Nearly 100 years on, Coliseum Cafe is set to remake itself for the 21st century


It may be easy to dismiss the heavily tinted double doors and windows of Coliseum Café as just another shop along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur.

But the café, which opened its doors in 1921 as Coliseum Café & Hotel (KL) Sdn Bhd, is an iconic hostelries and among the last vestiges of the colonial era along the street previously known as Batu Road.

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