• December 11, 2025 | Atlanta

  Chad Houser Named 2025 Atlanta Falcons Inspire Change Changemaker Award Recipient

  The Atlanta Falcons have named Chad Houser, founder, CEO and executive chef of Café Momentum, as their 2025 Inspire Change Changemaker – an annual recognition celebrating leaders who are driving significant, measurable change in their communities across the NFL’s Inspire Change initiative’s four pillars: education, economic advancement, police-community relations and criminal justice reform. Houser is […]

• December 10, 2025 | Dallas

  The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now. 

  The “best” of anything is so subjective: best dog, best rock album, the best movie released in 1984. This list highlights 50 restaurants that make Dallas an exciting place to live, work and play. Usual suspects? Some, but not exclusively. Individually, these are spots we continually go back to because they offer something, well, tasty, […]

• December 2, 2025 | Pittsburgh

  My Cleats My Cause

  Steelers players can often be seen wearing custom cleats during pregame warmups, but this week against the Buffalo Bills custom cleats will be the norm during the game. For the 10th straight year the NFL is allowing players to represent a charity that touches them deeply in a unique manner with the league’s player cause […]

• November 25, 2025 | Atlanta

  The Humanity Show with Arik Armstead

  Arik Armstead of the Jacksonville Jaguars went into the kitchen to learn more about Café Momentum, a non-profit restaurant that employs justice-involved youth and provides them with life skills, education and counseling. Watch Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OawPi2MXWyQ

• November 7, 2025 | Pittsburgh

  Former Steelers players tackle future of sports, tech during discussion in Pittsburgh

  Three former Steelers players teamed up on Monday to talk sports and technology. Jerome Bettis, Joey Porter and Charlie Batch took part in “Beyond the Goal Line: Life, Legacy and Tech.” The “fireside-style” discussion was meant to explore how technology continues to reshape the landscape of sports, from recruitment to coaching. “That’s what we’re asking […]

• October 24, 2025 | Pittsburgh

  Thanksgiving Holiday Catering

  Thanksgiving is a time to come together — and this year, Café Momentum is helping make that a little easier. To ensure clarity of our ordering process, follow these three steps

• October 21, 2025 | Atlanta

  Killer Mike, Atlanta Hawks and Others Team up to Redefine Success for Students

  Which path is the right one to achieve success? For Killer Mike, it was a non-traditional path. For years, the Grammy-winning rapper has been influential in both entertainment and public policy. Just a day before the Atlanta Hawks’ home opener, he helped to transform State Farm Arena into a classroom, giving students a look at alternatives […]

• October 10, 2025 | Pittsburgh

  Pittsburgh’s 27 best restaurants

  Written by: Hal B Klein It’s rare to find a restaurant with a mission as sincere as Cafe Momentum’s. Its guiding light is embracing rolling cohorts of 15 to 19-year-old impact about the criminal justice system in providing paid, hands-on training across front and back up house. Add mentorship and wraparound support, such as mental […]

• July 18, 2025 | Pittsburgh

  8 Chefs and Resturants Leading the Way in Pittsburgh’s Culinary Excellence

  BY TABLE MAGAZINE STAFF JULY 17, 2025 There’s no end to the investment of toil and genius that goes into creating and maintaining a successful restaurant. Because the hardest work is usually done behind the scenes, it is often undervalued. Because there is frequently a team involved, it sometimes even goes unmentioned. In this year’s […]

• June 23, 2025 | Pittsburgh

  Downtown nonprofit cafe teaches teens life skills

  A Downtown nonprofit cafe is offering yearlong employment to justice-impacted kids, giving them financial support and critical life skills. Why it matters: Cafe Momentum is giving young people who have been impacted by the juvenile justice system growth opportunities through employment in its kitchen and dining area. How it works: The nonprofit is funded by donations and […]

• June 17, 2025 | Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Pittsburgh

  Here Are the 2025 James Beard Restaurant Award Winners

  Toni Tipton-Martin, Jungsik Yim and the restaurateurs behind Le Veau d’Or were among the top honorees. By Julia Moskin June 16, 2025 The James Beard Foundation gave out its annual culinary awards Monday night in Chicago, with the chefs and co-hosts Andrew Zimmern and Nyesha Arrington handing out gold medals to chefs, restaurateurs, bakers and bartenders from across […]

• June 11, 2025 | Atlanta

  More Than a Meal: How One Restaurant Chain is Redefining Opportunity for Justice-Involved Youth

  For many young people, the path to opportunity is full of obstacles. For justice-involved youth, these challenges can be even greater, limiting access to education, employment and the stability needed to build a successful future. At Café Momentum, a nonprofit network of award-winning restaurants and training programs, these obstacles are transformed into pathways toward brighter possibilities. […]