Tropical
Active Member
Can confirm - Coffee Bureau in the Mercury Block is an excellent cafe. Go check it out.
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Gus Haynes
Active Member
They make my favorite Americano of all the downtown coffee shops. A nice addition to the neighborhood, particularly with the loss of Credo a few blocks away.
cmd uw
Active Member
Did Credo on 124 Street officially close?
IanO
Superstar
Apparently.
Filip.Nowak
Active Member
It looks like something BIG might be coming to Mercury Block 
Greenspace
Senior Member
In a location like that if they're all taken by the same tenant you gotta think it's professional/medical.
CaptainBL
Active Member
I had heard a few months back that they were courting a restaurant. Perhaps that is the case here.
Greenspace
Senior Member
I had heard that as well, but something much smaller. Perhaps I'm wrong.
christopherj
New Member
Would this be for Fox Burger? They announced on their Instagram they were opening a space on 124th Street? (I know this isn't 124th direct but just beside)
archited
Senior Member
The size, if a restaurant, would comfortably seat 90 patrons indoors with another 40 on the patio for a total of 130 -- a good sized establishment.
David A
Senior Member
The parking lot there was sort of a remnant from the time Safeway was there years ago and a bit of an odd thing in an area chock full of multi storey residential. But I guess it takes a lot of time for things to change.
Likewise the parking lot where the Laurent now is by the U of A, didn't make a lot of sense either given the need for residential close to the University and the Hospital. We do seem to be filling in these spaces gradually.
Likewise the parking lot where the Laurent now is by the U of A, didn't make a lot of sense either given the need for residential close to the University and the Hospital. We do seem to be filling in these spaces gradually.
SarcasticMarmot
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That parking lot was super heavily used when MEC was located in the old Safeway building. I think when MEC moved to the Brewery District is when its usage really dropped.
strata
Active Member
If the deal proceeds (assuming conditions are not removed already), I have heard this will be a retail store and not a restaurant
Glenco
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Tropical
Active Member
Just grabbed a beverage at Coffee Bureau and the space was beyond busy. I see a very bright future for good businesses that open here.
It makes me wish Autograph could also get their hands on the pit across from the Exchange...
It makes me wish Autograph could also get their hands on the pit across from the Exchange...