OneLove Bike Shop & Cafe Blends Coffee Culture and Cycling

When picturing a great cafe, natural lighting, relaxing music, comfy seating and delicious coffee all come to mind. OneLove in Granville has all that, plus a selection of bicycles lined up next to the counter. 

The cafe-and-bike-shop combo from friends and business partners Mike Brown, Fulya Doslovich and Asu and Oz Turkmen opened in July 2024 in the former Granville Lumber Co. building, just steps from the T.J. Evans Trail, a 14-mile route through Licking County. 

Doslovich, who became fast friends with the Turkmens after meeting them at a party a decade ago, has a biking background with Brown. The duo has been riding in Atlanta, Georgia’s One Love 100-mile charity bike ride for years. Brown, who owns a combination cafe and bike shop in Philadelphia, was a natural to help with the Granville spot, which is named in honor of both the Atlanta bike race and Bob Marley. 

The cafe menu features Turkish teas and coffee (the latter of which contains more caffeine than espresso) as well as mochas and lattes. The food menu includes baklava, muffins and Börek, a savory Turkish pastry filled with spinach and cheese. Bicyclists coming in off the trail can lounge on the covered patio or in the upstairs loft before strapping their helmets on again to hit the trail.

The selection of bikes next to the counter can be rented for daily use, and each day the shop is open, its full-time bike mechanic, Kurt, is on-site to provide repairs and advice for bicyclists. 

“We did have some situations over the summer where people had an issue with their bike,” Doslovich says. “They stopped in and they either ended up getting it fixed right away, or if it was going to be [a long time], they rented a bike from us and finished their rides.”

415 S. Main St., Granville 43023, 740/920-4049, onelovebikecafe.com

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