So All May Eat: SAME Cafe

April 16th, 2007

SAME Cafe in Denver serves up good organic food on a sliding scale — pay what you can and everyone eats. Together. You can visit their website here (and donate if you like), and read the LA Times article about the restaurant here. I worked for many years in services for poor and homeless people and there was a huge difference between the organizations that worked with people and the groups who were condescending, abusive or just burnt out. And SAME is all about people being in it together. At first glance this may seem like a pointless excercise in the face of vast social injustices. But often art and culture spread messages that are more transformative to our society than the many protests and legislative squabbles we engage in.  A cafe like this could do well (and good) with Santa Monica. Anyone with a little free time, money and real estate?

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