karaoke Night on Tuesdays, said: “"This is the most diverse, fun bar in Port Angeles. It's the only bar I'll work at. It has entertainment for the older crowd and the younger college crowd too. We should do whatever we can to keep it here.”

The Crazy Fish has a jazz/blues jam on Wednesday nights; open mic on Thursdays and live bands (including a lot of local groups) on Friday and Saturday.

Out of the three businesses in that same building that preceded the Crazy Fish, none of them lasted longer than a year. And here's some Port Angeles history: the Lady of the Lake was last seen alive in the upstairs hotel of the building that’s now the Crazy Fish. And the Lady of the Lake is the name of one of the Crazy Fish’s most popular drinks.