From the outside rather unassuming, but the first giveaway that you’re in for a treat and vintage fun is the box of vinyl at the front door. As you enter a wave of euphoria reminiscent of seeing an old friend for the first time in years, your transported back to innocents of years gone by where the need for mobile phones and twenty four seven connectivity was not even dreamt.
The scratchy yet reassuring beats coming from the turn table in the back corner fill the intimate room with electric memories and funky retro feel. The warm hum of keyboard and base vibrate chills from the opening bars of The Doors ‘Riders on the Storm’, the smooth echoing ghostly lyrics of Jim Morrison enter to provide guided meditation of simple music appreciation.
Surrounded by technicolor vinyl records affixed to all four walls, tour posters, and album artworks with faces such as David Bowie, Lionel Richie, Wham, Pink Floyd, the Eagles, and Black Sabbath, provide a creative backdrop somewhat resembling Pop art. You are drawn to quirky attention to detail such as the eclectic collection of Pez dispensers, pac-man and space invaders figurines. Rollerskates, pinball machines, piles of records, donkey Kong and Mario brothers games table, all beg for the big kid inside to drop the phone, instead demanding you to chill a little longer contemplating stripping off your work clothes and hangout all day enjoying back to back great cups of coffee, reading the newspaper and maybe playing a game or two. Your phone is however in your hand unconsciously already opening Instagram ready to send out a tweet on how cool this place really is, and making your friends jealous of what their missing.
The Mosh Pit, calling its self a record shop, coffee bar and café is available for breakfast and lunch, but it’s so much more than a place to stop and grab your takeaway coffee, it’s a place to enjoy, take five and unplug from modern technology and just to soak up ambience. Providing an comforting array of the usual suspects of a coffee order, breakfast options such as Pancakes or Avocado Smash, and Lunches with Burgers or ‘Salad & Stuff in a Box’ accompanied by a Smoothies or fresh juice will hit the hunger spot. Open Monday to Friday from 8:15 AM it’s a must see and do in our local area for any true 70’s and 80’s retro kid at heart.
WHAT: The Mosh Pit
WHERE: 272 Main Road Cardiff
MORE INFO: facebook.com/TheMoshPitRocks
