Full Circle for May Day Cafe
The Alley Newspaper
“I have to disclose that I have a familial connection to May Day Cafe’s early years, before the doors were even open. I babysat my young niece while her mother spent long days at the old Powderhorn Food Co-op deep cleaning, reconfiguring the interior, developing business plans, menus, finding kitchen equipment, tables, seating… It was a huge amount of work transforming 3440 Bloomington into the beloved community treasure that May Day Cafe became after opening in February 1996.”
“I have to disclose that I have a familial connection to May Day Cafe’s early years, before the doors were even open. I babysat my young niece while her mother spent long days at the old Powderhorn Food Co-op deep cleaning, reconfiguring the interior, developing business plans, menus, finding kitchen equipment, tables, seating… It was a huge amount of work transforming 3440 Bloomington into the beloved community treasure that May Day Cafe became after opening in February 1996.”
“Last fall, workers at May Day Cafe, an adored institution of the Powderhorn neighborhood, decided they would buy the cafe from long time owner Andy Lunning and operate the cafe as a worker cooperative. Both the Powderhorn community and May Day worker-owners hope this new business structure will keep May Day flourishing as an affordable and community driven cafe for many years to come.”
Workers at Minneapolis’ May Day Cafe are raising money to buy it as a co-op
Minnesota Star Tribune“After beloved Powderhorn Park watering hole May Day Cafe was put up for sale, its longtime workers organized to buy it and turn it into a cooperative.”