CAFE GREEN DOOR

Opened in 2016, smack bang in the heart of the New Plymouth CBD, community minded Cafe Green Door offers fresh tasty food, mean organic locally roasted coffee, sporadic bursts of live local music & lashings of good vibes!
Our menu and deli options are designed to cater for all dietary needs including a full range of gluten free sweet treats, keto, vegan and even fodmap friendly options. Our gluten free range is produced and served from dedicated separate areas of the kitchen including separate fryers for all meats and plant based items.

Almost all of our made to order menu can be adjusted to fit even the most left-of-field requirements.

Our knowledgeable friendly staff are always on hand to answer any questions you may have.

We offer a large, well ventilated, 66 seater dining room including a huge outdoor deck overlooking the Huatoki river, takeaways, contactless pickup and deliveries during open hours. Fully accessible and kid friendly with highchair and change table available.

Our entire catered/fully licensed venue can be hired out for private events outside of normal operating hours with an offsite catering menu also available.

GD aims to fill your mind, body and soul with mindfully prepared kai, chill vibes, iconic sounds and great banter.

Call in and see us soon!!

17 Brougham Street, New Plymouth
06 759 9399

Teri
TeriBuilding a legacy for my 3.
Ko Taranaki tōku mounga.
Ko Te Henui tōku awa.
Ko Taranaki tōku iwi.
Ko 3STARZ tōku hapu.
Ko Terri Anne Niwa tōku ingoa.

There was always a dark and a light. Sometimes starkly versus. Sometimes beautifully blended. But always challenging. The chiaroscuro of me.

Born and bred here under Mounga Taranaki. Māori whakapapa and English/Scottish/Welsh combined. My background briefly touches on the arts, alternative therapies, philosophy and the mighty hospitality industry all of which are largely self taught.

A high achiever with a damaged background I found myself unemployed and a Mum of 2 by the age of 19. The birth of my boys and those hard years of learning created a burning internal drive to create a world of stability for my babies to launch from.

Cafe Green Door became a culmination of life experiences poured (sometimes haphazardly) into a bricks and mortar expression of who I am. With the addition of Ron and our little girl in 2007 we as a whānau began the process of designing a space to provide income, authentic support, kai and lashings of humour and aroha.

Diagnosed with Chrons disease, osteoporosis and depression from 2016 my journey took a sharp step sideways and I began the journey of self healing through holistic wellness via food and environment. Sometimes I win. Sometimes I don’t. I’ve learnt to see the beauty in both.

As a working chef since 2008 I spent hours pouring over the overwhelming information available and put together a somewhat rough blueprint for GDs opening day on May 9 2016. The evolution of GD is, has and always will be an organic representation of who and where we are at any given moment.

Welcome to our journey.

Ngā mihi. Namaste. Chur x

Ron
RonAnd here I am...
Born and raised in the northeast of the UK to a Kiwi mum and a Brit dad who was away most of the time in the navy.
“Four-eyes”, overweight and speaking properly taught me pretty early on to build walls of defence.
Needles and glue bags were common sights on the way home from school and so once Her Majesty ordered my dad to fight for a freezing island in the middle of the South Atlantic, my mum decided we were moving to NZ on his return.

And here I am……

Some weirdness at 17 that wiped out 25% of my field of vision added a challenge I didn’t need! Anyone that remembers my school exams printed on A3 will attest to that. Lol. Officially diagnosed with ADHD in 2022 gave me a bigger insight into the different ways in which i experienced the world.
But fueled by a real love of music from very early on and the fun lifestyle that it gifted me, I spent my teen years onwards engrossed in all the stimulations that I could. Not always to my benefit perhaps; but always to my pleasure and expansion.

All the time knowing there was a deeper level though.

Close to turning 30, I somehow grew up enough to connect with Teri and thus started a journey that 17 years later sees me smack bang in the middle of where I wanted to be…..
A family man, a father of three and the frontman of my own band of madness and mirth but with a real sense of “right”.
Knowing our tribe is both why I’m doing it and how I’m doing it is the true reason I am doing it.

Three Starz is me too.

Peace out and rock on!!

Ron

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