Roots Cafe

After taking a week’s long break to transition back into school, we are back and ready to serve coffee, tea and boba during our regular hours! :)

Join us as we reopen the cafe tomorrow, Monday, at 8:30 AM. There will be some new faces in the AM, our HS youth will be serving after school and weekend!

Mon-Fri: 8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Saturday: 11 AM - 7 PM

We hope to see you! ☕️🍂

Roots Cafe youth kicked off the summer break and showed up monstrously chic at last Friday’s Summer Formal: Barbie vs. Monster High. Thanks to all the youth who came out and supported.

Another school year wrapped up! We kick off our summer hours starting tomorrow, Monday, June 10 from 8:30a to 3:30p (Monday to Friday)!

A huge shout out to Celeste Macias of Nopalli Rebelde for their support with the revamp and glow up of our cafe! See you this summer!

Shout out to World Youth Connect for their partnership and support! Their group has been gathering at Indigenous Roots for over two months and on top of their community-building efforts, they provide some great feedback to our youth-led cafe.

Thank you and keep up the great community work everyone!! 🌍

It’s been a minute since our last post and we’re slowly coming out of hibernation with new crew members, a new menu, a new mural by Xee Reiter and a new glow up look in the cafe and gallery inspired by our friends from Spinning Wylde ✨

Stop by for our special event menu for Lunar Love!
February 10 💕 1p to 4p at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center

KARE 11 News is working on building relationships with the Twin Cities community and their morning anchors, Alicia Lewis and Jason Hackett, are hosting a meet and greet at Roots Cafe this week Thursday, December 7th from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. During this hour, KARE 11 will buy every customer’s coffee. Stop by say hello and get yourself a cup of yumminess. ☕️

We’re open today 11/24 from 2p to 6p to celebrate the opening of the Eagle and Condor Native Wellness Center at 792 E 7th Street at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center!

Two Indigenous matriarchs, Maria McCoy (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and Bear Clan) and Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ (Dakota and Ojibwe) are the pillar businesses that will be co-stewarding this center together with Indigenous Roots!

Appetizers from Chef Intertribal Foodways
Tea and coffee by yours truly!

Roots Cafe will be closed today and tomorrow as our young baristas wrap up schoolwork and projects for the quarter. See you on Monday!

Photo: Team Roots Cafe all dressed fancy for Homecoming 2023 last month.

Happy Indigenous People’s Day! All day. Every day! All drinks are free today at Roots Cafe from 4:30p to 7:30p

We are proud and excited to now serve Mní Sapa coffee!

Mní Sapa Roasting Co. is a Native American Owned & Operated Coffee Roasting Company that is committed to providing high quality, sustainably sourced coffee. Organic & Fair Trade.

The idea of Mní Sapa began during the winter, where the owners talked about the fact that it is not always easy to find a good cup of coffee at a pow wow. Both of the owners are Plains Indians (Lakota enrolled & Blackfoot descendant), hence the name of the Medium Roast, Makóce (Plains) Blend. “We intend to provide quality coffee to community which in turn allows us to focus some of our time on community and cultural work.”

One of the owners is also Mexican and has ties to Huichol and Aztec ceremony community down in Mexico and has worked with people who process coffee with bike blenders-they intentionally rode there in 2012 to work on bicimaquinas (bike machines), food and land projects across Mexico.

The owners were intrigued with the art of roasting a medicine that is special to them and decided to learn the process. The result of that was some real good coffee! “We roast each bag individually and put a lot of care and intention into our beans. Pilamaya!”

Thank you to our community partner Blue Hummingbird Woman for connecting us! And yes, we will still be serving coffee from Spirit Mountain Roasting Co.

Youth Cafe Hours start next Monday 🙂
Monday - Thursday | 4:30p to 7:30p

Also open during select events at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center

We were a bit short staffed this morning, but our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man came to the rescue! 🕷️ ☕️

We are open with regular hours this week!
Monday to Thursday, 8a to 12p

We hope everyone had a beautiful day honoring and celebrating Juneteenth!

We are kicking off Summer Solstice with new hours and working on a new menu with new prices.

New Summer Hours starting Tuesday, June 20!
Monday to Thursday from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

Roots Cafe is closed for this week as our young baristas wrap up the school year and begin planning summer hours which will begin on June 19! Stay tuned.

Thanks to Director for bringing us some kape from the Philippines!

Roots Cafe will be closed today to begin some much needed Spring Cleaning! Enjoy the beautiful sunshine!

See you next week for Youth Cafe Hours: Monday-Friday | 4:30p to 7:30p

Indigenous Roots and Roots Cafe are closed starting today, March 9 until Sunday, March 12 in observance of Nemontemi and Mexica New Year of Matlaktli ihuan Ze Akatl.

We will re-open on Monday, March 14 with regular scheduled classes and youth cafe hours.

Stop by for a cup of coffee or tea or a quick game of scrabble or other board games we have at the coffeeshop.

Youth Cafe Hours are:
Monday to Friday
4:30p to 7:30p

Due to the epic snowstorm, Roots Cafe and Indigenous Roots will be closed starting this evening 2/21 to Friday 2/24.

❄️Stay safe and warm indoors if/when possible❄️

NEED A PLACE TO PARK YOUR VEHICLE?

The City of Saint Paul is opening eight ramps for free parking during this winter storm. Beginning Wednesday at 5 p.m., residents may enter and park their vehicles until Saturday morning at no cost at these city-owned ramps:

• Smith Ramp (145 Smith Street)
• Kellogg Underground Ramp (129 Kellogg Boulevard)
• Lawson Ramp (10 West 6th Street)
• Lowertown Ramp (316 Jackson Street)
• 7A Ramp (13 West Exchange Street)
• Robert Street Ramp (95 East 7th Street)
• Block 19 Ramp (145 East 7th Street)
• World Trade Center Ramp (477 Cedar Street)

We’re spreading some extra love today.

Stop by and buy a cup of tea, coffee or Jamaica and get a free yummy co**ha from La Loma Bonita Bakery on White Bear Avenue 💖 here at Indigenous Roots while they last.

Sending love to our relatives in Hawaii who protected their beloved islands from colonizer James Cook ending his life on February 14, 1779.

Roots Cafe will be closed today to support the vigil at Harding High School at 6p. Stay safe and spread love.

Check out Chatterbox!

Our community partner will be popping up at Roots Cafe on:

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30p to 5:30p.

Chatterbox is a space and time for young people who are interested in Audio and Visual Production, podcasts, vlogs and more!

Come for snacks and convos; gain creative and technical skills. See you tomorrow!

Due to the extreme weather, we’re closed for our Youth Cafe Hours today 2/3.

Stay safe and warm indoors if possible. See you on Monday!

It was a busy evening at Roots Cafe today. Thanks to our new friends from the Waite House who came over to check out the coffeeshop and our old friends from Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli who enjoyed coffee and tea after danza class!

Stop by tomorrow from 4:30p to 7:30p to warm up with more free tea and coffee!

We’re back with new service hours!

Roots Cafe will be open from Monday to Friday, 4:30p to 7:30p and occasionally on weekends when there are events at Indigenous Roots.

Stop by this week for a free cup of coffee or tea on the house!

The will be providing tutoring, mentoring, cultural workshops classes and more!

Come say hello to Theo, Xicintli, Arayah and Octavian!