Dandelion Turns Four, What’s Next?

Life is a journey, and being the ringleader of Dandelion has definitely been that. Chris & I started the cafe with big plans and dreams, not just for us, but for our entire community. So we’re dreamers, but we’re not the only ones – many of you have conspired, inspired and moved into action, and [...]

Introduction to Pachamama

We are blessed to bring you a message from deep in the Amazon this week. Good friend and customer Janice Steiber Rous recently returned from the Amazon tasked with Awakening the Dreamers in Florida. She’s starting this week at Dandelion by introducing us to the Pachamama Alliance at Green Drinks, Thursday, February 18th at 7pm. [...]

American Clay Renovation – Mid Plaster!

The American Clay Renovation is officially underway! This slideshow shows the cafe before, during & after, with pics of the Primer Painting Party with volunteers from our community & Jeff Barrett doing the plastering.

Wicked Fast WiFi

We’ve had a shaky internet connection for awhile now & it’s finally, thankfully been upgraded & stabilized by one of our loyal customers, Rich Miller. Our system was formerly set up in the attic, apparently a big no-no, so now it’s been relocated to a cooler, more accessible location & majorly upgraded. Rich mentioned he [...]

Maya Juniper Rose has arrived!

We are thrilled to announce that Julie’s little magical bebe has arrived on Earth! Maya Juniper Rose Norris was born at home (on purpose), in water, practically painlessly, with the help of amazing friends on Monday, August 24th at 10am.
She is truly blessed to be born into this community and it would be impossible to [...]

Good Question: What do you value?

Jack sends us this tip: “Simply make everything on the food menu $5.00. People will be lining up down the street. People will return over and over again. Everybody likes a bargain.”
Interesting suggestion, unfortunately, doing that would be the quickest way to put us out of business as we would be selling below cost (also [...]

Good Question: Does Dandy have a Sustainable Business Plan?

After the launch of our online Community Supported Enterprise (CSE) program, we’ve gotten few really good questions. Here’s the first one:
Question: What does long-term viability look like? That is, if business picked up to what it was a year ago, would the business be able to carry itself?
Answer: Yes, we believe it is possible to [...]

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Welcome to our new website!

It’s been over three years since we’ve opened & the communitea has grown so much we figured it was time for a makeover. We’ve added a TON of new content to the site, with lots of links to local resources and articles for further reading.
The most exciting new section is Eat where we’ve nestled Our [...]

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