New smoothie bar to open at STACK Seaburn

It’s been announced that smoothie bar, So Smooth Co, have taken up one of the remaining empty units at the shipping container village.

The business is the brainchild of Callum Christie and Glen Watson whose smoothies and other products are blended using natural ingredients and contain zero additives or sugars.

The majority of their Super Smoothies contain most of your five a day and are made using organic fruit and vegetables.

Callum said: “We have been working with a nutritionist for over 10 months to understand what can make our Super Smoothies taste so good whilst still containing so much goodness. Our product has been developed to provide substantial benefits which include increased energy levels, immune boosting and fat burning.

"The ingredients we use can also aid with digestion and even help with blood pressure whilst also improving your hair and skin.”

Their plans for the business go beyond that of a smoothie and juice bar - they also have plans to work alongside community sports, fitness and health clubs to provide a wellbeing hub.

Glen added: “Our vision is huge, and we felt that STACK was the perfect location, being right on the seafront, to begin our journey and bring our vision to life. We will be providing weekly detox plans, fitness sessions and looking at ways we can provide nutritional and mental health advice to the local community.”

STACK Seaburn is currently closed under the current lockdown, but many of its tenants are still open for click & collect and delivery.

So Smooth Co. plan to open as soon as they have completed their fit out to give customers a healthy drink offer that they can pre-order for collection or pick up whilst out on their daily walk, even if lockdown restrictions haven’t lifted by this time.

Neill Winch, CEO, Danieli Group who operate STACK added: “We are delighted to welcome So Smooth CO. to our STACK community.

"When recruiting new tenants, it has always been at the forefront of our mind to have a wellbeing hub and to ensure our tenants are a good fit for the venue and the local area.

"The seafront location is very popular amongst walkers, runners, cyclists and swimmers and we are sure they will welcome this type of business opening at STACK. We hope that this addition will provide some great health benefits to our customers.”

The £3m development, on the former Seaburn Centre site, is a key feature in the wider seafront regeneration plan.

As part of the ongoing regeneration, it’s recently been announced that the hospitality group behind Durham’s Tin of Sardines gin bar will take over the old toilet block in Roker.

Meanwhile, the team behind the city’s successful Mexico 70 will open a seafood restaurant in an old storage shelter in Seaburn.

There are still a number of retail/lifestyle units available to let on the STACK external elevation. Anyone interested in taking a unit can contact [email protected] for more information.

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