If diner are n’t feeling the computer menu at EAT Cafe in Philadelphia ’s Mantua neighbourhood , they only have to wait a hebdomad to find something raw . The charity - tug eatery adapts to donations they receive from partners . After serving an Italian menu one hebdomad , a shipment of green tomatoes might barrack a soul food theme the next . But no matter what ’s for dinner on any give night , the meal ’s price tag end — pay up what you may — stays the same .
EAT , or Everyone at the Table , became Philadelphia ’s first nonprofit “ biotic community cafe ” when it opened in the City of Brotherly Love at the last of October , Philly.comreports . It takes its cues from dozens of similar restaurants around the country : Meals are served for a suggested donation of $ 15 . If you’re able to afford that , slap-up . If you may pay off more , less , or nothing at all , that ’s ok too .
The Drexel University enterprise seeks to differentiate itself from other pay - what - you - can billet by operating in the style of a full - service establishment . Instead of suffice themselves cafeteria - style , diners can come in four nighttime a week for a three - course meal of restaurant - quality food . Mariana Chilton , who runs Drexel ’s Center for Hunger - Free Communities , tell Philly.com , " I wanted to verify this would not be confused with a soup kitchen . It sets the stage for a place where all unlike kinds of people would want to cope with up and immingle . "
EAT currently source their food from vender and donors like Metropolitan Bakery , La Colombe , and Giant Food Stores . Their ultimate goal is to work with 60 percent donated ingredients with a mark cost of $ 3.25 per repast and serve roughly 130 masses a nighttime . The cafe is n’t yet where it needs to be ( they only answer 125 meals in their first week ) , but the squad behind it hopes that once word beget around , EAT will act as a space " to nourish the biotic community through good food and family . "
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