The owner of Morgan’s Cafe in Cwmbran has thanked the “amazing community” of Pontnewydd for turning from customers into friends.
Ria Dummett and her mum, Elouise, opened Morgan’s Cafe in Maendy Way Shops on 8 August 2018. Last Friday, staff and customers celebrated the cafe’s seventh birthday.
‘A wicked journey’
Ria told Cwmbran Life: “It’s crazy that we’ve built up a clientele and customers have been made into friends. It’s been a wicked journey, fair play. It’s brought me out of my shell. Seven years ago, I wouldn’t speak to no-one, I wouldn’t pick up a pen or notepad, but now it’s brought me out of my shell.
“It’s an amazing community up here, Maendy Way has been brilliant.
“Me and mum took over seven years ago. We have the chip shop in the village, Pontnewydd Fish Bar. I’ve always been in food.
“Mum and dad said ‘let’s give it a go’ seven years ago, and then here we are.”
Read the Cwmbran Life story from 2023 when the cafe marked its fifth birthday.