Cultivating community with every cup served: A social enterprise in the Madison Square neighborhood.
Cultivating community with every cup served: A social enterprise in the Madison Square neighborhood.
been 10 years ago as a spot to train young people in the hospitality industry. It's faced some challenges over the years, including a fire in the pandemic. Now, with the rising costs and low profit margins the restaurant industry is facing, the cafe's general manager says it's no longer a sustainable option. But Rising Grines is not going away completely. You'll still see the brand at pop-up events. The Rising Grines name isn't going anywhere. We still have, we'll be doing our catering at a small scale in some ways. And we also will be doing pop-ups and hopefully, hopefully we'll be at a couple of community events this s But we're definitely still looking at pop-up options for us and small scale catering that would be provided through The cafe's last day open will be March 29th.
