Coffee + Motorcycles = East Hollywood’s “Choke”
3 Comments Published by Joel May 11th, 2007 in Coffee. Share This
Choke is a motorcycle shop in East Hollywood that doubles as a coffee shop, where owner Jeff Johnsen welcomes folks to come in and sip an espresso while looking at the bikes—or at least the scooters, since that seems to make up the majority of bikes that Johnsen works on. What aren’t scooters look to be low-displacement little runabouts, and that’s fine by me. More people should be riding little bikes around in cities anyway, saving the big cruisers for the weekend.
Everybody in this shop looks so hip that I’d almost be intimidated to stop by, but if you’re in LA you should buck up in my place and tell us what you think. The idea of luring people in for coffee and atmosphere, then possibly selling them a bike in the future, is pretty bright.
Company Page [ChokeMotorcycleShop.com via Men.Style.com]
In Chicago there is a coffee shop/guitar store. You can grab a cup of coffee and a sloppy joe and try different guitars. Similar but different.
Sounds similar to Godspeed in Oakland, CA – a motorcycle shop, bar, cafe, and tattoo parlor all in one:
http://www.godspeed.bz/html%20files/cafe.htm
- Rob
Choke is one of the few places on the east side where you can find a mechanic who understands pre-80’s Jap bikes. The coffee is good, too.