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Tuesday 9am - 6pm Wednesday 9am - 6pm Thursday 9am - 6pm Friday 9am - 6pm Saturday 9am - 6pm Sunday 10am - 3pm

Kahve Cafe SLC, 57 S 600 E, Salt Lake City, UT (2026)

06/04/2026

Happy pride month!

As always, you are safe here!

05/28/2026

Fresh batch of stuffed grape leaves in the case!

Ours are a bit different than others with all the spices, pine nuts and currants in them! Definitely a family favorite! Grab some before they all get gobbled up!

05/23/2026

Tea on the porch is probably my favorite thing ever!

We spent the morning setting the porch and patio w all the different chairs and tables so more people can enjoy their tea and treats on the patio, too!!

Yesterday, we had some people spend the whole day out on the porch doing work or cozied up with a book!

05/21/2026

By Mike Headrick, KSL News

Right now, more than $68 million in restitution is owed to victims of crime across Utah.

That includes petty victims and victims facing much larger losses, like Elif Ekin.

Ekin owns Kahve Café, a Salt Lake City coffee shop known for making traditional Turkish coffee using hot sand and copper pots.

She opened the café five years ago and thought business was going well. Then she discovered one of her managers had been stealing from her.

“I had a manager who systematically embezzled $42,000 over the course of two years,” Ekin said.

The theft nearly forced her business to close.

“I know my café won’t survive,” Ekin said. “Like, it just won’t. I am literally running on negative zero.”

The former manager eventually accepted a plea in abeyance on second-degree felony theft charges.

Under the agreement, the charges would be dismissed if she paid $32,000 in court-ordered restitution within three years.

That works out to nearly $900 a month. But it did not happen.

According to Ekin, the former manager later told the judge she could only afford to pay $25 a month.

“I still have to pay those loans. I still have a business. I still have to deal with all the repercussions of all this and the trauma,” Ekin said. “Why does she get to have just $25 a month?”

Unlike many victims, Ekin decided to fight for the restitution she was originally promised.

She sent emails and text messages and made phone calls to judges, lawyers, public defenders and anyone connected to the case who might be able to help.

“That’s not okay,” Ekin said. “This is your life. They affected your life. You get to reclaim it.”

The effort eventually paid off.

After hours, days, weeks, and months of pushing, Ekin recovered most of the money she lost, enough to keep her business afloat.

Address

57 S 600 E
Salt Lake City, UT
84102

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 6pm
Sunday	10am - 3pm

Telephone

(801) 888-0354

Website

http://www.kahvecafeslc.com/

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