36 High Street
- 36 High Street, CR0 1YB
Business premises on the High Street.
According to a bas-relief at the top of the frontage, the building was constructed in 1895.
By August 2008 it was a bar called Mojama photo. By January 2011 it was another bar called S99.
Yet another bar called Bar Sport photo opened in Summer 2012 but closed again some time between February 2013 and the end of May 2013.
A cocktail bar called Twilight Lounge photo opened in the basement of the building in late 2012, but closed again by mid-2013, possibly at the same time as Bar Sport. (We aren't sure if there was a connection between Bar Sport and Twilight Lounge.)
Another bar called Dice Bar opened in May or June 2013, occupying both the ground floor and the basement.
After Dice Bar opened, for a while there was also a fully-licensed Italian restaurant called Authentic Italian Cuisine in the basement photo, serving a buffet during the day and a la carte in the evening. However, according to a staff member at Dice Bar as of March 2015, this had closed down and wasn't coming back.
As of June 2015, the Croydon Advertiser reported that Dice Bar had been closed by the police; however, the owners assured us (via email, July 2015) that this only lasted for 24 hours and that the bar was now open again (we verified this ourselves a couple of weeks later).
Dice Bar was still present as of December 2019.
See also:
- Photo of a Bar Sport flyer from early 2013
- Photo of Authentic Italian Cuisine buffet sign in December 2014
- Photos of Authentic Italian Cuisine a la carte menu in December 2014: 1, 2, 3, 4
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