IN a part of town where hardly anyone has space to swing a spanner, Ewan MacDonald has opened a combo garage/cafe where blokes can buy a coffee and bagel while they work on their hogs.
The 27-year-old was looking for a sea change from his job as a cardiology technician so he, his dad and a mate pooled their money to convert a rundown West Perth warehouse into the Spadille Cafe & Garage.
An old limousine hire joint, the king-size garage out the back of 7 Aberdeen Street was perfect for their needs. Mr MacDonald has traded ECGs for working the espresso machine out front, while out the back members toil away on a full set of hoists, welding and grinding gear.
Open a couple months now, he says in the early days customers were mostly people from the motorbike community who just wanted to support the concept, but now it’s branching out with more walk-ins and members.
Being in the industrial part of West Perth—now home to a fair few offices—even workers in suits who’ve never touched grease have also started wandering through for a caffeine fix and bagel.
Perth Voice Interactive 
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