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Oct 2023
New café opens in Starbeck
A café in Starbeck has been refurbished, renamed and relaunched following a change of ownership.
The Munch Box – which was formerly the Little Way Café – opened its doors on Tuesday and sells a range of sandwiches and panini, with coffee sourced from Dancing Goat in York.
Owner Mel Lyons took over the lease on the Camwal Road property in August and has spent the last couple of months redecorating and re-equipping it. She told the Stray Ferret:
Mel Lyons, owner of The Munch Box.
Mel is from Winchester, Hampshire, and only moved north at the end of October 2022. She previously spent several years managing coffee shops for Caffè Nero-owned chain Coffee #1, and then managing coach stations in Southampton and Bournemouth for National Express.
She moved north to be with her partner and says the change has been very positive. She said:
But she's also having to navigate a few cultural differences when planning her menu. She said:
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