Sunrise Café
A self-directed concept exploring how a small North Jersey café could present its menu and story online without looking like a chain. Warm, unhurried, and built around the feeling of a slow morning.
This is a concept project — a self-directed design exercise, not a commissioned client site. Imagery is licensed stock, chosen to demonstrate the design direction; copy is illustrative.
Palette: Terracotta, cream & espresso
The goal
Most neighborhood cafés either have no website or one stitched together from a generic builder — a stock latte photo, a PDF menu, and hours that may or may not be current. The concept asks a simple question: what would it look like if a small café's site felt as warm as the room it represents?
The goal wasn't a digital ordering platform. It was a place a first-time visitor could land on, feel the vibe in two seconds, find the hours and the address, and decide to walk in.
The idea
The palette leans into the product itself — terracotta and espresso against a soft cream, the colors of a morning counter. It is deliberately nothing like Daycraft's own blue-and-cream brand; a café should look like a café.
Typography pairs a confident display serif for the name with a clean sans for the menu, so prices stay scannable while the brand still feels handmade.
Structure follows how someone actually decides where to get coffee: hero and feeling first, a few signature items, the story, then the practical stuff — hours, map, and a reason to follow on Instagram.
What I built
A single scrolling page: photo-forward hero, menu highlights as cards, an 'our story' band, an Instagram-style gallery grid, and a hours-and-map footer with a clear 'visit us' call.
Designed mobile-first — café discovery happens on phones, usually while someone is already walking around the neighborhood.
What it includes
- Photo-forward hero
- Menu highlights
- Our story section
- Hours & location map
- Instagram-style gallery
- Visit-us / contact flow
- Mobile-first layout
The result
A concept that shows how a Standard-tier ($650) café site can feel premium and personal without a single line of stock copy.
It maps directly onto Daycraft's food-and-lifestyle vertical and doubles as an outreach piece for local cafés and bakeries.
Tech used
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Framer Motion
Want one like this?
This is concept work — but it's exactly the kind of site I build for real businesses. Tell me about yours.


