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== 2018 ==
The shop has finally reopened as Pepe's Piri Piri "the home of fresh flame grilled chicken"<br/>
== 2014-2017 ==
== [[File:250-excelsiorRevampLandscape.png|frame|2016: The former Excelsior frontage about to be removed.]]==
The Excelsior stood empty from 2014 while it was completely refurbished. The iconic shopfront was completely destroyed and replaced with metal shutters.
== 1954-2014 ==
The Excelsior 'greasy spoon' cafe was a Cowley Road institution which closed in 2014, as [http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11371061.Closing_time_for_cafe_after_53_years_of_froth_and_stir/ reported by the Oxford Mail]. It first appeared in directories as the New Excelsior (J H Harrison) in 1954. Before that it was a café run by Mrs E Chiddington from 1939 and by Mrs M E Harding from 1947.