As we say goodbye to Drexel University’s EAT Café we commend the University for the work it has done in West Philadelphia. Thousands of people ate, gave, and supported EAT Café and its community.
Pay-what-you-can restaurants are not exempt from the same challenges of traditional restaurants. According to the University of Ohio, 60% of traditional restaurants fail in the first year, and 80% of traditional restaurants fail in 5 years.
Nonprofit restaurants have added restrictions on access to capital; pressure to immediately build community; and expectations to solve large social issues, while also operating a fully functional restaurant. This is why nonprofit restaurants need extra support including grants, fundraising, and organizations like One World Everybody Eats.
Read more at www.oneworldeverybodyeats.org.
One World Everybody Eats announces today the addition of Julie Williams as Board President, Thomas Brown as Board Vice-President, Donnell Jones-Craven as Board Secretary, and Erica Cunningham as Board Treasurer as the organization seeks to expand. And with deep appreciation for over 14 years of service, Denise Cerreta will transition from Board President to Board Advisor. Deb Casini Klein will also transition from Board Secretary to Board Advisor. And Fred Miller will continue as Director Emeritus.
One World Everybody Eats announces today its search for pay-what-you-can café operators in and around the Boston area as Panera Bread closes its last Panera Cares location in Boston Massachusetts.
Can a cafe operate successfully with customers paying what they can afford? The answer is not simple. The Rev. Mary Wolfe discusses her plans to open Cafe Esperanza.
Tracy Parks and her husband, opened Take Root Café in Kirksville, Missouri, in late 2016 as a pay-what-you-can spot serving healthy fare that is sourced locally as much as possible. Over the course of a year, Parks says, Take Root works with 12 local farmers, plus regional producers.
"We wanted to have healthy food be accessible to everyone. Adair County is one of the poorest counties in Missouri; 1 in 4 or 5 are food insecure," she says. "[Usually] the cheapest foods possible are highly processed, high fat, high sugar. So we want to make sure people who are on a budget or can't afford food get access to healthy food here."
Thelma’s Kitchen is Kansas City’s first pay-what-you-can cafe. “The concept is named for Thelma Altschul, who founded Reconciliation Services over 30 years ago with her husband’s help. After feeding the hungry and homeless in her own home, she quickly recognized the need to feed everyone in Kansas City.”
Read more in Feast Magazine.
Tracy Parks and her husband, opened Take Root Café in Kirksville, Missouri, in late 2016 as a pay-what-you-can spot serving healthy fare that is sourced locally as much as possible. Over the course of a year, Parks says, Take Root works with 12 local farmers, plus regional producers.
"We wanted to have healthy food be accessible to everyone. Adair County is one of the poorest counties in Missouri; 1 in 4 or 5 are food insecure," she says. "[Usually] the cheapest foods possible are highly processed, high fat, high sugar. So we want to make sure people who are on a budget or can't afford food get access to healthy food here."
Set to open this spring, the nonprofit Provision Community Restaurant will join a growing number of pay-what-you-can restaurants that aim to tackle food insecurity and waste.
Wienke, a 15-year veteran of the restaurant industry, began wrestling with these questions as she reflected on what she owed to her community.
In an interview with City Pages, Wienke revealed plans to have Rustica staff come by to host open seminars on different ways to utilize a loaf of bread. Wienke has high hopes for the restaurant, and the good news is that she won't be alone in her fight.
Wienke's already found collaborators in Rustica Bakery and Jester Concepts, a restaurant group which includes hits like Parlour Bar and Borough, who plan to donate both cooking ingredients and teaching hours to the restaurant
With the holidays coming up, lots of locals are getting into the giving spirit. One way to put that to good use is to shop Taste Community Restaurant’s wish list linked on their website. Gifts include everything from kitchen utensils to restaurant essentials.
Jeff and Julie Williams bring the "pay-what-you-can" community cafe to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
