Dream gears up for reality with city-first London taxi café launch

A slice of London's iconic transport history is brewing up excitement in Leeds, as a local entrepreneur brings his innovative childhood dream to life. Aydin "Mr Rand" Dogan, founder of RAND Coffee Roastery, has transformed a traditional London cab into a unique mobile café, offering Leeds residents a fresh take on coffee culture. The YEP's Dennis Morton went along to find out more:

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It's blindingly obvious to ask, but... why a London taxi cab?

"Thirty years ago, when I came to this country, my dream was to go to London and become a cab driver," he explained. "So, when I became a coffee roaster instead, I was looking around for some sort of coffee van. But all the ideas were taken."

So, you just had to come up with something no-one had ever thought of before. As simple as that!?

"I thought, 'What hasn't been done in Leeds?' That's when I realised - there are no London taxis here operating as a food or coffee van. I decided to combine my coffee van idea with my dream of owning a London taxi."