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Winter is Coming...

Together, We Can Fill Plates and Warm Hearts!

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All Together at the Table:

A Welcoming Space for Connection, Community, and Good Food

Tues - Sat  |  8 am - 2 pm

Connection

We are a non-profit cafe helping our neighbours overcome the impacts of isolation, poverty, and injustice by cultivating a community of mutuality and a space for connection.

Community

Every week, you help serve hundreds of meals. Our pay-it-forward system empowers the community to welcome and care for others inclusive of their circumstances, identity, and status.

Good Food

We are rooted in the belief that everyone deserves access to good food. We are a welcoming space, located in Barton Village, serving wholesome, delicious, and affordable breakfast, lunch, treats, and coffee.

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Photo by MOTK STUDIO

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Programming

We care about our community.

 

Whether it’s youth programming, drop-in art sessions, or health and social support, we use our space to prioritize the wellbeing of our community.

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Get Involved

We are powered by the community.

 

Learn about our supporters, and how you can join our mission to bring belonging, radical hospitality, and good food to others.​​

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Stories

We listen to our community.

 

Poverty, homelessness, substance use, and other inequalities significantly affect our community. Hear their stories and how we uniquely impact the Barton Village neighbourhood.

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Hear it from our guests!

“Impressive and just shocked by the quality and hospitality. Awesome place to support and will definitely go back.”

 

Kadian

“Many happy memories of 541 ❤️ One morning my son (then 6 years old) and I popped in for breakfast. After we had ordered and sat down with our meals, he told me the jar was empty. I gave him some money to go up and buy some buttons. After he came back to sit down, a woman came up to our table to thank him and told him because of him she would get to eat today. Thankful 541 provides opportunities to dine with our neighbours and make sure their plates are full. Happy 10th anniversary!”

 

Boomberry

“You guys helped me and my husband many times when we were homeless and starving. Such amazing memories. Was so nice to feel dignified in a clean environment, being served by amazingly sweet staff & eating delicious food even though we were homeless. BLESS THIS PLACE.”

 

Bella

Our work is supported by

the Hamilton Community Foundation, the City of Hamilton, and friends like you!

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