WE Community Cafe
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About WE Community Cafe
WE Community Cafe in Birmingham offers a warm and welcoming space where delicious, healthy food meets community support. Our garden-to-table approach provides fresh, flavorful meals, including vegan, vegetarian, and traditional options, alongside a selection of healthy teas. The friendly staff and d...
WE Community Cafe in Birmingham offers a warm and welcoming space where delicious, healthy food meets community support. Our garden-to-table approach provides fresh, flavorful meals, including vegan, vegetarian, and traditional options, alongside a selection of healthy teas. The friendly staff and dedicated volunteers create a comforting, home-like atmosphere. More than just a restaurant, WE Cafe is a social enterprise focused on building community, providing culinary training to young adults through the WE Work apprenticeship program, and operating on a pay-what-you-can model, allowing your purchase to directly support our ministry and community initiatives.
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WE Community Cafe is highly praised for its delicious, healthy, garden-to-table food and friendly staff. Customers love the welcoming atmosphere and the cafe's mission to support the community. The head chef, Lawanda Buckhannon, is also mentioned.
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Tip: They don't serve alcohol. Open Monday-Friday.
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- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church (A 504m) — historic church in Alabama, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
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- Woodward Park (A 226m) — park in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America
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The staff is very friendly...and volunteers are extremely kind... Love This Place!!!
We just enjoyed a Mardi Gras meal of red beans and rice and a fresh green salad with balsamic dressing. It was delicious, and we got to meet the visionary head chef Lawanda Buckhannon. WE Cafe is feeding the West End community in so many healthy ways. Thank you!
The smiles, the warmth, the,hugs, the comfort, the peace of mind, good music that goes along with the atmosphere and just down right people who care. I feel like I'm at home anytime I walk through these doors...literally💝God bless this ministry
They really really help the community but don't go there expecting alcohol they don't serve it.Vegan Vegetarian meals ®ular too.Healthy food &teas
Delicious garden to table food. Your purchase helps support the ministry.
WE Cafe is a pay-what-you-can social enterprise focused on building community by providing delicious, healthy food prepared by professional chefs who work with and train young adults in our WE Work apprentice program. My son and I visit frequently for a healthy delicious meal! Hours are Monday-Friday 1130-1pm, closed weekends, holidays, other days as indicated on their monthly schedule Great place for dine-in only lunch where you can receive a healthy meal with family. friends and members of the community!! Volunteer opportunities available and welcomed! I LOVE WE CAFE!!!!!!!!HATS OFF TO MRS LAWANDA for her vision & team for the wonderful loving job they do in preparing healthy meals, for community fellowship in clean, safe, friendly, family friendly, amazing setting!!! ❤️ Check their website for monthly menu calendar + upcoming community events
Great cause and great food!!!
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1229 Cotton Ave SW
Birmingham, AL 35211
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