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 […]
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 […]