Baba's Vegan Cafe Fund

Vegan culinary artist Wo’se Kofi, also known as “Pattyman,” founder of Baba’s Vegan Café, has found his brick and mortar, and signed the lease.  

Our Story 

In 2013, Wo’se created Baba's Café, which is a vegan vending and catering company known as a "Pop Up" shop, located in the historic Crenshaw District’s hub for African Diasporic culture, Leimert Park.  Offering a wide array of vegetarian dishes, they specialize in Vegan Veggie Patties. He also made his name after spending a few years in the late night reggae scene at the dub club, as "The Patty Man". Selling vegan pockets with many different fillings.

Every year since providing food for the vendors of the Pan African Film Festival, because they did not want the food that was offered currently.
2019 experimented having our patties in different locations. Also did starting menu for the brand new cafe in Leimert Park, Hot and Cool Cafe. 

Keeping up with the high demand and not having the kitchen space let us know we were ready to expand.

Now Wo’se needs your help to expand Baba’s Vegan Catering “Pop Up”, into Baba's Vegan Café in 2021, to develop a space that would offer not only healthy food, but hopefully a space for healing to the community, with classes such as yoga and meditation.  His partner Lauren Anu Wolley is a certified Kemetic Yoga Practitioner.

We currently hosts Pop Ups for the people of the community, but with COVID that has decreased. 

We hire artists and upcoming entrepreneurs from the community, as they grow we grow. It is a learning space for the youth of the community as well.

During this time people need healthy vegan options.

We took a break from fundraising for the space, focussing on our growing family. 

Baba says: 

“So far we have crunched the numbers and our start up costs would be around $50,000. We would like to secure at least 4 months rent, so we aim to raise at least $30,000. That is with the right situation.

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What happens with your donations :

Workers Comp Insurance
Wifi
Signs For Health Department 100
Janitorial Storage Closet Exterior 3400
Vinyl Signs 500
Plants 500
Food Inventory 1000
To Go Supplies 300
Trash Dumpster Service Monthly 200
August Rent 3000


By Café we mean, the “Patties” spot, for everyone who has been waiting for the brick and mortar to come into manifestation. We would love to be able to provide you with all of the items you love by us. 
BABASVEGANCAFE WEBSITE 

With our first fundraiser, we raised about $10,000. With that we were able to buy new equipment for the upcoming shop.
We still hold our Pops Ups in Leimert Park.  Come out and support. 



Donations: 

$100 

A big thank you.  

Come by our pop up and get a complimentary HALF DOZEN PATTIES .

Vegan Fever $500 plus

This is because you are anxious to have vegan cuisine in the neighborhood, and because you believe in our cause. We thank you. Please stop by anytime and say hello have complimentary lunch and a veggie patty on the house. 
-Baba's Vegan Cafe T Shirt.

For the Eighties Babies $800 plus

At a time where the youth grew up in the inner cities with liquor stores and fast food on every other corner, the DRUG epidemic was also a major issue. Many were not well versed on the importance of health food and health education. We are working to educate as well as feed people, therefore helping in the healing process.

-Baba's Vegan Café T-shirt

- "Patty Out" your next birthday party with vegan veggie patties. 

-The Centenarian $1000 plus

Life expectancy has increased but we are not living out the whole quality of life in our last years. Make this donation for those who are over 100 years old. With this donation we can keep feeding people of the community. They say when you are healthy you can live the last of your years instead of being sick and back and forth to the doctors. Help us provide a better quality of food to the inner cities of South Los Angeles, as we get high quality organic produce.  

-Meal Prep for a week plus patties

-Complementary Lunch, or recipes for lunch.

-Baba’s Vegan Cafe thank you T Shirt

-One on one with #PATTYMAN, about my journey and life as a vegan growing up. DETAILS "THE UNTOLD STORY".

-First dibs on confirming a date to "Patty Out" your next birthday party.

The Chili Maker $1,400 

With this donation, we are able to make 4 batches of chili. Remembering the year being outside the Dub Club serving patties and vegan chili cheese fritos for late night hungry vegans and people who wanted a healthier option! 

-A t-shirt. 

-Meal prep plan for a week plus patties.

-Thank you T Shirt

-"Patty Out" your next birthday party.

-Cooking Class for 2-5 people
 

Every dollar counts.  More perks will be added.

Our mission is to demonstrate that veganism is about improving our health, increasing our health awareness and thinking progressively about how we spend our dollars within the community.


Help us to make this dream a reality, to provide economic development within the Los Angeles community by partnering with various community organizations in the area to ensure that our work reaches all channels of holistic living such as culinary and self-uplifting workshops, meditation, yoga, mindfulness, healing arts, crystal technology, Afrikan dance and drumming. 

We give thanks for your support.


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