Cafe Grand Opening Post Ideas

Opening a cafe? Give the countdown something to look at.

The weeks before a cafe opens are the hardest to post through. The fitout is dust and drop sheets and the coffee isn't dialled in yet. Put your logo on real photos of billboards, newspapers and takeaway bags, and you have a feed before you have a counter.

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Most new cafes start their Instagram a month or so out. The problem is what to show. A half-tiled wall gets one post. The coffee machine still in its crate gets one more. Then you're stuck until the doors open, right when you need people to know the date.

Your logo on a billboard above a New York street, or on a takeaway bag in the rain, gives the countdown a look that feels finished. People start to recognise the brand before they've tasted anything. By opening day, the logo on the door is one they've already seen a dozen times.

Posts for the run up to opening day

Four weeks out: the name reveal, your logo on a billboard with the suburb in the caption
Three weeks out: the takeaway bag, so people know what to look for on the street
Two weeks out: the opening date on a newspaper open on a cafe table
Opening week: a hiring or meet the crew post with your logo on a poster wall
Opening morning: your menu on an iPad on a cafe table, with your hours in the caption
The week after: a thank you post that keeps you in feeds once the novelty fades

Captions to start with

New cafe. Same street. Doors open Saturday at 7.

Keep an eye out for this bag. It means you found us.

First coffee pours Monday morning. Come and say hello.

Photos that suit you

On a billboard: for the name reveal and the opening date.
On a shopping bag: show people the bag before they carry it.
On a newspaper: put the opening date on a front page look.
On a street poster: a countdown that looks pasted up around the neighbourhood.

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