Old Street will become home for a new style of cafe, appealing to business meetings rather than mother’s meetings.
Inspired by a surge in ‘working cafes’ across the US, Timberyard will offer areas of varying temperatures as well as adaptable lighting. There are also plans to play different music simultaneously on sound systems operated by customers.
Founder Ruth Turner said that Timberyard, which will open in early December, came from a “passion for café culture and a frustration that I couldn’t get what I wanted from other venues”.
General manager Darren Elliott believes that a distinct culture will make Timberyard a success, despite strong competition in the area.
“We want to physically encourage people to work from us, hold meetings here. There are a lot of offices, a lot of businesses, but people are now wanting to meet on neutral ground,” Mr Elliott said.
“We’ve done a lot of research into what’s going on in the US at the moment, San Francisco, New York; there’s a lot of co-working venues that target the specific needs of their clients,” Darren said.
Ms Turner says that Islington’s popularity will continue to rise: “The café culture is nowhere near saturated in London. More good things around here, more footfall, [will] benefit everyone.”
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