Crol and Co will eventually be an antiques shop with an attached café. For now (only opened in October 2016) it is a café.
What was interesting was that both businesses had noted the presence of the cycle route and saw it as a positive factor. The way cycle routes can increase local trade has been documented widely. There are some good examples from New York in Streetfight by Janette Sadik-Khan (Viking, 2016). Maybe, on a small scale, we are seeing the same thing here in South London. But whether this marks a new trend or not, we can still enjoy two valuable additions to the amenities of Quietway 1.