01 — Café / Web / Photo2026

After Hours

A late-night café that wanted the website to feel like the room at 9pm, not a menu PDF.

  • ClientSelf-directed
  • ServicesWeb Design · Development · Photography
  • TypeLocal business
  • Year2026

The brief

A neighborhood café doesn't need a thirty-page website. It needs the right five pages, good photos, clear information and a reason to visit.

The idea: make the digital version feel like walking through the door.

Two figures on a ridge trail above the Los Angeles skyline at dusk
Shot at closing, when the room is finally stillMax Studio

Most people find a café on a phone,
standing outside another café.

So the phone layout came first: hours, address, one photo that tells you what the room feels like, and a button that opens directions. Everything else waits.

03 — What it does

What it does

01

Hours that are actually correct

One editable source, including the holiday exceptions nobody remembers to update.

02

Menu without a PDF

Structured content, readable on a phone, indexable by search engines.

03

Table requests

A short form instead of a booking platform subscription.

04

Photography

Shot on location, at the hour the place looks best.

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