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.
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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
SCOOTERWORKS UK Shop & Café is open from Monday to Saturday: 10 am - closing time varies between 6 pm and midnight / 132 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7AE / tel. 0044 (0)20 7620 1421 / tube: Waterloo or Lambeth North Click here to see the SHOP & CAFE / MAP
SCOOTERWORKS UK WORKSHOP 67-68 Enid Street, London SE16 / tel. 0044 (0)20 7237 7223 / tube: Bermondsey / Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-6pm / Saturday 9am-2pm Click here to see the WORKSHOP / MAP
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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!
Opening night: Tuesday 9th june 2009 - 9pm / 11.30pm
Forget about the gym workout: come dancing!!
(and save on the gym subscription and the dating site subscription too...)
Thank goodness we will be opened on the 9th for the first edition of Swing Mon Amour so you'll have something nice to do on a tuesday night. It's very cheap (in terms of money not quality obviously), and you'll get great acts every week that will make you sweat and get plenty of excercice. I'm talking resident Dj El Nino from Black Cotton Club & Lady Luck, and Gentleman Tim & the Contenders a great 1950's swing R&B Chicago blues band. You'll dance all night, guaranted!
Styles : Blues - Chicago Blues - West coast Blues - 20's 30's - Gypsy swing - Big Band - Swing - R&B - Jump Jive - Rockabilly - Rock&Roll - Western Hillbilly - and many more...
The 50th anniversary of Tamla Motown in January has focused minds again on just how great their 1960s output was. Meanwhile the lynchpin of their great rival Stax down in Memphis - Booker T - is out and about promoting a new album. This music never goes away, and audiences always move their feet to it. This life-affirming soulful wave of Black Dance Music came to define the best that pop can offer. Grown men and women still go dewy-eyed at the mere thought of those hits.
And so do we, so we’ll be playing the best in Tamla Motown, Stax Records, club soul, & girl group songs from the period, all off original vinyl 45s. Your wax spinners on June the 5th will be Smart Phil & Mickee.
Come down and celebrate the beat, in a fabulous bijou West London bar that’s a doddle to get to and from. Double Shots all round!
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