Gatherings Cafe

Gatherings Cafe will be closed Wednesday, July 3, through Friday, July 5, so staff can enjoy the long holiday weekend.

We will be back open for business on Monday, July 8.

Have a safe holiday! Pidamayaye / Miigwech!

Greetings all, we will be closed the rest of the day, Wednesday, June 26, due to maintenance issues. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

We will reopen tomorrow, Thursday, June 27. Thanks for your continued support, and we can't wait to serve you all again soon!

We are closed today for Juneteenth. See you soon!

The Minneapolis American Indian Center will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. The holiday is a commemoration of the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free.

Our doors will be closed and there will be no programming tomorrow, but we will resume normal operations on Thursday.

Pidamayaye / Miigwech!

Cafe highlight: The Root Veggie Hash is a favorite on our breakfast menu.

The roasted root vegetables are topped with two eggs and a generous drizzle of our roasted red pepper aioli. The dish comes with our fresh wild rice toast, made in house by our line cook, Linus Yellowhorse.

Come try the Root Veggie Hash and the rest of our menu Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Breakfast is served until noon.

New at the cafe: Gatherings Cafe is serving non-alcoholic Headwater seltzers from Gentleman Forager. Available flavors are Tangerine Lions Mane and Blueberry Chaga.

The lions mane mushroom can positively support gut, brain, and heart health. The chaga mushroom can also support the immune system and reduce inflammation.

Come try these refreshing and healthy seltzers next time you're at the cafe. We're open Monday through Friday for breakfast and lunch!

All are invited to Family Fun Night on Friday, June 28 from 5 - 8 p.m. at the Minneapolis American Indian Center.

Our Executive Chef Vernon DeFoe will be there sharing his wisdom through a food demonstration.

✨Boozhoo, Hau✨
📆June 28th 2024
🕕5:00-8:00pm
📍Minneapolis American Indian Center 1530 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis MN 55404

Come join us for our 1st Family Fun Night in our newly renovated Minneapolis American Indian Center, this event is OPEN and FREE to everyone of all ages.
We welcome everyone for a full night of family oriented activities as well as a one in a lifetime Tipi demonstration with cultural teachings.🤩

-Tipi Demo with Charlie Stately and Tipi Teachings with Madge Ducheneaux

-👨🏽‍🍳Food demo with Executive chef of Gatherings Cafe Vernon Defoe

-Physical activites with Native Fitness and Nutrition,
(Dr Dish🏀 basketball shooting machine and family games in the gym)

-🎨🖌️Art activity for all ages in Niibi Hall

WE ARE OPEN! Come by for lunch or breakfast. We are here til 3 p.m. ✨

The bison tacos are one of our favorites. 😍

We are excited to be serving the community in a good way again. 🙌

Some helpful tips on foraging food from our friends at Indigenous Food Lab 🌱

🤩 Our reopening on June 10 was included in this month's Minneapolis American Indian Center's newsletter.

Starting Monday June 10, we will be open Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We can't wait to serve you all again soon!

📬 We've launched a monthly newsletter! Sign up to receive regular updates from the Minneapolis American Indian Center about our events, programs, and other happenings: https://mailchi.mp/a18a906f3138/maic-mailing?fbclid=IwAR0e-bYqy0LxLC0jyolMrcgC5pX-JA5dJ2YFy-wAlQ1RHE79F3WfnFlwYUo

Highlights from this month's newsletter include:
- Upcoming artist reception at Two Rivers Gallery (Friday, May 31 from 5-7 p.m.)
- Gatherings Cafe reopening (Monday, June 10)
- Aunties' Night Out weekly pickleball and activities (Tuesdays from 5-7 p.m. starting June 11)
- and more.

View the newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/maicnet/welcome-to-maics-monthly-newsletter

🌱🌽 Come cook with our Executive Chef Vernon DeFoe!

Vernon will be leading participants through two cooking demonstrations this Thursday, May 23. You can sign up to attend Session #1 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. or Session #2 from 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Registration is required to attend.
https://forms.gle/wCSCYnkzRTGh5zth6

We will be cooking and learning together in Nibi Hall, located in the Minneapolis American Indian Center.

See you there!

Hello relatives,
We're excited to reopen to the community again soon and are busy preparing. Our goal is to provide you with the best possible experience, which is why we've made the decision to postpone our reopening. We will now reopen the week of June 10 instead of May 31. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and we can't wait to serve you delicious Indigenous meals soon!

- The Gatherings Cafe Team

‼️ UPDATE: This event has been postponed as we continue preparing to reopen to the public. We will now be reopening the week of June 10. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

📆 MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Gatherings Cafe is hosting its Grand Re-Opening on Friday, May 31 from 5 - 8 p.m. 🎉

🎨 We are partnering with our neighbors at Two Rivers Gallery. The gallery event is from 5 - 7 p.m.

Follow our page for more information. We will be sharing updates in the coming weeks.

Join us for a focus group discussion THIS Friday, May 10, from 4 - 6 p.m. at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. We will be talking about our food and health.

The first 20 participants will receive $50 VISA gift cards.

Light refreshments will be provided.

We hope to see you there!

The Gatherings Cafe served appetizers to attendees at the Minneapolis American Indian Center's recent grand re-opening events.

😍 Appetizers included Wild Rice Cakes, Turkey Meatballs, Walleye Crostini, and Chocolate Blueberry Brownies.

It was such a treat to provide our relatives with nutritious Indigenous foods that help nourish the land and people.

📆 Now we are busy prepping for our reopening on May 31. We can't wait to serve the community again soon!

What a great surprise!!
Ben Shendo stopped in to say hi and tour the new Cafe.

There are a lot of new exciting changes at the Minneapolis American Indian Center, but we made sure to preserve pieces of the old space. For example, this beautiful table was created by Jim Rice using cedar from the center. It now has a home in the Gatherings Cafe dining space. ❤

☑️💚 Vote for Four Sisters Farmers Market for the best farmers market!

Four Sisters Farmers Market has been nominated for the BEST FARMERS MARKET by the Star Tribune Readers Choice contest. We are so honored and excited to have been nominated. We would love your support by voting by clicking the link: https://loom.ly/vXFnYh0 🗳️ ✨

➡️ We are nominated in the shopping category under Farmer’s Markets. You can vote once per day until April 17th, 2024.

We are here until 4pm

🤝 Come swing by our hiring fair today to learn about and interview for our open positions. We're at the Many Rivers East building until 4 p.m.

Address: 1508 E. Franklin Ave. Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55404

View our open positions: https://www.maicnet.org/jobs/

Pictured: Randy and Vern are here interviewing folks for the Gatherings Cafe.

🚨POSTPONED:

Due to the heavy snow❄️ we are postponing our hiring fair that was scheduled for today, Tuesday, March 26. We will share updates here when we find an alternative date.

You can still submit your resume for any of the open cafe positions to [email protected]

UPDATE: The new date of our hiring fair is next Tuesday, April 2 from 10 - 4 p.m.

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POSTPONED: Due to the heavy snow❄️ we are postponing our hiring fair that was scheduled for today, Tuesday, March 26. We will share updates here when we find an alternative date.

❄️Stay safe out there!

📣 We are looking for 4 servers to help us feed the community.

Details in original post...

UPDATE: Registration for merch and food vendors and informational tabling is now closed.

👋 Boozhoo / Hau!
Vendor and volunteer registration is open for our grand re-opening on May 1, 2024.

🤝 Volunteers:
We are looking for volunteers to help with our open house and powwow. Shifts will occur throughout the day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Help is needed with set up, clean up, and serving food for Gatherings Cafe.
Let us know if you'd like to help with our re-opening event here: https://forms.gle/gqeyQCsG2fMXzvqJ8

🌮💍📋 Vendors:
We also are accepting applications for food and merch vendors and informational tabling during our powwow, which starts at 5 p.m.
Apply here: https://forms.gle/1o4jzqS2sR1PSMXe9

🌱 Join our team

The Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) is hosting a Hiring Fair for folks to learn about our open positions and participate in on-site interviews.

Vern, our Executive Chef and MAIC Program staff, will be on hand to conduct interviews and answer questions.

📆 When: Tuesday, March 26, 10 a.m. through 5 p.m.

🏫 Where: Our temporary office @ Many Rivers East
1518 East. Franklin Avenue Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55404

🧾 What to bring: Please bring your resume if you have one. There will also be job applications available on site.

Here's a sneak peek of our updated space 🤩🎉
We are loving the new digs! The dining area gets lots of sunlight and overlooks Franklin Avenue.

We can't wait to serve the community in this space soon!

Meet our Executive Chef Vern DeFoe, who is Anishinaabe hailing from Red Cliff, Wisconsin. Vern has worked in restaurants for the past 25 years, with experience in fast food, large event catering, and fine dining.

He's a longtime supporter and advocate for the Twin Cities Native community, including through his role in the Indigenous food sovereignty movement. His passions include learning about Indigenous culture and history and cooking for the community.

Outside of work, Vern enjoys hiking, foraging, wildlife, botany, and geology. He also moonlights as a bass guitarist and is active in the Minneapolis metal and punk scene.

Vern and the team have been cooking up exciting things as our restaurant has been undergoing renovations, and we are excited to share delicious Indigenous cuisine with the community again soon.

🥣🎉 This week our staff visited Boelter's Minneapolis store to sample dishes for the cafe.

We are getting closer to our reopening date in May and can't wait to serve you all again soon!!

Our new home is coming along! The Gatherings Cafe staff got a sneak peak of the upgraded restaurant and kitchen last week. We are excited to reopen this spring and continue providing delicious Indigenous food to the community. Follow this page for updates as we get closer to opening day.

Photo credit to our Executive Chef Vern DeFoe.

Our Executive Chef Vern will be on tonight's FFN to answer questions about his Turkey and Wild Rice Meatball demo.

Head over to Culture Language Arts Network page for the Zoom Link, open to all.

Boozhoo/Han
These are the supplies you'll need if you want to participate during our virtual Family Fun Night. You can still join with no supplies, just soak in all the knowledge and fun. This is a traditional teachings event, and everyone is welcome!

This event is happening over zoom Friday, January 19th at 5-8pm

See you there!

Turkey Wild Rice meatball DEMO from our Executive Chef, Vern.

❄️This January's virtual Family Fun Night Focuses on Red Willow teachings! Open to everyone, the Zoom link will be posted on the day of the event.

❄️UPDATE: Meal and Art Kit registration is now closed!