Social Bite temporarily close Edinburgh city centre café to 'review best use of location'

Published date29 June 2022
The charity, who also own a number of stores within the city, have confirmed that their coffee and sandwich shop on Shandwick Place, near Haymarket, is currently closed, although no time scale has been placed on it re-opening, if at all

The shop, which offers a range of hot and cold snacks, has been closed for a number of weeks, with no sign of life or notice on the window. Confirming the news to Edinburgh Live, a spokesperson for Social Bite said that the team are currently reviewing the best use of the location while they work on up and coming developments across the city.

They added: "We've taken the decision to temporarily close our coffee shop at Shandwick Place as we review the best use of the location in line with a number of exciting developments planned for Social Bite in the coming months.

"Our Rose Street coffee shop remains open for anyone nearby looking for quality coffee and food, as well as to offer employment, food and hot drinks to Edinburgh's homeless community."

They also confirmed that the staff in this particular store have been moved to other areas of business during the temporary closure.

Social Bite began as a standalone coffee...

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