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December 2016: Barista Tom outside Quarterhorse Coffee the day before the cafe closed for good.

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2017

Peloton Espresso opened here in January 2017. Its owners Matt Rees and Dan Roiser come from Zappis bike and coffee shop in central Oxford. It retains many features from the previous occupants Quarterhorse and still sells Quarterhorse coffee, roasted in Birmingham.

2012-2016

Quarterhorse Coffee, owned by Nathan Retzer, was a speciality coffee shop. In the time it was here, many new cafes opened along Cowley road and it became one of a number of speciality or 'hipster' coffee shops with small tables, fast wifi and single-origin brews which have become such a common sight since 2012.

2008

A photo by ceridwen from geograph.org.uk shows the shop in use as an IT cafe. The entrance ramp has not yet been enclosed.

1980s

Thomsons Directory 1984 & 1988 Artemis Books

 
2008: A photo of the IT cafe by Ceridwen from geograph.co.uk

1961

The British Motor Industry Heritage trust holds a photo in their archive of this shop in 1961, when it was 'HH Windows'. Sadly the image is under copyright and cannot be reproduced here.

Before then?

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