Historical version 50 of 2-3 Dingwall Road (view current version)
- 2-3 Dingwall Road, CR0 2NA
Business premises on Dingwall Road near East Croydon Station.
By May 2012 it was occupied by a career and business advisor called Prevista LifeLine Centre photo, but by June 2013 this had moved photo of sign to Robert Street. The units were vacant and advertised to let as of June 2013 photo.
As of June 2014, a sign in the window photo indicated that it would be opening soon as a coffee and juice shop called Smoothbean, offering "artisan coffee, ethically sourced tea, freshly made juices and smoothies, delicious savoury food [...and...] cakes and snacks." photo of frontage at this point
Smoothbean was open by late July 2014. It sold coffees and teas, freshly-made juices and smoothies, cakes, hot and cold breakfasts, and a small, daily-changing lunchtime menu. There was plenty of internal seating, plus outside seating in good weather, and it was step-free throughout, including to the toilet. This was still there in December 2019.
See also:
- Photos of the Smoothbean menu in July 2014: hot drinks, juices, smoothies, sample lunch menu
- Photos of the Smoothbean menu in 2016: breakfast, Jan 2016, lunch, Jan 2016
- Photos of the Smoothbean menu in 2017: experimental weekend brunch, Jan 2017, tea and coffee, Jan 2017, breakfast, May 2017, cold drinks, Jul 2017
- Photo of tuna and cannellini bean open sandwich in August 2019
- Photo of vegan tofu salad sandwich in October 2018
- Photo of quiche and salads in July 2018
- Photo of poached eggs with prosciutto in May 2017
- Photo of quiche in August 2014
- Photo of sandwich in August 2014
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