Itโs never too early to start planning for St. Patrickโs Day, by which I mean figuring out something more productive to do with your time than getting blackout drunk and acting like a fool during a bastardized holiday that has more to do with bad stereotypes than the actual dayโs namesake. But I digress. What you could be doingโif you live in San Jose, California, at leastโis going to the first-ever throwdown at Recovery Cafe.
Recovery Cafe isnโt like most coffee shops hosting latte art extravaganzas. It is โa safe space and healing community for those who have been afflicted by homelessness, addiction and mental health setbacks within the San Jose area,โ according to assistant manager Rikki Vick. Along with coffee, they offer โmeals, self-help classes, [and] job preparedness programsโ to members of their community.
Thanks to a recent remodel, Recovery Cafe is the happy owner of their own espresso machine, which will allow them to better provide individuals with coffee-related job training, and they want to celebrate with the greater public with a little throwdown. They have teamed up with Chromatic Coffee, who has graciously donated over 60 pounds of coffee to Recovery for the event and beyond, for a night of pours, hangs, and good times. The cafe is still looking for a few espresso essentials to help complete their new bar, specifically a scale and a tamping mat, so if you have any to donate, make sure to get in touch with the good folks at Recovery.
The event gets started at 5:00pm, so if youโre looking for something better to do next Saturday than pretend to be Irish, consider checking out Recovery Cafe during their first throwdown. Itโs sure to be a good time for a good cause, and you wonโt regret it in the morning. For more information, visit Recovery Cafe’s official website.
Zac Cadwaladerย is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.ย Read more Zac Cadwaladerย on Sprudge.
*top image via Recovery Cafe