Café Butte in Tbilisi Georgia

Dear Friends and Family,

My brother-in-law Ryan is nearly ready to open his Café Butte in Tbilisi, Georgia. He has transformed a kindergarten into his vision of a spacious community café to gather and eat great food and relax.

Ryan needs one last push! Less than $2,700 to reach our goal! Will you consider donating $20 to $100?

Ryan’s handmade Café Butte outdoor signage will go up soon. Friends are helping paint the front of the building, and covering over graffiti on the outdoor side wall. This follows the OMG at last major victory, ELECTRICITY! A private electrician came along behind the required city ones and finished the job.

Ryan made muffins for Ukrainian refugee children in his new double oven. You helped make this possible!

He cooked up a batch of Café Butte chili for a pre-launch movie night. People paid $12.50 and had a great time. Income! Georgians love wine and they relaxed at the handcrafted bar.

Here’s what’s left, in addition to rent overhead and the first 2 months of staff wages.

$600 Point of Sale System

$450 Card readers, printed menus, recipe book, business cards and flyers.

$185 Microwave and 2 scales

$175 Teapots, carafes, cutlery

$100 Fryer


$65 Plates

$700 Food supplies / staples

Ryan now has an Instagram presence, with 54 followers. It’s just a start. Check it out! https://www.instagram.com/cafe.butte (People in Tbilisi don’t much use Facebook.)

He will now hire and train staff.

Please pass this along to your friends and family so they can also be part of Ryan’s exciting first entrepreneurial adventure. After 20 years mastering the trade as a chef and learning the restaurant business in the U.S., Ireland, New Zealand, and India!

Here is a link to the original video so you can see the amazing before and after transformation:Café Butte before video

Please donate whatever you can and whatever you do, donate something!