Zappi’s Bike Café
Every Saturday and Sunday at 9pm large groups of cyclists congregate on the Bike Zone shop in St Michaels Street in the center of Oxford. On Saturday mornings those who arrive in good time carry their bikes into the shop and up the stairs to the cycling café upstairs where you can have some of the best coffee in Oxford and chat with fellow cyclists. Everyone is welcome to these rides, on Saturday there are several groups to choose from while Sunday generally has a more dedicated but smaller following. After the ride there is the opportunity to gather upstairs in Oxford’s splendid Bike Café and enjoy great coffee and cakes and the company of lots of like minded people, so why not give it a try?
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Zappi’s Bike Café is a recently opened independent café in the centre of Oxford. We offer handcrafted artisan coffee, fantastic loose-leaf teas, homemade cakes and light snacks.
About Us
The café is an evolution from a previous café, run by ex-pro cyclist Flavio Zappi, on Walton Street in Jericho. In late 2010 Bike Zone moved premises from an old shop in Market Street to its new site in St Michaels Street, at this time an idea arose to combine the two and create a bike shop Café. The new café was opened in May2011 is now run by two local young men, both called Dan, who have previously managed other cafes in Oxford. Zappi’s Cycling Club uses the café as its headquarters and run rides from the café three times a week, which gives the café a good vibrancy and energy.
We both believe there are a number of key ingredients needed in order to have a great café. Fantastic products, a good space and friendly atmosphere are key components in order to achieve this.
We are both self-taught baristas and have a passion for creating high quality coffee. We give every coffee the care a respect a good cup should have and we believe it’s the best in town!
Dan & Dan
