{"id":2997,"date":"2010-12-21T21:30:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T02:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2011-04-03T03:26:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T08:26:37","slug":"three-bean-net-cafe-5454-a-sunset-boulevard-lexington-early-november-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=2997","title":{"rendered":"Three Bean Net Cafe, 5454-A Sunset Boulevard (Lexington): Early November 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/10\/12\/p1190278.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/10\/12\/p1190278_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/10\/12\/p1190279.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/10\/12\/p1190279_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/10\/12\/p1190280.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/10\/12\/p1190280_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commenter Andy pointed out that this Internet cafe just to the right of <i>Publix<\/i> in the <i>Lexington Place<\/i> strip mall had closed.<\/p>\n<p>I admit that that's far off my usual beat, and I wasn't even aware it existed, but he says <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=2506#comment-91485\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nIt was one of the few coffee\/internet cafes here in Lexington, and it\u2019s especially sad because it was local and always had a pleasant, relaxed vibe.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judging from their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.threebeannetcafe.com\/2152.html\">still extant web site<\/a>, they went beyond the standard <i>Starbucks<\/i>\/<i>Atlanta Bread<\/i>\/<i>Panera<\/i> wi-fi model in that they also provided on site printers and computers.  I have found such places to be very helpful when I'm away from home and need to print out work documents, driving directions etc..<\/p>\n<p>The name apparently came from the fact that there were three owners.  I hope the association with \"Three Bean Salad\" (which I have always hated) didn't hurt them..<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Andy)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 3 April 2011<\/b> -- It's to be a yogurt shop:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/11\/04\/p1200838.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/11\/04\/p1200838_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Elisabeth A)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commenter Andy pointed out that this Internet cafe just to the right of Publix in the Lexington Place strip mall had closed. I admit that that's far off my usual beat, and I wasn't even aware it existed, but he says It was one of the few coffee\/internet cafes here in Lexington, and it\u2019s especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[452,114,451,389,3,374],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-cafe","tag-coffee","tag-internet","tag-lexington","tag-restaurants","tag-sunset-boulevard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}