Drumbrae Library cafe to close today

The news broke earlier in the week that the cafe in Drumbrae Library Hub will close later today.

A spokeswoman for the City of Edinburgh Council said: “Drumbrae Hub is a vibrant and well used part of the local community and the Council strives to deliver the best service as possible.

[tweet_box design=”default”]”Current financial pressures facing the Council means that we are looking at alternative options to deliver the service in the future.”[/tweet_box]

Local councillor Karen Keil admitted she was not a regular customer and commented: “I know of the cafe but I haven’t used it very much myself which is, I suppose, the problem.

“The truth is that not many people did use it and if this cafe had been on Corstorphine High Street it would have closed ages ago.  They were making a financial loss which could not have been sustained.  There is an argument for saying that they were not open at the right times or they weren’t serving the sort of think that people wanted to buy but ultimately I have a degree of sympathy with Facilities Management.

“There is just a chance that a Social Enterprise might be able to come in and make it work however with Scotmid store just across the road selling Costa coffee, pies, sausage rolls and sandwiches there is also a case to be argued that the cafe isn’t needed at all.”

What do you think? Have you been a regular there? Will you miss this facility?