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Fire safety regulations have put paid to this cult all-day café/bar

Sophie Knight, digital picture editor One of the lesser-known bars in Shoreditch, Ninetyeight is found at the bottom of a hidden spiral staircase on busy Curtain Road. Sit around a grand piano, in a space covered in papier-mâché or under bright neon in the Tiki Tiki room. The whole place is kitted out with crazy kitsch memorabilia brought back from the owners travels: a wall of Barbies and dinosaurs, a rocking horse that doubles up as a seat, vintage furniture thats been given a spray-paint r...