“I didn’t open a tea room, I opened a place to live”

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It's flawless for Sister 'Co according to reviews Google ! All criteria are checked, and customers leave pleasantly surprised.

In Villeparisis (Seine-et-Marne), In Ouri runs her salon single-handedly, Sister ‘Coand repeatedly welcomes customers intrigued by the positive reviews left on the tea room that she opened in May 2024. Encounter.

Homemade

Coffee, tea, bagels, cookies, cake… Everything is homemade. Ourida only offers her customers what she likes to eat. All the Sundayselle offers a brunch by reservation with a surprise theme. Customers discover what they are tasting the same day. Gathered in a small committee, Ourida favors a friendly atmosphere and caring about its sales.

Some customers noticed this and let him know that his prices were not high enough. “It’s a choice,” she says: Ourida wants everyone to be able to open the door to their living room.

Confident in her ideas and desiresshe embarked on this new adventure almost a year ago. Graduate from a business school, which became commercial, she left the path that was clearly laid out for her. Pushed by her husband and those close to her, Ourida had to surmonter son stress permanent to make this dream put aside for too many years real.

Great perfectionistshe had to embark on this new adventure alone. ” I am very thoughtful and once it's validated for me, I no longer need validation from anyone “, she explains. It's not ego but unshakeable self-confidence. Sister 'Co perfectly reflects his mentality of « warrior », as she likes to call it.

A place to live

Ourida has succeeded in transmitting a soul to this place. Like the café near his college Brittanyshe wanted create a place where customers can exchange kindness. When asked what she thinks of her living room, the first thing that comes to mind is “it’s hot!” “. But “it is above all a place of life”.

This warm atmosphere with a feeling of being trapped in a good Christmas movie would not have been possible without Ourida.

At his side, time does not pass at the same speed. The discussions follow one another so well that some stay in his living room for up to half a day.. “I need to create something that reconnects people,” confides Ourida. She even created the “What if we exchanged” evenings.

Around a meal, a fortnight of people reserved their place to attend the first evening of the name, whose theme was “stress and excess stress”. For several hours, customers were able to exchange with two volunteer therapists. This meeting gave rise to a real moment of sharingof which Ourida is particularly proud.

“Living better to live together”

“Living better to live together” is what Sister 'Co's slogan could have been. Although she found it, Ourida is not a fan of slogans. She knows what she wants and doesn't want. She doesn't want to create a franchiseshe prefers to create a unique place. She doesn’t want “over-communication so she can grow slowly,” she says.

When it came to choosing the location of her salon, she had initially planned to open in the capital instead. One evening, she confided that she wanted to go out for coffee with her sisters around Villeparisis, but that was not possible. It's decided, the café is packing up in town. “I want some commerce local », says Ourida, a big supporter of local commerce.

Getting there: 89 avenue du général de Gaulle, in Villeparisis. Contact: 07 81 98 51 44 or [email protected]

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