A NEW coffee shop is preparing to throw open its doors in York - a year after its planned launch.

The 200 Degrees Coffee Roasters have chosen York for their 14th coffee shop which will open in late June and create 15 new full and part-time jobs.

The 82-seat shop will be at 68 Low Petergate.

200 Degrees director, Tom Vincent said it had been a long wait to open.

“This shop should have been open last April but we’re finally here and we hope our independent attitude and relaxed way of doing things will add to this fantastic area as everything returns to normality, whatever that is.

"We’re keen to join the local business community in York and support the thriving visitor economy in any way we can, possibly by treating some people to a coffee and one of our delicious vegan brownies.

"I’m also hoping to use my new joke about the shop being close to a shambles as many times as possible.

"There will be lots to like including our hand roasted coffee and food that’s freshly made in our kitchen every day. We’ll be open early for our usual range of breakfasts and concentrating extra hard on maintaining the high quality of our takeaway service.”

200 Degrees was set up by Tom and his business partner Rob Darby in 2012 and has 11 ‘distinctively independent’ coffee shops as well as its Roast House near Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

The company has already announced two further openings, including one in The Hyphen Building in Manchester, for this year.

The new Low Petergate coffee shop will open in late June: 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday; 9am to 7pm on Saturdays and 9am to 5pm on Sundays (subject to Covid regulations).