Funeral Potatoes at Moonflower
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Hi Friends!
We started this campaign in 2023, hoping to raise $60,000 to offset the opening costs of a brick and mortar cafe.
We’ve spent the past year searching for a location to call home. After dozens of building tours, disappointing inspections, Chicago landlords, and delivery van heart to hearts… we realized that opening a conventional brick and mortar would not guarantee us the security to be our best selves as business owners, chefs, and humans.
But we weren’t ready to give up on our promise & dream of offering an in-person dining experience in our favorite city. So when the Portage Park cocktail bar, Moonflower offered us their kitchen, we were reminded that the work we love has always been rooted in creative pivots, nonconformity, and teaming up with people we admire.
Through community support, we have raised over $11,000 and we couldn’t be more stunned and grateful. Opening and licensing a brick and mortar in Chicago can easily exceed $100,000 - and, rather than supplementing loans with donations, you have made it possible for us to reimagine our vision and cover our opening costs without any bureaucracy, red tape, or financial risk. We will never forget your generosity, and we will work hard to pay it forward.
We are keeping our campaign open until 7.10.2024 to accommodate support from those who have voiced a desire to still contribute - but any additional funding is icing on the cake at this point, and will be used to hire local artists for our opening celebration.
We could not have done this without you, and we cannot wait to share our new home with you. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for making this dream a reality.
All our love,
- Eve & Alexis
We started this campaign in 2023, hoping to raise $60,000 to offset the opening costs of a brick and mortar cafe.
We’ve spent the past year searching for a location to call home. After dozens of building tours, disappointing inspections, Chicago landlords, and delivery van heart to hearts… we realized that opening a conventional brick and mortar would not guarantee us the security to be our best selves as business owners, chefs, and humans.
But we weren’t ready to give up on our promise & dream of offering an in-person dining experience in our favorite city. So when the Portage Park cocktail bar, Moonflower offered us their kitchen, we were reminded that the work we love has always been rooted in creative pivots, nonconformity, and teaming up with people we admire.
Through community support, we have raised over $11,000 and we couldn’t be more stunned and grateful. Opening and licensing a brick and mortar in Chicago can easily exceed $100,000 - and, rather than supplementing loans with donations, you have made it possible for us to reimagine our vision and cover our opening costs without any bureaucracy, red tape, or financial risk. We will never forget your generosity, and we will work hard to pay it forward.
We are keeping our campaign open until 7.10.2024 to accommodate support from those who have voiced a desire to still contribute - but any additional funding is icing on the cake at this point, and will be used to hire local artists for our opening celebration.
We could not have done this without you, and we cannot wait to share our new home with you. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for making this dream a reality.
All our love,
- Eve & Alexis
Organizer
Alexis Thomas
Organizer
Chicago, IL