links to news about Butter Bakery Cafe

Our Efforts to improve workplace conditions in the food industry get noticed 

new Mission Minded cafes get some love from the Star Tribune - with a nod to our long-time commitment

Dan’s October 2021 trip to Washington DC to testify to the Joint Economic Committee and HERE also

Our efforts to provide Paid Family Leave were told on this MPR story.

Minimum Wage efforts back in 2017

Interview By CLASP (Center for Law and Social Policy)

Sanctuary Restaurants

Star Tribune Feature Minneapolis Small Business Office support  

Shop Your Values Campaign

another Shop Your Values piece -- video

Here's piece from PBS News Hour - which included Butter as part of their story on wage-tip compensation

 

It’s lovely to get press about our food

our Cinnamon Biscuits get the “iconic” treatment

A “late summer” ice cream shout out in the Star Trib’s Five Best things we Ate

One of the top 15 Chocolate Chip Cookies - we’ll take that!

a TOP TEN sweet comfort roll

Rick Nelson gives our Biscuit Sandwich an “unofficial” Lifetime Achievement award

50 States of Biscuits - a project from the International Biscuit Festival held by Great American Country.  We were named Minnesota's Biscuit! Find us at Week 30.

​We're on the soup list!    And a story about our Empty Bowls soup efforts

Heavy Table - a lovely shout out! Heavy Table likes to keep up with us - here's their collection

We love our cookies - and so do you! - best of the rest - Amy's grandmother's sugar cookie

Best of 2011 --- thanks Minnesota Monthly!

Eclairs! One of the 50 tastes of Minnesota
 and one of Rick Nelson's favorites!

 check out the "eclair video" we made ourselves with the help of a neighbor

and just a few more about being in business

It’s not often we hold a “release party” but for Gregg Inhofer - ThisOneness - it was a blast!

Our "opening" story from Southwest Journal - July 2007 - yes, it took a little while for folks to find us..

Star Tribune - an interesting commentary on one of my blog writings after a break-in at the cafe

The move generated some news too, our new space, adding to Nicollet Ave

MinnPost - sharing our connections with Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative

Southwest/Downtown Journal - with an early story on organics composting (it's cool now)

Did you miss our Kickstarter Project that helped us move to 3700 Nicollet?  Here's a link to the story!

Neal St. Anthony shares our story about the challenges of financing a small business operation in this Star Tribune Article.

Hennepin County Awards us for Environmental Stewardship

Bricks and Mortar Reporter - a little interview with me about how I got started in the coffee shop business...

We love biking! Here's an interview from Our Streets Minneapolis

We landed as a spot on a walking tour of Kingfield