Croydon In The 2010s - Differences between Version 33 and Version 25 of Project B, 3-7 Middle Street

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Events space on Middle Street, just off [[Locale Surrey Street\|Surrey Street]]/[[Locale Church Street\|Church Street]].	Bar and events space on Middle Street, just off [[Locale Surrey Street\|Surrey Street]]/[[Locale Church Street\|Church Street]].
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As of December 2019 it operates as a private hire venue only.	The bar operates in the evenings only, while in the daytime the space is intended for use as a cafe.
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	From February to June 2016, the cafe was run as a vegan cafe called Buttercream Dreams, but as of July 2016 Buttercream Dreams operates solely as a stall on Surrey Street Market and a cafe in Camden, and the owners of Project B are looking for a new cafe operator. Accessibility: A ramp to get in. Plenty of space to park prams/pushchairs. Toilets are up a couple of steps.
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By July 2012 it was a child-friendly cafe and children's indoor playspace called Beanies <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/7610055784/ photo]</small>. The playspace moved to [[Beanies, Whitgift Centre\|a space in the Whitgift Centre]] around the end of 2014, though the cafe continued to run. By March 2015 there was new signage up for Project B (run by the same people as Beanies).	By July 2012 it was a child-friendly cafe and children's indoor playspace called Beanies <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/7610055784/ photo]</small>. The playspace moved to the [[Locale Whitgift Centre\|Whitgift Centre]] around the end of 2014, though the cafe continued to run. By March 2015 there was new signage up for Project B (run by the same people as Beanies).
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In February 2016 a vegan cafe called Buttercream Dreams opened in the ground floor space, though the building remained in the hands of Project B as an events company. Buttercream Dreams moved out again in June 2016. (As of July 2016 Buttercream Dreams operated as a stall on Surrey Street Market and a cafe in Camden, but both of these outlets closed down in August 2016, with the Buttercream Dreams Facebook page citing the owner's health problems as the reason.)	In February 2016 a vegan cafe called Buttercream Dreams opened in the ground floor space, though the building remained in the hands of Project B as an events company. Buttercream Dreams moved out again in June 2016.
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As of July 2016 the ground floor was used as an evening-only bar, while the owners looked for a new daytime cafe operator to replace Buttercream Dreams. We aren't sure if the cafe ever did open again. By December 2019 the space was operating as a private hire venue only.
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* Croydon Advertiser articles on Buttercream Dreams: [http://web.archive.org/web/20160705122438/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/south-norwood-nurse-open-croydon-s-vegan-cafe/story-28569992-detail/story.html Initial opening], [http://web.archive.org/web/20160705122530/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/croydon-s-vegan-cafe-forced-close-t-new-home/story-29331916-detail/story.html closure], [http://web.archive.org/web/20160624120503/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/new-cafe-advertised-as-vegetarian-and-vegan-to-open-in-buttercream-dreams-old-croydon-space/story-29432431-detail/story.html replacement], [http://web.archive.org/web/20160705122611/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/croydon-s-vegan-cafe-is-back-less-than-a-month-after-leaving-the-borough/story-29466190-detail/story.html new stall]	* Croydon Advertiser articles on Buttercream Dreams: [http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/South-Norwood-nurse-open-Croydon-s-vegan-cafe/story-28569992-detail/story.html Initial opening], [http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/croydon-s-vegan-cafe-forced-close-t-new-home/story-29331916-detail/story.html closure], [http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/new-cafe-advertised-as-vegetarian-and-vegan-to-open-in-buttercream-dreams-old-croydon-space/story-29432431-detail/story.html replacement], [http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/croydon-s-vegan-cafe-is-back-less-than-a-month-after-leaving-the-borough/story-29466190-detail/story.html new stall]
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* Photos from August 2016: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/28690085974/ cocktail menu], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/28690085634/ sour cherry spritz], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/28690085294/ interior 1], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/28690084414/ interior 2]
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<div class="last_verified">Existence last checked in December 2019.</div>	<div class="last_verified">Existence last checked in July 2016.</div>
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summary='Private hire events space on Middle Street, just off Surrey Street/Church Street, previously Beano's, Stuff, Beanies, and Buttercream Dreams.'	summary='Bar and events space on Middle Street, just off Surrey Street/Church Street, previously Beano's, Stuff, Beanies, and Buttercream Dreams.'

Bar and events space on Middle Street, just off Surrey Street/Church Street.

The bar operates in the evenings only, while in the daytime the space is intended for use as a cafe.

From February to June 2016, the cafe was run as a vegan cafe called Buttercream Dreams, but as of July 2016 Buttercream Dreams operates solely as a stall on Surrey Street Market and a cafe in Camden, and the owners of Project B are looking for a new cafe operator.

Accessibility: A ramp to get in. Plenty of space to park prams/pushchairs. Toilets are up a couple of steps.

The premises were previously occupied by Beano's second-hand record shop (see Wikipedia entry and a photo of it in 2009). After Beano's closed, the building spent a short spell as an "undercover market" called Stuff photo; see Retro Chick blog post.

By July 2012 it was a child-friendly cafe and children's indoor playspace called Beanies photo. The playspace moved to the Whitgift Centre around the end of 2014, though the cafe continued to run. By March 2015 there was new signage up for Project B (run by the same people as Beanies).

In February 2016 a vegan cafe called Buttercream Dreams opened in the ground floor space, though the building remained in the hands of Project B as an events company. Buttercream Dreams moved out again in June 2016.