A Mediterranean café has opened on Beulah Street in Harrogate.
Tulip Café has set up in the former Sirius Café site and aims to offer Mediterranean flair serving coffee and scones alongside Turkish tea and sucuklu toast.
The owners of Tulip, Aydan Eski and Karen Ula, decided to set up their business venture in the heart of Harrogate.
Ms Eksi, is originally from Bodrum and Ms Ula has always lived in Harrogate with her husband, Mehmet Ula, owner of Woodlands Car Wash And Valeting.
The site has undergone refurbishments costing approximately £5,000, from painting throughout and new signage to upgrading the kitchen equipment.
Ms Ula previously worked at Rosset High School and said the café is not a huge change as she “loves working and talking to people”.
She said:
“We are in a great location, Beulah Street is nice and busy and right in the centre, and there is a great community here. Our products are homemade and we try to source things locally.
“We chose to go Mediterranean because it is huge, we didn’t want to limit ourselves just to Turkish products.”
The café stocks tea from True Tea and its bouquets of Tulips come from Blamey’s Florist of Harrogate.
Alongside the local produce the pair are selling traditional Mediterranean souvenirs including rose jam, olive butter and evil eye jewellery.
Ms Eksi added:
“It was important for us that we didn’t take over retail space, we chose to set up in a café that was already here, and it means it is good for Harrogate and Sirius customers can come back.
“We are trying to get people to try our Turkish foods, such as the suckuk (Turkish sauasage) but of course we have English things too like the the scones.”
Take a look at Tulip Café:
The interior of Tulip Café
Karen Ula making a coffee
Homemade produce on sale
Mediterranean souvenirs on sale
Tulips and muffins in the café
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