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[[File:250-2018.JPG|frame|2018]][[File:250-2017-02.png|frame|2017: The empty unit with new metal shutters.]][[File:250-excelsiorRevampLandscape.png|frame|2016: The former Excelsior frontage about to be removed.]] | [[File:250-2018.JPG|frame|2018]][[File:250-2017-02.png|frame|2017: The empty unit with new metal shutters.]][[File:250-excelsiorRevampLandscape.png|frame|2016: The former Excelsior frontage about to be removed.]] | ||
== 2018 == | == 2018: Pepe's Piri Piri == | ||
The shop has finally reopened as Pepe's Piri Piri "the home of fresh flame grilled chicken" | The shop has finally reopened as Pepe's Piri Piri "the home of fresh flame grilled chicken" | ||
== 2014 - 2017 == | == 2014 - 2017: Empty == | ||
The Excelsior stood empty from 2014 while it was completely refurbished. The iconic shopfront was completely destroyed and replaced with metal shutters. | The Excelsior stood empty from 2014 while it was completely refurbished. The iconic shopfront was completely destroyed and replaced with metal shutters. | ||
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[[File:250CowleyRdbyGeograph.JPG|frame|2008: A photo of the Excelsior cafe exterior by Ceridwen from geograph.co.uk]] | [[File:250CowleyRdbyGeograph.JPG|frame|2008: A photo of the Excelsior cafe exterior by Ceridwen from geograph.co.uk]] | ||
"The Excelsior Cafe - sadly no longer there! A cafe where EVERYONE was welcome - people with psychosis, homeless, drug dealers...I never saw anyone upset in there, under the safe, kind, strong compassionate, humorous waiter from Cyprus, Costa, may he rest in peace. The coffee was the best in Oxford, speaking as an (Italian!) expert. The owner was an elderly man with immobility problems, and they ran this service with the softest and firmest of presence. I met many people in there. My mother, a long time hospitalised for "schizophrenia" (which I don't believe in) felt at home there." - Martha Holt | |||
== Before then? == | == Before then? == | ||