We never meant to be a café. It just happened. When we open the shop in a cold December of 2000 the coffee we were serving was only for customers who came to buy Vespas, Labrettas, spare parts, helmets and whatever our messy shop could offer. But the italian 1957 Faema espresso machine brewed an excellent drink and soon the word was spread: people started to come to enjoy a good cup of coffee in the relaxed athmosphere of this hidden place called Scooterworks.
"Scooterworks is a refuge and an inspiration. The relentless London drive; the wild-eyed, quick-heeled life that makes our city at once the most exhilarating and exhausting place to be, melts away on entering Scooterworks. The shouts of the market traders on Lower Marsh fade to be replaced with the gentle crooning of a French chanteuse or maybe some jaunty plastic euro-pop cover of a Beetles song, or a beautiful Bach violin concerto, or some reggae or a little jazz - the music at Scooterworks is always good, never predictable. . .
. . . Scooterworks subtly subverts and refuses classification. Is it a coffee shop? Then why are there folk who come in asking for number plates or to sort out an MOT? Is it a place that fixes Scooters? Then why the tables and coffee? . . ."
(reviewed by: CROCKATT & POWELL http://crockattandpowell.com)
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NOTE: Scooterworks Bar and Café is available for private functions. To book please call us on 020 7620 1421.
OUR FOOD POLICY: you can bring your own food and have a pic-nic, but please be kind and take your rubbish with you when you leave!
Italian coffee being the best in the world needs the best equipment. We have an original 3 group Faema coffee machine built in Milan in 1957 (this Faema Urania has been completely restored near Bologna - Italy)
INTERESTING LINKS ABOUT COFFEE AND FOOD CULTURE: www.slowfood.com (a movement for the protection of the right to taste) /www.smellthecoffee.com / www.coffeeresearch.com
SCOOTERWORKS UK LTD Classic and Modern Scooters Specialists / www.scooterworks-uk.com / mail: info@scooterworks-uk.com [SCOOTERWORKS SHOP & CAFE: 132 LOWER MARSH LONDON SE1 7AE - telephone 0044 (0)20 76201421 - opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 / second hand classic and modern scooters, Piaggio Vespa, Innocenti Lambretta, spare parts, helmets, books and magazines, accessories and coffee... - tube: Waterloo or Lamberth North] [SCOOTERWORKS WORKSHOP: 67-68 ENID STREET LONDON SE16 3RA - telephone 0044 (0)20 72377223 - opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 18:00, Saturday from 9:00 to 14:00 / second hand classic and modern scooters, Vespa, Lambretta, spare parts, sales, servicing and repair, insurance work, restoration, recovery service - tube: Bermondsey] [We sell: SCOOTERING magazine, SCOOT! Quarterly U.S.A., SCOOTERIST SCENE, DIPLO magazine, Vespa 1959-1958 and PX/T5 Haynes manuals, Innocenti Lambretta the definitive history by V. Tessera, The Official Lambretta Guide, How to restore and maintain your Vespa, Twist and Go scooters Haynes manual ... / Vespa and Lambretta models, t-shirts, badges, keyrings and pins, THH and Modena Helmets, L Plates, tax holders, locks, bike covers, chrome accessories, Malossi parts and more...] [Scooterworks Cafe: delicious coffee, italian creamy hot chocolate and white hot chocolate with freshly grated nutmeg, soft drinks including Chinotto, Orangina, Bitter Orange, Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Lemonsoda, Pear juice, Apricot juice, Peach juice, still and sparkling water, herbal teas, Earl Grey tea, English Breakfast, Rooibosch tea. Our pic-nic policy: although we don't sell food you're welcome to bring and have yours in the premises while having a drink. Please take the rubbish with you when you leave!]SCOOTERWORKS UK LTD Classic and Modern Scooters Specialists / www.scooterworks-uk.com / mail: info@scooterworks-uk.com [SCOOTERWORKS SHOP & CAFE: 132 LOWER MARSH LONDON SE1 7AE - telephone 0044 (0)20 76201421 - opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 / second hand classic and modern scooters, Piaggio Vespa, Innocenti Lambretta, spare parts, helmets, books and magazines, accessories and coffee... - tube: Waterloo or Lamberth North] [SCOOTERWORKS WORKSHOP: 67-68 ENID STREET LONDON SE16 3RA - telephone 0044 (0)20 72377223 - opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 18:00, Saturday from 9:00 to 14:00 / second hand classic and modern scooters, Vespa, Lambretta, spare parts, sales, servicing and repair, insurance work, restoration, recovery service - tube: Bermondsey] [We sell: SCOOTERING magazine, SCOOT! Quarterly U.S.A., SCOOTERIST SCENE, DIPLO magazine, Vespa 1959-1958 and PX/T5 Haynes manuals, Innocenti Lambretta the definitive history by V. Tessera, The Official Lambretta Guide, How to restore and maintain your Vespa, Twist and Go scooters Haynes manual ... / Vespa and Lambretta models, t-shirts, badges, keyrings and pins, THH and Modena Helmets, L Plates, tax holders, locks, bike covers, chrome accessories, Malossi parts and more...] [Scooterworks Cafe: delicious coffee, italian creamy hot chocolate and white hot chocolate with freshly grated nutmeg, soft drinks including Chinotto, Orangina, Bitter Orange, Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Lemonsoda, Pear juice, Apricot juice, Peach juice, still and sparkling water, herbal teas, Earl Grey tea, English Breakfast, Rooibosch tea. Our pic-nic policy: although we don't sell food you're welcome to bring and have yours in the premises while having a drink. Please take the rubbish with you when you leave!] SCOOTERWORKS UK LTD Classic and Modern Scooters Specialists / www.scooterworks-uk.com / mail: info@scooterworks-uk.com [SCOOTERWORKS SHOP & CAFE: 132 LOWER MARSH LONDON SE1 7AE - telephone 0044 (0)20 76201421 - opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00 / second hand classic and modern scooters, Piaggio Vespa, Innocenti Lambretta, spare parts, helmets, books and magazines, accessories and coffee... - tube: Waterloo or Lamberth North] [SCOOTERWORKS WORKSHOP: 67-68 ENID STREET LONDON SE16 3RA - telephone 0044 (0)20 72377223 - opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 18:00, Saturday from 9:00 to 14:00 / second hand classic and modern scooters, Vespa, Lambretta, spare parts, sales, servicing and repair, insurance work, restoration, recovery service - tube: Bermondsey] [We sell: SCOOTERING magazine, SCOOT! Quarterly U.S.A., SCOOTERIST SCENE, DIPLO magazine, Vespa 1959-1958 and PX/T5 Haynes manuals, Innocenti Lambretta the definitive history by V. Tessera, The Official Lambretta Guide, How to restore and maintain your Vespa, Twist and Go scooters Haynes manual ... / Vespa and Lambretta models, t-shirts, badges, keyrings and pins, THH and Modena Helmets, L Plates, tax holders, locks, bike covers, chrome accessories, Malossi parts and more...] [Scooterworks Cafe: delicious coffee, italian creamy hot chocolate and white hot chocolate with freshly grated nutmeg, soft drinks including Chinotto, Orangina, Bitter Orange, Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Lemonsoda, Pear juice, Apricot juice, Pea
ch juice, still and sparkling water, herbal teas, Earl Grey tea, English Breakfast, Rooibosch tea. Our pic-nic policy: although we don't sell food you're welcome to bring and have yours in the premises while having a drink. Please take the rubbish with you when you leave!]