• December 17, 2024 | Denver

  PRESS RELEASE: Denver Broncos Foundation Awards Million Dollar Grant to Support Justice-Involved Youth through Cafe Momentum!

  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 restaurant and culinary training facility that hires youth exiting juvenile detention and employs them as paid interns to run all aspects of the business.

• December 11, 2024 | Dallas

  It’s Here: The Observer’s Annual List of Top 100 Restaurants in Dallas

  Dallas offers a wide range of culinary experiences, from sushi to barbecue. Here’s a guide to the best of them.The Best Classic Dallas Restaurants Iconic spots that help define Dallas’ culinary landscape. Some restaurants have long made Dallas a great place to live and eat, from red-sauce Italian haunts to places with upscale Cowboy swagger. Thankfully, […]

• December 8, 2024 | Denver

  Nonprofit Cafe Offers a Chance at Rehabilitation

  Café Momentum is expanding across the country.Café Momentum, a nonprofit restaurant founded in Dallas, is bringing its transformative model to Denver. The concept offers young people who have been in the justice system an opportunity to gain work and life skills.  Read more here: https://whatnowdenver.com/nonprofit-cafe-offers-a-chance-at-rehabilitation/

• December 7, 2024 | Pittsburgh

  Steelers Safety Miles Killebrew On My Cause My Cleats and Café Momentum Pittsburgh

  Every holiday season, pro football players get a chance to promote causes and organizations that are close to their hearts. Through the My Cause My Cleats campaign, players step on the field wearing customized cleats sporting the logos, names, and messages of non-profit organizations doing good work in their local communities. Philanthropic community Stand Together is there to help […]

• November 30, 2024 | Atlanta

  Cafe Momentum announces chef and more metro Atlanta restaurant news

  By Yvonne Zusel and Olivia Wakim 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 […]

• November 20, 2024 | Denver

  Restaurant nonprofit hiring incarcerated teens will open in historic Denver fire station

  Café Momentum launched in Dallas to offer young people who have gone through the court system experience in the culinary industry.Café Momentum, a nonprofit restaurant founded in Dallas to hire youth who have gone through the justice system, is coming to Denver. The restaurant announced Monday it will begin construction early next year at the […]

• November 15, 2024 | Atlanta

  Atlanta Hawks, State Farm Arena, and Stand Together Announce Social Impact Partnership Championing Local Community and Education Efforts

  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 the Atlanta region through innovative initiatives focused on education and community building. Stand Together has already launched successful […]

• September 27, 2024 | Dallas

  September Brings Benefit Events for Cafe Momentum and The Heimerdinger Foundation

  Food plus philanthropy always equals a good thing, and two upcoming events promise to combine both to help raise funds for some ongoing good efforts. The first will be on Monday, Sept. 19, as the kitchen crew at Henrietta Red is offering a special four-course dinner to benefit Café Momentum Nashville, a program that provides […]

• August 29, 2024 | Pittsburgh

  The 38 Essential Pittsburgh Restaurants

  Longtime go-tos, scrappy taquerias, an Indian diner, and moreNestled at the confluence of three rivers and about a four-hour drive from D.C., Pittsburgh punches above its weight in terms of diverse offerings, quality food, creative indie spots, and beloved longtime go-tos that have shaped generations of how the city eats. Its foodways reflect influences of Appalachia, Italian […]

• July 15, 2024 | Atlanta

  Nonprofit restaurant in Atlanta to train and mentor youths who need a fresh start

  By Berndt Petersen, WSB-TV | 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 Petersen.   He […]

• May 14, 2024 | Pittsburgh

  Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh Announces Cheyenne Tyler as New Executive Director

  Download the PDF here. 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 the justice system aligns perfectly with Café Momentum’s core mission of providing workforce development, mental health, education and an ecosystem of support for Pittsburgh’s youth. […]

• March 29, 2024 | Dallas

  Cafe Momentum is a Dallas-based restaurant that only hires formerly incarcerated youth. Now the model is going national.

  Chef Chad Houser’s idea for Café Momentum came after he volunteered to teach eight incarcerated teenagers how to make ice cream. Though he already had an award-winning restaurant, after that experience, his life — and entire business model — changed. Today, Café Momentum only hires justice-involved youth between 15 to 19 years old. The Dallas […]