Pittsburgh
268 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-315-7765
Lunch: Tuesday - Friday 11:00am-2:00pm
Dinner: Thursday - Saturday 5:00pm-9:00pm
Our second location
Café Momentum Pittsburgh opened in March 2023 and is our second location in the U.S. We are located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, right off Market Square.
Named one of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Best New Restaurants of 2023, we’ve just become more determined to excel at everything we do. While we’re extremely proud of our food, our staff and our supporters, we are proudest of our interns.
All About Pittsburgh
2023
year opened
126
interns served
75
restaurant industry certifications earned
1890
hours of community service by interns
408
hours of financial education
1620
hours of enrichment activities
In the news
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April 17, 2025 | Pittsburgh
Cafe Momentum’s Plating with a Purpose brings guest chefs into downtown nonprofit’s kitchen
Cafe Momentum, a nonprofit restaurant that provides workforce development opportunities for incarcerated juveniles, has launched a new event series that brings in guest chefs serving specialty dinners. The first event was led by Cory Hughes, the chef of North Side restaurant Fig and Ash and former chef at Google. Hughes also has been heavily involved […]
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April 16, 2025 | Pittsburgh
Citizens awards grants to two Pittsburgh small businesses and nine nonprofits
One of the region’s largest banks has announced Pittsburgh-area recipients of two different grant programs. Citizens recognized two local small businesses among 25 across its footprint that are winners of its 8th-annual Small Business Community Champion Awards. It also awarded $120,400 in financial education grants and ongoing volunteer support to nine western Pennsylvania nonprofits as […]
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April 8, 2025 | Pittsburgh
Cheyenne Tyler is transforming young lives at Cafe Momentum (Personalities of Pittsburgh)
Cheyenne Tyler is the executive director of Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh, a unique nonprofit that doubles as a restaurant and provides teenagers caught up in the juvenile justice system the opportunity to learn and then work as cooks in a kitchen alongside its new chef, Robert “RC” Carter. A Pittsburgh native, Tyler spent time in Florida as a […]
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The mission for all Café Momentum locations is to transform young lives by equipping our community’s justice-involved youth with life skills, education and employment opportunities.
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