Join your neighbors to have a lively conversation about James McBride’s Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - We’re excited to jump into the new year with this book and with Butter Bakery treats!
Yes, we will hang up our Butter Ball again to mark the end of one year and the start of a brand new year at Butter - It also happens to be our 19th time to celebrate the purchase of Butter - back on Dec 31, 2005!
Join us for birthday cake, a fun countdown and the dramatic outdoor DROP of this year’s butter ball.
The countdown starts in earnest as midnight (STOCKHOLM SWEDEN TIME) rolls around. (5 pm central standard time)
Help us kick off 2025 as we head for 20 years of Butter Bakery!
Join members of the Butter community to discuss the book Persepolis - a graphic novel by Marjane Sartrapi
Lively conversation - Butter treats - and community building!
It's back again! PLAID FRIDAY - your opportunity to tell the BIG BOX's and ON-LINERS that LOCAL IS the best economy. Join us to support LOCAL artisans.
Wear PLAID and let us treat you to beverages and snacks while you shop (or between shop hopping along our LOCAL avenues!
Shop where it matters - right here in your neighborhood - where you can SHOP YOUR VALUES!
Butter is open from 7 am to noon - for holiday pie and bread pick ups and a bit of coffee and breakfast to get you where you are going for later gatherings. If you don’t have a place to connect with others on this day of thanks - we’d be honored to welcome you here and call you family.
Join Dan to learn more about the social benefit side of the cafe -
Dan’s working on shaping our winter efforts and would love your input!
The Butter Bakery Cafe community Book Club meets to discuss the book The Corner - by David Simon and Edward Burns. This book was the basis for the tv series The Wire. We look forward to the deep conversation we will have about the issues raised within this book.
Community building, Butter Treats, and a fascinating book.
An exhibition of abstract paintings inspired by NASA satellite photos of our amazing earth.
By Julia Klatt Singer
https://www.instagram.com/juliaklattsinger/
It’s back! The two mile long block party that celebrates all of what south Nicollet Avenue has to offer. Music, food, events and community building while you walk, bike, stroll or roll along the stretch of Nicollet from Lake Street to 46th Street.
Butter is hosting a stage at 37th Street with the help of KFAI Radio and SPEAK - to provide local music through the day. We’ll have patio space for community building efforts and of course, treats on the street and food inside!
The Curry Diva will continue the party into the evening (5 to 8 pm) so save a little room for a curry meal after your day!
Join us for a brunch with finger-style guitarist Peter Ruddy!
We’re reading Kindred by Octavia Butler for September - join us for what will be lively and interesting conversation!
Butter Bakery is happy to be welcoming Danny Evans back.. Danny will be preforming his latest album titled “MN Kind”. You will be able to find this album on his sound cloud the night before! We will be pleased to link it below for viewers to get a peak at what they’re enjoying. For the time being feel free to explore Danny’s facebook for some more insight on him.
learn more at https://soundcloud.com/danny-evans-189602744 and at Danny’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DanTripleE/
We welcome Ruby Sonnek, local artist, to our gallery space - drop by to check on her drawings and paintings - as well as cards for sale.
https://www.instagram.com/sonnek_artpage/
Our Fall session of the Community Bakery Shares (CSB) begins in September with pick ups on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Join the supporters to get your freshly baked bread each week!
see a friendly barista or baker for more info - or check out the info on the website and sign up also!
https://butterbakerycafe.com/csb
Join Dan to learn more about the social benefit side of the cafe -
Dan’s working on a review of first half goals and a look ahead at second half goals.
It’s the annual Kingfield Garden Tour - and this year’s rains should lead to some very lush, blooming spaces! Get a map at Butter then take a walk or bike around the neighborhood. While you’re visiting Butter, see and hear about the growth from last year’s pollinator pathway project on our Nicollet Ave boulevard.
Then return at the end of the evening for treats at the Sundial Apartment building and view their gardening efforts at 17 W 37th St (right behind Butter)
https://kingfield.org/kingfield-garden-tour/
We’re joining bakeries across the Twin Cities for a Bake Sale to support OPEN ARMS MINNESOTA. Drop by for bakery treats all week and support this important mission!
Open Arms provides meals for people who living with life-threatening illnesses.
It’s a simple notion: people who are sick should not be without food. Yet, every day, our neighbors with life-threatening illnesses find themselves unable to shop or cook — and, often, without the support network to help.
That’s where we come in. Open Arms of Minnesota is a nonprofit organization that prepares and delivers medically tailored meals at no cost to critically ill Minnesotans and their loved ones. Our registered dietitians and in-house chefs create delicious, medically tailored menus using fresh and organic ingredients whenever possible. Through the support of a loving community of donors and volunteers, we harvest, cook, and deliver nutritious, made-from-scratch meals directly to our clients.
At Open Arms, we believe that food is medicine, and there’s always room for one more at our table.
https://www.openarmsmn.org
It’s back - the Kingfield neighborhood-wide evening of outdoor music! Butter Bakery Cafe will have its garden stage in action! We look forward to music throughout the summer evenings starting with this big event!
our next gathering is
Monday, June 10 @ 3 pm
we're reading
The End of Drum -by Hanna Pylväinen
there will be lively conversation
and there will be butter treats, of course
We kickoff Pride Month with a day to raise funds for Twin Cities Pride. We’re joining many other local businesses in providing 10% of our sales for the day!
Join Dan and members of the local twin cities Social Enterprise network to this gathering to explore the Impact Ecosystem we create by being a social enterprise. Treats and coffee available, thoughtful conversation included!
The Impact Ecosystem Collective (IEC), run by Social Enterprise MSP, is a series of gatherings where community members interested in impact-driven work come together to learn about local social enterprises, and leverage their collective resources to further the work being done through social enterprise.
May is Small Business Month, and we will be learning about Butter Bakery Cafe, a local social enterprise that partners with Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative to give youth living at Nicollet Square supportive work experience. As a Social Benefit Corporation, they model sustainable practices, advocate for improvements to worker rights, and bring positive change to our food service industry.
The theme of this conversation is sustainability through environmental impact. If you are a social entrepreneur, service provider, educator, or community members wanting to leverage collaboration to address complex systems, we would love to have you join us. Through these gatherings we hope to inspire collaborations, support one another, build awareness of social enterprises, and connect authentically.
our next gathering is
Monday, May 13 @ 3 pm
we're reading
Almost Surely Dead -by Amina Akhtar
there will be lively conversation
and there will be butter treats, of course
Every Wednesday is School ID day where you can claim your school as a student or staff and get $1 off your drink. But this Wednesday - as a part of school staff appreciation week - all school staff will get a FREE Drink to say thank you for your efforts to educate and care for the next generation!
Thank you!
Sweeter Than Cedar's union of modern folk, Americana, and reimagined classics, coupled with the powerhouse vocals of its female lead singers, creates a captivating musical experience. Their distinctive style sets them apart, creating a memorable listening experience for their audience.
Join us for a Saturday afternoon of musical and bakery treats!
We’re excited to offer DINING IN for the DINING OUT FOR LIFE event this year! Please join us for breakfast or lunch (7 am to 1 pm) or just for bakery and coffee to raise funds for the Aliveness Project.
We’ll be sharing a portion of our day’s sales for the Lyndale Elementary School PTA - with kitchen (8 am to 1 pm) and coffee and bakery all day going their way! Come view artwork from the students and meet staff and parents of our neighborhood school!
https://lyndale.mpschools.org
Join us throughout the day to raise funds for Anthony Middle School’s PTA program - Proceeds from this event are used for school supplies, transportation, Project Success, Model UN, History Day, the Anthony Musical, field trips, cultural events, and much more!
https://anthony.mpschools.org
The Community Table will be alive with conversation about Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Join us for this ongoing gathering to read and discuss a wide variety of literature while building community.
We welcome back the lively Americana group Belvedere Oasis with Luke Taylor to add some foot stomping to your biscuit chomping!
no cover - donations accepted!
https://www.reverbnation.com/belvidereoasis
The Community Table will be alive with conversation about Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. Join us for this ongoing gathering to read and discuss a wide variety of literature while building community.
Join Dan and other members of our community to have a conversation centered around books! Butter treats, of course, and a great opportunity to connect and make new friends. Our book this month is Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
Completing the book is not necessary - we welcome all who share an interest in the conversation that arises! Connect with Dan for more info -
