Category Archives: Cafe Momentum

by Steven Doyle | August 16, 2011 · 7:53 am

McCallister’s Cafe Momentum Dinner Now On Sale

by Steven Doyle

Just on sale with tickets still available is the Café Momentum pop-up dinner for November 6, 2011 with chef Matt McCallister. The local cooking phenom will be preparing his style of cookery for the café with a heart.

Café Momentum is a non-profit concept benefiting Youth Village Resources of Dallas. Each first Sunday of the month, chef’s Houser and Provost from Parigi welcome a Dallas area chef to spread the kitchen creativity and help youth learn the world of culinary arts. Continue reading →

Sharon Hage at Cafe Momentum

by Steven Doyle

Last evening Garden Café played host venue for the latest edition of Café Momentum, the pop-up dinner series that is assisting the financing of the Momentum project and serves as a culinary training facility for disadvantaged youth.

As we have reported in the past, Café Momentum will eventually find a home in the Dallas area as a non-profit restaurant that will over a year train in all aspects of restaurant service, giving the employees a head start to a career. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | July 27, 2011 · 1:14 pm

Food Photo Of The Week

Fresh Bread from Cafe Momentum, photo by Robert Bostick

Cafe Momentum Serves 85 in Pop-Up Dinner

by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick

Café Momentum is a non-profit restaurant concept that serves as a culinary training facility for the disadvantaged. The primary focus is on the Dallas County Youth Village, a juvenile detention facility for 13-17 year old non-violent adjudicated young boys. With the help of the Youth Village Resources of Dallas created a culinary program within the facility that is currently teaching the students basic culinary skills. Upon completing the program, the students graduate to a paid position working in the Youth Village cafeteria. Continue reading →