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| Café in [[Locale Muswell Hill|Muswell Hill]] with a cheerful yellow theme. |
Hopper & Bean is a café in Muswell Hill with a cheerful yellow theme. |
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It's essentially one long room, with a counter on the right-hand side and a very long table down the left-hand side. The counter has a display cabinet with variously-filled panini, various pastries, and some cake. |
Essentially one long room with a counter on the right hand side and a very long table down the left hand side. The counter has a display cabinet with variously-filled panini, various pastries, and some cake. There is a mix of seating: some bench seating, but mostly ordinary wooden chairs (but painted yellow), and couple of armchairs - total around 50 places. Apart from the very long table, there are a few other largish tables, plus a lot of marble-topped tables. |
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There is a mix of seating totalling around 50 places: some bench seating and a couple of armchairs, but mostly ordinary wooden chairs painted yellow. Apart from the very long table, there are a few other largish tables, plus a lot of marble-topped tables. There is yellow everywhere: the cups and saucers are yellow <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/171162378@N08/49217617243/ photo]</small>, as are the lampshades, the awning, and even the coffee machine. |
[[Rowley Birkin QC]] visited on a Sunday morning in December 2019. There were I think five staff, outnumbering the customers initially, but more customers arrived throughout the morning. The music was at a very low level (mixture of easy listening/pop), and there were Sunday newspapers (Sunday Times, Observer, Mail on Sunday). For £7 I had two Cumberland sausages on toasted sourdough with a beetroot hummus<small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/171162378@N08/49217616103/ photo]</small>. An Americano was £2.40 and Earl Grey (leaf) was £2.50. |
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[[Rowley Birkin QC]] visited on a Sunday morning in December 2019. There were I think five staff, outnumbering the customers initially, but more customers arrived throughout the morning. The music was at a very low level (mixture of easy listening/pop), and there were Sunday newspapers (Sunday Times, Observer, Mail on Sunday). For £7 I had two Cumberland sausages on toasted sourdough with beetroot hummus <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/171162378@N08/49218098381/ photo]</small>. An Americano was £2.40 and Earl Grey (leaf) was £2.50. |
Now, back to this yellow theme. The <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/171162378@N08/49217617243/">cups and saucers are yellow</a>, as is the coffee machine, lampshades, awning etc. - all looks good, so fair enough. But something very curious: the "Out of the Blue" cafe I visited quite randomly the following day ALSO has a yellow theme (walls, cups, even the coffee machine). OK, so perhaps one place has been inspired by the other (Google Street View for May 2019 shows neither of the Hopper & Bean outlets yet in operation, but Out of the Brew had been around for three years by then). But BOTH websites have the same grey-black cube icon, so what's that about? Same website building tool/developers? Same ultimate company behind them? |
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The have reasonable Wi-Fi (network: HBGuest; password on a board behind counter, but note it's lower case not upper case), stable though not fast (1.7 Mbps down). There are several sockets around. |
Child-friendliness: several children were present during my visit. There is a baby changing tray in the spacious toilet, and there are high chairs (though without trays). |
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[[Rowley Birkin QC]]'s verdict: A good place to work — several other customers were working away on laptops for extended periods — with no annoying (to me) intrusions. |
Accessibility: all level throughout (very slight step to get, about 1-2 cm), easy to manoeuvre around, large toilet with grab bars, alarm and washbasin suitably low. |
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Child-friendliness: Several children were present during our visit. There is a baby changing tray in the spacious toilet, and there are high chairs (though without trays). |
The have reasonable Wi-Fi (network: HBGuest; password on a board behind counter, but note it's lower case not upper case), stable though not fast (1.7 Mbps down). There are several sockets around. |
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Accessibility: A very slight step to get in, about 1-2 cm, and once you're in it's level throughout and easy to manoeuvre around. There's a large toilet with grab bars, alarm, and a suitably low washbasin. |
[[Rowley Birkin QC]]'s conclusion: a good place to work - several other customers were working away on laptops for extended periods - with no annoying (to me) intrusions. |
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summary='Cafe in Muswell Hill with a yellow theme.' |
summary='Café in Muswell Hill with a yellow theme.' |
Hopper & Bean is a café in Muswell Hill with a cheerful yellow theme.
Essentially one long room with a counter on the right hand side and a very long table down the left hand side. The counter has a display cabinet with variously-filled panini, various pastries, and some cake. There is a mix of seating: some bench seating, but mostly ordinary wooden chairs (but painted yellow), and couple of armchairs - total around 50 places. Apart from the very long table, there are a few other largish tables, plus a lot of marble-topped tables.
Rowley Birkin QC visited on a Sunday morning in December 2019. There were I think five staff, outnumbering the customers initially, but more customers arrived throughout the morning. The music was at a very low level (mixture of easy listening/pop), and there were Sunday newspapers (Sunday Times, Observer, Mail on Sunday). For £7 I had two Cumberland sausages on toasted sourdough with a beetroot hummusphoto. An Americano was £2.40 and Earl Grey (leaf) was £2.50.
Now, back to this yellow theme. The cups and saucers are yellow, as is the coffee machine, lampshades, awning etc. - all looks good, so fair enough. But something very curious: the "Out of the Blue" cafe I visited quite randomly the following day ALSO has a yellow theme (walls, cups, even the coffee machine). OK, so perhaps one place has been inspired by the other (Google Street View for May 2019 shows neither of the Hopper & Bean outlets yet in operation, but Out of the Brew had been around for three years by then). But BOTH websites have the same grey-black cube icon, so what's that about? Same website building tool/developers? Same ultimate company behind them?
Child-friendliness: several children were present during my visit. There is a baby changing tray in the spacious toilet, and there are high chairs (though without trays).
Accessibility: all level throughout (very slight step to get, about 1-2 cm), easy to manoeuvre around, large toilet with grab bars, alarm and washbasin suitably low.
The have reasonable Wi-Fi (network: HBGuest; password on a board behind counter, but note it's lower case not upper case), stable though not fast (1.7 Mbps down). There are several sockets around.
Rowley Birkin QC's conclusion: a good place to work - several other customers were working away on laptops for extended periods - with no annoying (to me) intrusions.
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