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Full Moon Cafe |
PO Box 135
232 Rte 132
South Strafford, VT 05070 |
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Management |
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| Managed by | MARGO BALDWIN |
| Owned by | COMMUNITY CAFE ASSOC., INC. |
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Restaurant Description |
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THE FULL MOON CAFÉ in S. Strafford, VT is looking for a talented chef/manager to oversee all restaurant operations starting in August, 2001. The nonprofit cafe, a member of the Vermont Fresh Network & Slow Food USA, is committed to reclaiming a regional cuisine based on sustainably grown local foods and the integration of the other arts—musical, literary, visual, electronic—into the overall dining experience. Exciting opportunity to collaborate in the creation of a new model for community renewal. Interested applicants should call Margo Baldwin at 802-765-4869, e-mail at mbaldwin@sover.net or send letter/resume to The Full Moon Café, PO Box 135, S. Strafford, VT 05070.
The Community Café Association, Inc. (CCA) was founded as a nonprofit community organization two years ago in South Strafford, VT. During that time it has accomplished an impressive list of community projects (see attached list) and established itself as an exciting new model for rural community development. It is creating new ways for community members to come together around food and arts, ways that are creative, low-cost, collaborative, and fun.
The integration of food and arts seems to be central to this effort. People gather most easily around food and in celebration of artistic expression. The Full Moon regularly sells out its events, serving 50 to 75 meals in the process. This food and arts "formula" works because it is whole, integrative and alive. It works because it feeds people both physically and spiritually. It works because it is reclaiming something that many people have lost: a sense of place and connection to their own communities, to the meals produced there, to the artists at work there, to an entertainment that is distinct and apart from the mass media world of TV and Hollywood. It works because it’s small-scale, quirky and local, not mass produced, formulaic, and corporate.
The CCA’S COMMUNITY KITCHEN initiative will create a model for a community-owned and operated eatery that uses local food, supports sustainable agriculture, employs local youth, may act as a community soup kitchen, connects farmers to consumers and consumers to the land, celebrates regional and seasonal cuisine, and educates community members about the nutritional and health benefits of eating local, seasonal, and fresh foods.
In a time of increasing concern about the safely and long-term viability of global food systems (genetically modified foods, nutritionally empty fast foods, Mad Cow and Hoof & Mouth diseases, increased food-borne illness, inhumane factory-farming methods, and the loss of small farms and rural landscapes) communities everywhere need ways of securing their own local food production and distribution systems. As the success of the Full Moon Café has already demonstrated, there is a tremendous need and a demand for local community eateries, especially when the eating takes place in conjunction with its community arts activities.
Strafford is a small town in a rural setting, with approximately 450 families (1000+ people). The Café is open to everyone and attracts people from all walks of life, all ages, and newcomers and old-timers alike. There are well over 250 members from Strafford and the surrounding communities the Upper Valley area. The CCA has developed an e-mail list of over 600 patrons and supporters that have asked to get weekly e-mail announcements of café events. |
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Restaurant Statistics |
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| Type of Restaurant | Other |
| Hours of Operation | WED-SUN |
| Food Service | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
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| | | | | | Average check | | Breakfast | $5.00 |
| Lunch | $7.00 |
| Dinner | $15.00 |
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