Mum and daughter open colourful Brighton café with salad bar

Ece Dogan, 24, and her mum Umran Dogan, 54, opened the doors to June in St James Street, Kemp Town, last week.

The pair, originally from Turkey, relocated to Brighton from Liverpool four months ago and will be running the café together along with the help of Ece's dad and Umran's husband Tuncay Dogan.

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Ece told The Argus that the café, which aims to be a "colourful and friendly" place, serves breakfast and brunch, as well as a range of cakes, sandwiches and wraps.

Turkish pastries, including Boreks, are also on the menu, along with a salad bar that is prepared daily for customers and ready by 10.30am.

Ece also said there is a number of vegan and healthy items on the menu, which she said was very "varied".

The 24-year-old, who studied interior design, also said that it took the family months to find the right place for the café.

She said: "We dreamed of this business for a long time.

"I always dreamed of a colourful, not boring, friendly place.

"Kemp Town is a place that preserves the neighbourhood culture. We found the intimacy we were looking for here."

Despite being open for less than two weeks, Ece also said that the support from the community has been positive.

She said: "The community welcomed us even better than we imagined.

"We are very happy and grateful for this. We are getting very good feedback.

"We already have regular customers. They support us very much. I think this is proof that we have opened a business in the right place.

"We want to introduce people to quality and healthy food options. Our aim is to offer our customers products that are as clean as we eat ourselves.

"We plan to make our mother-made special recipes and quality products accessible and local in the long term."

The café is open every day of the week from 8.30am until 6.30pm.

They will open until 7.30pm over the summer months.