Sun Street Breads, Patisserie 46, Bruegger’s Bagels, Grand Cafe, Royal Grounds Coffee and Rustica Bakery are all doing what they do best and BAKIN’ IT UP for Kingfield Empty Bowls tonight, 4-8 PM at MLK Park!
All proceeds go to Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative ‘s affordable housing site Nicollet Square that houses 42 youth in our neighborhood!
See you at tonight’s Kingfield Empty Bowls 2015 event! Questions?  Contact Kingfield Neighborhood Association at .
Today’s the day–can you smell the soup simmering through the air?! Butter Bakery Cafe, Grand Cafe, HauteDish (aka Nighthawks), Blackbird Cafe, Cafe Ena and Victor’s 1959 Cafe are all stirring up great vats of goodness Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative‘s Nicollet Square for tonight’s Kingfield Empty Bowls 2015 event!
See you at MLK Park between 4-8 PM!Â
Empty Bowls is an event to build community & raise funds for NICOLLET SQUARE, a home for 42 formerly homeless youth in Kingfield managed by Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative.
Thursday February 5, 4-8 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet
Visit the Facebook event at to learn more about our participating local restaurants to date, including what they are making! Restaurant Supporters include:
Blackbird Cafe
Bruegger’s Bagels
Butter Bakery Cafe
Cafe Ena
Curran’s Restaurant
Five Watt Coffee
Grand Cafe
Kowlaski’s Lyndale Market
Nighthawks, coming soon to 38th & Nicollet and cheffed by HauteDish’s Landon Schoenefeld
Patisserie 46
Rustica Bakery
Sun Street Breads
&
Victor’s 1959 Cafe
The concept of the Kingfield Empty Bowls Event is simple: Attendees make a donation (suggested at $20 per bowl), select a beautiful handmade bowl donated by a local pottery artist, enjoy a hearty meal of soup and bread prepared by local restaurants and served by volunteers, and then keep their bowl as a reminder that many of our neighbors are in need of food and housing.
This is a reminder that life, and art, are often unpredictable.Handmade pottery is a truly fragile thing–we had a heartbreaking kiln-firing at Washburn this weekend with bowls shattering right through and glaze not adhering and cracking right off. Artists, you do so much for this event already, but if you have an extra bowl or two to spare, please bring it to the ColorWheel Gallery by February 5 for the Kingfield Empty Bowls 2015 event! Thank you for your support of this event and Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative‘s Nicollet Square housing site!
If you would like to arrange for a pick-up of a pottery donation please contact KFNA Executive Director Sarah Linnes-Robinson at .
YouthLink’s Nicollet Square housing project sits right in the Kingfield Neighborhood. We have received notice that a food-related project of theirs, which includes re-establishing the community garden space at Nicollet Square, is in the running for a United Way award and grant.Â
According to Nicollet Square, “We envision the future of our community garden space as a community-wide initiative. If we receive this award, we’ll be reaching out to community members and organizations to work together in the gardens, host harvest dinners, and in general, create opportunities for building relationships among our young people and the greater community.”
Please share the link below with your friends and colleagues, encourage them to support this important project, and vote DAILY for “Youthlink†through January 27!
Determined by popular vote, the winner of the Greater Twin Cities United Way Centennial Volunteer Project will be awarded a $40,000 grant.  You can vote once per day now through the 27th of January. Votes are tabulated by IP address so it is ok to vote on both your computer and phone. Help us spread the word, cast your vote, and make nutritious food available for every youth!