There is no doubt it is a great site and with no disrespect to the Johnnie Walker Experience at the other end of Princes Street most people consider it to be the better being close to the St James Quarter.
It has been empty for some time and having looked at it myself the rent as stated by the agents was not unreasonable. Of course business rates is very much still an issue to be resolved in the long term and a big factor for any business looking to take on a shop in the city centre.
I don’t know much about Black Sheep Coffee but in an internet search they came over as the BrewDog of the coffee world. It is certainly far better being a coffee shop than lying empty but it does not bode well for the long-term future of one of Europe’s most famous streets.
No matter how wonderful a coffee shop is nobody ever visited a city just…
