At Colo. cafe, (and others) customers name their price

[The Straight Story]

At Colo. cafe, customers name their price

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Dirk Holmberg battled alcoholism for more than a decade, losing his home, living on the streets for a time. His family disowned him, and he never thought he'd work as a chef at a restaurant again.

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Holmberg is the head chef at Cafe 180, a restaurant that allows its customers to pay whatever they can afford, or even volunteer to work in exchange for food. The cafe, which opened in August, is one of several such restaurants that have opened around the country in recent years. Panera Bread Co., the national bakery and restaurant chain, opened its first pay-what-you-can franchise in a suburb of St. Louis in May and was scheduled to open another this week in Dearborn, Mich.,

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Eunice Fisher, 64, said she receives disability benefits and lives on a fixed income. She was going to the grocery store when she decided to check out the cafe for the first time.

"I'm just delighted. I'm like, 'I can't believe this!"' Fisher said, who put $5 in the donation box for chicken enchilada soup. While she ate, Fisher said she was already thinking about ways that she can help at Cafe 180.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-co-nameyourpricemeal,0,4956886.story

[ceile]

1. Wonderful idea n/t

[originalpckelly]

2. There's another one of those in Denver, CO...

wish we could do this for more types of things.

[The Straight Story]

3. Even if we could, the corp overlords would ban it (in name of safety) if cut into their $$ (nt)

[donheld]

4. Same Cafe

http://www.soallmayeat.org/