Youjuice is a raw, cold-pressed juice bar in Hove run by Anita Drozd. You’ll find it at Youjuice Garage, a cosy little cafe at 48 Brunswick Street East, just off Western Road. As well as fresh juices in reusable glass bottles, there’s brunch, salads, bone broth and immunity shots.
Anita is one of the loveliest people I’ve worked with. She started Youjuice because she believes food should heal you, not just fill you up. You feel that care as soon as you walk in. It’s so good to see her still going strong.
Youjuice Garage 360 virtual tour
I also photographed Youjuice Garage for Google Street View. The tour went live on Google Maps in January 2017. Click inside it to have a look round.
How it started
Back in 2014 I had an office in Brighton, not far from Youjuice’s first shop in Montpelier Place. I found it on one of my walks along the seafront, the week it opened. I’m a big fan of fresh juice and even have my own juicer at home, so I went in and got chatting with Anita. We were both just starting out back then.
I’m always keen to help new businesses, so I offered Anita a good deal to get her tiny shop on Google Street View. She was really excited about it and about getting some professional photos too.
We shot it on a chilly but bright November morning. It only took an hour, as the shop needed just five panoramas. The white tiled walls looked great against the greens, oranges and beetroot reds of the juices. Fresh wheatgrass sat in wooden boxes along the counter.
We normally blur faces to follow Google’s rules, but Anita and her staff held menus up in front of their faces instead, which worked really well. Anita kept us going with turmeric shots and a banana and raw chocolate smoothie. Thank you Anita!
That first shop’s tour has since come off Google Maps, but the Youjuice Garage tour above is still live. I’m overdue a visit, so next time I’m down that way I’ll be popping in for a juice and a catch-up.
YouJuice | Owner | Anita Drozd-Alkin
“We loved working with Striking Places. Jo is super professional and full of great ideas. They seemed to have great understanding of our business straight away and delivered even more than we expected! We’re truly grateful for their fantastic Youjuice 360 Virtual Tour work and we recommend them to every single person!”