Over 200 people helped turn the former USM Cafeteria into Local Sprouts Cafe.
Local Sprouts Cafe is a community gathering place that offers delicious local food at affordable prices in a comfortable environment. Our menu features local and organic breakfast, soup, salads, baked goods and entrees. Local Sprouts Cafe is home to the Bomb Diggity bakery which makes treats for all eaters and support the Bomb Diggity Baking and Arts program for adults with intellectual disabilities. We also offer fair-trade coffee, local herbal teas, local kombucha, local beer, organic & local wines and meads. We are open from morning to night and will host performances and events at night.
Local Sprouts Cafe is Portland’s first Community Supported Cafe, where people can become members of the cafe through putting down money up front that gives them a credit to purchase food at the cafe. Local Sprouts Cafe is also open to the general public to come in and eat delicious local food.
Our food comes from urban gardens in Portland and local farms in Maine. Our goal is to grow sustainability through connecting our urban community with the food they eat and with the farmers who grow their food. Through Local Sprouts Cafe we are supporting our creative green economy in Maine.
Menu
We cook local food for local people
Local Sprouts Cafe’s menu features seasonal local food year-round. For breakfast we offer egg sandwiches, buckwheat pancakes, local meats, homefry potatoes & hash. At lunchtime we add soups, salads and more sandwiches to our menu. At night we focus on dinner specials. Our menu features foods that are influences by home-cooking, other cultures, by fermented foods, and our creativity. We also offer food for vegans, vegetarians, and people with allergy along with meat dishes.
The Cafe
Local Sprouts Cafe has a comfortable family-friendly atmosphere. We off counter-service for all orders, and our counter staff will bring food out to customers or customers will pick-up food from the counter. We have a mixture of tables, a cob booth, couches and chairs to accommodate people eating, drinking coffee or beer, working on projects or meeting. We have a two bars for people to eat and drink at. We offer free wi-fi so that people can work on laptops at the cafe. There is rotating art shows on the wall. There is a small stage for performances.
Our Values
Local Sprouts focuses on using local and organic ingredients to build connections to our community, to grow sustainability, to support Maine farmers, to protect our environment, and to build our local economy. We are a worker-owned cooperative that believes in creating a democratic and equitable business to serve our workers and our community.
Cafe
Local Sprouts Cafe is now Open!
M-W: 7am-8pm, Thurs-Sat: 7am-11pm, Sun 8am-4pm
At
649 Congress St. Portland, Maine
Check out our Current Menu
207-899-3529
Creative Local and Organic Food
Community and Family Environment
Learning Programs and Community Events
Art and Performances
Local Sprouts Cafe
and the Bomb Diggity Bakery
Over 200 people helped turn the former USM Cafeteria into Local Sprouts Cafe.
Local Sprouts Cafe is a community gathering place that offers delicious local food at affordable prices in a comfortable environment. Our menu features local and organic breakfast, soup, salads, baked goods and entrees. Local Sprouts Cafe is home to the Bomb Diggity bakery which makes treats for all eaters and support the Bomb Diggity Baking and Arts program for adults with intellectual disabilities. We also offer fair-trade coffee, local herbal teas, local kombucha, local beer, organic & local wines and meads. We are open from morning to night and will host performances and events at night.
Local Sprouts Cafe is Portland’s first Community Supported Cafe, where people can become members of the cafe through putting down money up front that gives them a credit to purchase food at the cafe. Local Sprouts Cafe is also open to the general public to come in and eat delicious local food.
Our food comes from urban gardens in Portland and local farms in Maine. Our goal is to grow sustainability through connecting our urban community with the food they eat and with the farmers who grow their food. Through Local Sprouts Cafe we are supporting our creative green economy in Maine.
Menu
We cook local food for local people
Local Sprouts Cafe’s menu features seasonal local food year-round. For breakfast we offer egg sandwiches, buckwheat pancakes, local meats, homefry potatoes & hash. At lunchtime we add soups, salads and more sandwiches to our menu. At night we focus on dinner specials. Our menu features foods that are influences by home-cooking, other cultures, by fermented foods, and our creativity. We also offer food for vegans, vegetarians, and people with allergy along with meat dishes.
The Cafe
Local Sprouts Cafe has a comfortable family-friendly atmosphere. We off counter-service for all orders, and our counter staff will bring food out to customers or customers will pick-up food from the counter. We have a mixture of tables, a cob booth, couches and chairs to accommodate people eating, drinking coffee or beer, working on projects or meeting. We have a two bars for people to eat and drink at. We offer free wi-fi so that people can work on laptops at the cafe. There is rotating art shows on the wall. There is a small stage for performances.
Our Values
Local Sprouts focuses on using local and organic ingredients to build connections to our community, to grow sustainability, to support Maine farmers, to protect our environment, and to build our local economy. We are a worker-owned cooperative that believes in creating a democratic and equitable business to serve our workers and our community.