Pages

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Homeboy Diner at LA City Hall: a new business for second chances





Today was one of celebration at Homeboy; after many months of wrangling permits, testing espresso machines, and perfecting pizza at lunchtime in the bakery, we opened the Homeboy Diner at City Hall with a bang. Well, perhaps not a bang, but a loaf of bread.


The Homeboy Diner is only a closet-sized, bright green lunchtime spot, but to us it represents much more: the continuing growth and stability of an organization that seeks to provide hope to those for whom hope is foreign, and the opportunity for formerly gang-involved young people to show the world (or at least the mayor's office staff) that true change comes one day at a time, starting with a job.

Check out excerpts from the press conference, featuring our "homies" Kyle and Jennifer, Father Greg, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and Jesse Bonderman of the Cornerstone Project. Happy dining!
Posted by at

7 comments:

  1. martaJune 10, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    Congratulations to alllll of you!! Great job!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    Congratulations on this second location! We all wish you continued success, and love with that good food!

    ReplyDelete
  3. ErickaJune 28, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    I LOVE that you have a blog! I will be following! Happy blogging!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Espresso MachinesNovember 2, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    This is awesome, congratulations and keep up the good work.

    ReplyDelete
  5. CoolioNovember 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    I can't wait to go here! :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. SCG-victorApril 29, 2013 at 11:11 AM

    Hello,

    One of the comment above includes a spammy link to our website.

    Espresso Machines

    Can you please remove the link to our website?

    Thanks,

    Victor S. Gehlen
    Seattle Coffee Gear

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousMay 10, 2013 at 12:04 PM

    Hello,

    We are following up regarding the comment posted by Espresso Machines. This profile links to our site http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/Superautomatic-espresso-coffee-machines-s/45.htm. We appreciate your efforts to promote our website; however, we have received notification from Google that our site does not comply with their terms.

    We wish to seek reconsideration as soon as possible and must have this link removed in order to bring our site into compliance. Please note, as part of our reconsideration request, we have to report to Google any link we are unable to remove.

    Please remove our link from this page and any other page on your site. If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this e-mail and I will get back to you ASAP.

    Thank you,

    Brenna Ciummo

    ---

    Brenna Ciummo

    Web Marketing Assistant | Seattle Coffee Gear

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)