SAME Cafe BLOG

Community Profile Jan. 12 - Liz, Harold, Gaia

Brad and Libby Birky — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:02:22 GMT

"Liz and Harold have become more than customers; they are great friends.
Liz first heard about SAME Cafe when she was working for Greenpeace. You
can say that Liz is a bit of a food activist. She loves taking care of the
planet and educating herself and others on best practices in
sustainability. She is even working on a masters degree in sustainability.
Her love for the earth matches well with our business model. Although
initially she worked during our business hours, she was curious and wanted
to come in and try it out. She was excited to hear that a community space
offering such healthy food was right in her neighborhood. Once she stopped
working for Greenpeace, she had time on her hands to come in and explore
and she has been here ever since. She would drag her partner Harold down
as often as she could to have a good healthy meal that the two students
could afford. Liz and Harold have spent many hours volunteering, visiting
and building community here. As we got to know Liz, we found out she was
expecting! It was awesome to watch Liz and Harold throughout her
pregnancy. Liz continued to volunteer even when she was 8 months
pregnant! Then in October of 2011, Gaia May was born! What a fabulous
addition to this fantastic family. But what was most beautiful to me was
how the SAME Cafe community celebrated this new addition. Liz and Harold
brought Gaia down to SAME when she was about 5 days old. Everyone gathered
around in such joy to meet this new bundle. Some customers exchanged hugs
with Liz and Harold and others brought Gaia gifts. Over the next several
days, folks asked about Liz and Harold and were excited to hear the news.
This is what community is all about. We are excited to watch Gaia and this
family grow!

Menu 1/30/12

Brad and Libby Birky — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:07:23 GMT

CAFE HOURS
Monday-Saturday: 11am-2pm
Closed Sundays & all federal holidays

Our kitchen remodel is coming up soon. Stay tuned for information about
closures!

WEEKLY MENU

Monday
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Southwestern Black Bean Soup
Tomato Soup
Mixed Greens w/ Veggies
Tomato Panzanella Salad
Three Cheese Pizza
Peanut Butter, Apple & Brie Pizza

Tuesday
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Apple, Bacon, Tomato Soup
Broccoli Soup
Potato Salad
Carrot Raisin Salad
Southwestern Veggie Pizza
Chicken Florentine Pizza

Wednesday
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Squash Soup
Minestrone con Pesto
Roasted Corn Salad
Couscous Salad
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Apple, Pecan, Blue Cheese Pizza

Thursday
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Veggie Chili
French Onion Soup
Broccoli Salad
Spinach Salad
Mushroom Garlic Pizza
Pesto & Goat Cheese Pizza

Friday
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Ribollita Soup
Spicy Lentil Soup
Carrot Salad w/ Sesame Dressing
Mixed Greens w/ Dried Figs Salad
Tomato Basil Pizza
Chicken, Pineapple & Crushed Garlic Pizza

Saturday
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Cheesy Potato Bacon Soup
Creamy Cauliflower Soup
Cabbage Salad
Greens with veggies Salad
Pepperoni Pizza
Artichoke Heart & Sun-dried Tomato Pizza

Menu 1/23/12

Brad and Libby Birky — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:40:57 GMT

CAFE HOURS
Monday-Saturday: 11am-2pm
Closed Sundays & all federal holidays

Dinner by reservation - book groups, board meetings, birthday parties...

*Weekly Menu*

Monday
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Bean Soup
Creamy Garlic Soup
Coleslaw
Couscous with corn and black beans
Bacon Dijon Pizza
Cheese Pizza

Tuesday
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Chicken, Apple, Bacon & Tomato Soup
Squash Soup
Four Bean Salad
Potato Salad
Veggie Pizza
Sausage Mushroom Pizza

Wednesday
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Chili
Potato Soup
Romaine Caesar Salad
Broccoli Salad
Tomato, Spinach, Alfredo Pizza
Puttanesca Pizza

Thursday
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Vegetable Soup
Mushroom Soup
Arugula w/ Pecans & Bleu Cheese Salad
Carrot Raisin Salad
Bacon, Shrimp & Goat Cheese Pizza
Greek Veggie Pizza

Friday
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Roasted Red Pepper with Sweet Corn Soup
French Onion Soup
Potato Salad
Winter Orange Salad
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Spinach & Queso Pizza

Game Night 6:30-8:30
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Baked Potato Bar

Saturday
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Minestrone
Wisconsin Beer Cheese Soup
Fennel & Orange Salad
Mixed Greens w/ veggies
Turkey, Cranberry, Brie Pizza
3 Cheese Pizza

Game Night

Brad and Libby Birky — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:11:20 GMT

Join us at SAME Cafe for Game Night on Friday, Jan. 27th from 6:30-8:30.

We'll have a baked potato bar set up for dinner.
Bring your favorite game and tell your friends!
Suggested donation $10

Menu 1/17/12

Brad and Libby Birky — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:19:08 GMT

Monday
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CLOSED MLK DAY

Tuesday
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Apple, bacon, tomato soup
Squash Soup
Coleslaw
Couscous with nuts and raisins
4 Cheese pizza
Ham & garlic pizza

Wednesday
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Spinach & White Bean Soup
Minestrone Soup
B.S.T. Pasta Salad
Greens with Pecans
Baked Potato Pizza
Spinach and Black Olive Pizza

Thursday
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Tortilla Soup
Potato Leek Soup
Greens with beets and goat cheese
Apple Lentil Salad
4 Cheese pizza
Chicken Florentine Pizza

Friday
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French Onion Soup
Broccoli Cheese Soup
Spinach Chick Pea Salad
Cobb Salad
Pepperoni, Bacon, Green Olive Pizza
Artichoke and feta Cheese

Saturday
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Chicken Noodle Soup
Roasted Red Pepper Soup
Greek Salad
Three Bean Salad
Cheeseburger Pizza
Veggie Delight Pizza

Menu 1-9-12

Brad and Libby Birky — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:19:43 GMT

*CAFE HOURS*

Monday-Saturday: 11am-2pm

Closed Sundays & all federal holidays (MLK Day, Monday, Jan. 16)

*Weekly Menu*

Monday
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Bacon, Pesto, Potato Soup
Mushroom Soup
Greens with veggies
Quinoa with Veggies
Blue Cheese and Bacon Pizza
3 Cheese Pizza

Tuesday

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Southwestern Black Bean Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

Spinach and Apple Salad

Beet Salad

Portobello & Garlic Pizza

Ham, Pepperoni, Green Olive Pizza

Wednesday

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Sweet Potato Soup

Roasted Tomato Soup

Apple Carrot Salad

Greens with veggies

Baked Potato Pizza

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Thursday

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Potato Sausage Soup

Tortellini Soup

Roasted Root Veggie Salad

Apple Lentil Salad

Pepperoni Pizza

Brie & Cranberry Pizza

Friday

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Turkey Barley Soup

Tangy Carrot Chowder

Black Bean Sweet Potato Salad

Peanut Apple Salad

Apple & Bleu Cheese Pizza

Spinach, Mushroom & Feta Pizza

Saturday

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French Onion Soup
Bean & Potato Soup

Quinoa Apple Salad

Mixed Green Salad

Thai Chicken & Peanut Pizza

Veggie Pizza

Taryn Archer

Brad and Libby Birky — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:42:41 GMT

Taryn Archer is an amazing volunteer, friend, and person. We met Taryn
over two years ago now after a Teaspoon Willie's fundraiser. She has been
a dedicated volunteer and supporter for us. Over the course of these
couple of years, I estimate that Taryn has talked about SAME Cafe as much
or more than our moms. She is a true champion for the cause and working
tirelessly to help SAME. Countless new volunteers, tons of in-kind
donations, and fabulous customers have come to SAME as a result of Taryn's
amazing networking skills. Her infectious smile brightens our days. Our
lives, and this organization, have been forever blessed by Taryn and her
generosity. She even donated her organizational skills over the holiday
break to spruce up the office. Taryn is continually up to something around
here! Personally, having Taryn around makes our jobs easier. She is even
credited with bringing us Jil (her trusty sidekick) who is helping us with
some part-time work. Taryn and her friend Mike were able to surprise Brad
with an awesome Christmas present. Click here
to watch the video. Thank you
Taryn for all you do for SAME!

Menu 1-2-12

Brad and Libby Birky — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:25:14 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Over the MLK weekend (we will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16 for MLK day) we
will be helping to host a summit of like-minded people. One World
Cafe in Salt Lake City has organized a conference again this year,where we
get to spend a couple days meeting with folks who want to open community
kitchens in other parts of the country. This year, the conference is in
Denver!
We will tell you all about it in our upcoming newsletter via Constant
Contact.

*CAFE HOURS*

Monday-Saturday: 11am-2pm

Closed Sundays & all federal holidays (MLK Day, Monday, Jan. 16)

*Weekly Menu*

Monday
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Black Bean Soup
Green Chili
Carrot Raisin Salad
3 Bean Salad
Artichoke & Red Pepper Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza

Tuesday
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French Onion Soup
Apple, Bacon, Tomato Soup
Greek Pasta Salad
Rustic Balsamic Potato Salad
Parmesan and Sunflower Seed Pizza
4 Cheese Pizza

Wednesday
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Creamy Corn Chowder
Italian Wedding Soup
White Bean Salad with Lime Dressing
Greens with Apple, Pecans and Gorgonzola
Spinach & Parmesan Pizza
Mushroom, Onion & Basil Pizza

Thursday
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Bean Stew
Broccoli Gruyere Soup
Bacon Dill Potato Salad
Asparagus and Quinoa Salad
Broccoli and Sausage Pizza
Butternut Squash & Caramelized Onion Pizza

Friday
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Meatball Soup
Potato Leek Soup
Buffalo Chicken Salad
Mixed Greens w/ Beets and Goat cheese
Smokey Bacon & Corn Pizza with White Sauce
Southwestern Black Bean Pizza

Saturday
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Chicken Couscous Soup
Corn Chowder
Corn & Black Bean Salad
Radicchio Salad with Black Olive Vinaigrette and Almonds & Goat Cheese
Chorizo, Onions, Bell Pepper Pizza
Veggie Supreme Pizza

Menu 12/19/11

Brad and Libby Birky — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:30:38 GMT

A couple quick notes:

If you are doing any last minute holiday shopping this year (you know who
you are, procrastinators!!), consider doing your purchase through
http://www.goodshop.com and selecting SAME Cafe as your desired charity.
This is a really easy, and totally free to you, way to help out your
favorite organization. Depending on the retailer, SAME can get a cash
donation of anywhere from .5-50 percent of the purchase price! This even
works when you purchase gift cards, as long as you first visit GoodShop.

Speaking of last minute gifts, have you considered making charitable
contributions in honor of loved ones? It is quick, painless, and easy to
do through the donation button on our web site http://www.soallmayeat.org.
When you get to the confirmation page just add in the comments section the
name of the honoree(s) and a way for us to contact them, and we will send
them a note letting them know of your gift.

We will be closed from Dec. 24th - Jan. 1st for our annual holiday break.
We will reopen with regular business hours on Monday, January 2, 2012.

*WISH LIST*

Examples of the items we currently need can be seen here:
http://amzn.com/w/2T1B0XL57RKFX

CAFE HOURS
Monday - Saturday: 11am-2pm
Closed Sundays & Holidays (from Christmas Eve to Jan. 1, 2012)

Weekly Menu

Monday
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Chicken Noodle Soup
Squash Soup
Romaine Salad
Orange & Spinach Salad
Cranberry Brie Pizza qa
Ham & Mushroom Pizza

Tuesday
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Zuppa Tuscana Soup
Beer Cheese Soup
Chicken Salad
Golden Sunshine Quinoa Salad
Mushroom & Garlic Pizza
Walnut & Bleu Cheese Pizza

Wednesday
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Corn Chowder Soup
Potato Leek Soup
Spinach & Pecan Salad
Couscous Salad
4 Cheese Pizza
BBQ Chicken Pizza

Thursday
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
Tomato Soup
Pomegranate Arugula Salad
Potato Salad
Artichoke White Pizza
Sun-Dried Tomato & Feta Pizza

Friday
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Cheesy Potato Bacon Soup
Vegetable Soup
Roasted Veggie Salad
Chef's Choice Pizza

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY BREAK
SEE YOU ON MONDAY, JAN. 2nd

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Menu 12/12/11

Brad and Libby Birky — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:33:40 GMT

WISH LIST
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DISH SOAP
paper towels (eco-friendly preferred)

CAFE HOURS
Monday - Saturday: 11am-2pm
Closed Sundays & Holidays (from Christmas Eve to Jan. 1, 2011)

Weekly Menu

Monday
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Spicy Quinoa Soup
Roasted Veggie Soup
Carrot, Apple & Raisin Salad
Italian Pasta Salad
Bacon, Pepperoni, Green Olive Pizza
Mushroom & Garlic Pizza

Tuesday
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Ham & Potato Soup
Squash & Apple Soup
Winter Fruit Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing
Panzanella Salad
Four-Cheese Pizza
Spinach & Feta Pizza

Wednesday
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Chicken & Bean Stew
Creamy Corn Chowder
Spinach & Almond Salad
Chickpea Salad
Pepperoni Portobello Pizza
Cranberry Brie Pizza

Thursday
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Roasted Orange and Bell Pepper Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Winter Orange Salad
Southwestern Corn Salad
Black Bean Pizza
Artichoke, Olive and Feta pizza

Friday
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Cream of Mushroom Soup
Cabbage, Potato and Bean Soup
Endive and Frisee Salad
Broccoli Cauliflower Salad
Turkey & Bacon Pizza
Tomato Spinach Pizza

Saturday
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Spinach, Leek and White Bean Soup
Cream of Potato Soup
Beet & Orange Salad
BLT Pasta Salad
Mushroom Broccoli Pizza
Supreme Pizza