Story by Mike Seate • Photos by Simon Everett
Three rapid-paced decades have zipped by since London’s Ace Cafe held its first reunion party. Back then, the once-popular transport cafe had been bought by a tire changing firm, its tall bay windows filled with lifts for cars and its coffee bar serving up axle lube instead of caffeinated go-juice. The thousands of new and veteran cafe racers who attended the 1994 event proved a need for a rebirth of the space, first opened in 1938. By 2001, the Ace was back in full swing as a somewhat more posh and vibrant version of its former self.
