The food is interesting and incorporative of a variety of ingredients to ensure a wide range of options and nutrients.
"We have, for example, fries on the menu," Skelly said."They're air-fried or baked, but we have things like Okinawan and purple potato fries. We have yuca fries, we have plantain fries." The space is equipped with activities and toys, allowing kids to graze while they play. The attention to detail also includes tabletops you can draw on, and a goal to incorporate employees who have a mix of both early childhood education and retail experience. It is easy to see once inside that this is a mission that moves beyond just food.
"We get to sell our healthful, fresh, diverse meals from this particular space, but it allows us to also be in the community, give caregivers a space to come together as a community, to meet other people," Skelly said.The cafe combines all the ingredients to building strong and healthy kids, while also giving parents and caregivers a place to connect, grow, and learn themselves.
"They want to be messy; they want to be loud," Skelly said of the nature of children."And so, parents, I think, are really excited to have a space that feels like it's for them and to feel like their kids are welcome and allowed to be kids."