Café Momentum announces chef and more metro Atlanta restaurant news
By Yvonne Zusel and Olivia Wakim Nov 30, 2024 Cafe Momentum, a nonprofit restaurant employing justice-involved youth, is set to open its Atlanta location at 200 Peachtree St. NE at the beginning of 2025, and it now has a chef to lead operations. Josh Lee has been selected to run the Cafe Momentum kitchen. Lee, a 2022 James Beard […]
I’m going to be a chef. Knowing that makes it easy to leave the bad behind.
I know from experience that solutions for keeping kids out of the justice system start in the kitchen.
Atlanta Hawks, State Farm Arena, and Stand Together Announce Social Impact Partnership Championing Local Community and Education Efforts
Stand Together Announces First NBA Deal Rooted in New Initiatives in Team Effort with Café Momentum, Per Scholas, and Empowered Today, the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena along with Stand Together, a philanthropic community that tackles the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, announced a new multi-year partnership rooted in social impact that will improve […]
Nonprofit restaurant in Atlanta to train and mentor youths who need a fresh start
By Berndt Petersen, WSB-TV | ATLANTA — A new restaurant in downtown Atlanta is offering crime solutions. It’s under construction with a concept like no other. A nonprofit cafe designed to help young people who get caught up in the justice system. “It’s a social enterprise, and that’s the good thing,” Stewart Williams told Channel 2′s Berndt […]
These Kids Were Involved With the Justice System. Now, They’ll Run an Atlanta Restaurant.
Nonprofit Cafe Momentum equips young people who have spent time in juvenile detention with restaurant skills and a yearlong paid internship by Henna Bakshi Jul 12, 2024, 12:32pm EDT Henna Bakshi is the editor of Eater Atlanta and an award-winning food and wine journalist. She has a decade of experience producing news at CNN, including food segments and […]
Café Momentum Pittsburgh Announces Cheyenne Tyler as New Executive Director
Non-profit Restaurant Works to Transform Lives of Pittsburgh’s Justice-Involved Youth Through Life Skills, Educational Support, and Internship Program Download the PDF here. PITTSBURGH, PA ( May 14, 2024) – Today, Café Momentum Pittsburgh is excited to announce the promotion of Cheyenne Tyler to Executive Director. Her dedication to transforming the lives of youth involved in […]
A nonprofit restaurant employing justice-involved youth is coming to Atlanta
Café Momentum, a nonprofit restaurant that employs justice-involved youth, is set to open in Atlanta in 2024. Courtesy of Café Momentum By Olivia Wakim Dec 13, 2023 A new restaurant coming to Atlanta next year will serve casual fine dining food and a new approach to juvenile justice. Café Momentum will be staffed entirely by […]
Press Release: Denver Broncos Foundation Awards Million Dollar Grant to Support Justice-Involved Youth through Café Momentum
Fostering change and breaking the cycle: The grant enables Café MomentumDenver’s 2024 launch, expanding supportive ecosystems for justice-impacted youth See the PDF version here. DENVER, CO, November 10, 2023 – Today, the Momentum Advisory Collective announced a one million dollar grant from the Denver Broncos Foundation to support justice-involved youth through Café Momentum, an award-winning […]
‘Not just a job’: Pittsburgh-area teens gain a sense of calm and confidence at Café Momentum
One of newest fine-dining establishments in Downtown Pittsburgh, Café Momentum is more than a restaurant: Most of the 25 teenagers it employs have been involved in the juvenile justice system. Café Momentum provides them with yearlong, paid internships in an effort to set them on a new path and stop the cycle of incarceration. For […]
A Restaurant Unlike Any Other: A Unique Opportunity for Youth
By Gene Walker When you think about taking your family or friends or staff out to eat, my guess is you aren’t thinking about how to solve one of our communities’ biggest social issues. By the end of this year, that will change, when Café Momentum Pittsburgh opens on Forbes Avenue downtown. It’s not news […]
