Printed Callisto Diamond White 350gsm Card

Blank on the inside

Canary Yellow Envelope

Cello Free

Printed in the UK

Artist - Abi Meats

‘Our London Firsts Collection’

Celebrating the places, people & ideas where

London did something first.

Moka Bar, Soho, 1953

London’s first espresso bar

Opened in 1953 on Frith Street in Soho, the Moka Bar brought Italian coffee culture to London for the first time. Designed by architect Gina Lollobrigida’s husband, Milko Skofic, its striking interior featured an espresso machine, exotic décor and even live peacocks in cages. It quickly became a fashionable meeting place for London’s emerging café society.

Why it’s a London First: The Moka Bar is widely 

recognised as London’s first Italian-style espresso bar, introducing Londoners to a new way of drinking coffee and socialising. It helped spark the coffee bar revolution of the 1950s, transforming Soho into a centre of youth culture, music

and modern life.