Who we are
Rhizome Café is a neighbourhood café that promotes the work of local artists, provides people with a space to socialize and connect with each other, and supports progressive social justice work.
What we offer
- • Healthy, fresh food
- • Organic, fairly traded coffee
- • A fully licensed bar
What makes us special
- • Our meeting room is available for use by community groups for meetings and classes.
- • Our workshop program supports people with a talent to share but no teaching experience. We help to plan and promote arts and community-building workshops held in our meeting room.
- • We partner with progressive organizations and community groups to host events, forums, film screenings, etc.
- • We host performances and showcase the work of local visual artists.
- • And...we're a friendly, diverse, neighbourhood meeting place.
What people say about us
Rhizome has been in the news since we opened in June 2006. Local and national media have helped to spread the word about our efforts to build an inclusive, community-focused eating and meeting place. Read some recent articles.
We are open
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 11am — 10pm
- Friday: 11am — midnight
- Saturday: 10am — midnight
- Sunday: 10am — 9pm
- Saturday & Sunday: Brunch served 10am - 3pm
- (Closed Mondays)
A note on our name: In the botanical sense, a rhizome is a root system that some plants (like lilies and orchids and ginger and bamboo) use to spread themselves about. While the roots of most plants point generally downward, the rhizome is a horizontal root system that runs parallel to the surface of the ground. The plant sends shoots up from nodes in the rhizome, creating what look like many separate plants. These seemingly unrelated individuals are actually all connected, through a system that's not immediately visible to the eye.