Things I Like(d) - Issue #30: "Let's Eat" Vol. 1 🍽️
With numerous municipalities across the world exploring new ways to gather safely around the table, I figured now's a great time to share three of my favourite eateries/art-projects from the past few years... 🍽️
Befriending Kitchen 👋
If your ideal Venn diagram include an awesome colour palette, a desire to bring refugees and asylum seekers together over a meal, and a compact, highly mobile design—you're going to want to read more about the "Befriending Kitchen" from Merrett Houmøller Architects.
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Future Eatery 💪
"...we offer meals in return for 50 minutes of labour at the restaurant. I use this system because I want to connect with hungry people who otherwise couldn't eat at restaurants because they don't have money." Read more.
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Conflict Kitchen 👂
The above video is a stellar introduction to the work of Conflict Kitchen—a pop-up eatery/art project in Pittsburgh who only serve food from countries the US is in conflict with.
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BONUS!!
Here's three more stories about taking a garage-band approach to sharing food with strangers 🏠
Brooklyn's Covert Cocktail Club 🥃
"...the couple prioritizes the social aspects of what they do over turning a profit, emphasizing that they are not running a business." Read more
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LA's Backdoor Coffee (and Cocktail) Club ☕+🍸
"We open up the back door of our loft space (where we live), and serve coffee or cocktails to anyone who comes by." Read more
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London's Black Coffee ☕
"...they decided that, every Friday morning, they would convert their garage into a neighbourhood cafe where they serve up coffee, spark conversations, and create space for their neighbours to be seen, heard, and known." Read more