Tricklebee Cafe

Tricklebee Cafe Pay-what-you-can community cafe offering healthy meals, food service training,& spiritual nourishment
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MISSION: Tricklebee Café is a pay-what-you-can community cafe that offers healthy meals, food-service training, and spiritual nourishment. VISION: Since 2016, Tricklebee Cafe has been a place for people in the Sherman Park area of Milwaukee to gather and enjoy delicious, nutritious, local, plant-based food. All items on the menu are pay-what-you-can, which allows neighbors who cannot afford to pay

much to pay little or to volunteer, and neighbors who can afford to pay more to do just that. We have a love for real food with simple ingredients, and we bring positivity to our neighborhood by striving to show hospitality to all. PHILOSOPHY: Tricklebee Cafe relies heavily on seasonal harvests from local growers to create its daily-changing menu. We recognize the importance of offering real food to all, especially in areas like ours where mostly heavily processed "food" is available. We seek to give food to the hungry, drink to the thirsty, and welcome to the stranger. The "trick’ll be" freeing ourselves up to follow where love is already at work: in people’s hearts, around the table, and where connection is genuine. Tricklebee Cafe is a member of the One World Everybody Eats (OWEE) Network, so we adhere to the following core values:

-Pay-what-you-can pricing.
-Patrons choose own portion size--This helps eliminate food waste & curb overeating.
-Patrons can volunteer in exchange for a meal--This provides a “hand up, not a hand out” opportunity. Properly trained volunteers can lead to future employment in the food service industry.
-Volunteers are used to the greatest extent possible--This is an important key to building community and sustainability. Volunteers can just be working for meals or because they want to support our efforts to curb hunger in our community.
-Paid staff earn a living wage.
-Community Table--We have larger tables where individuals and small groups can sit with others and make a larger group that can cross social, economic and other societal boundaries. Tricklebee Cafe is a ministry of the Moravian Church in America.

Our menu for today (9/5)!Serving from 11am-2pm.We still have free pickling cucumbers, eggplant, & bell peppers!
09/05/2026

Our menu for today (9/5)!
Serving from 11am-2pm.
We still have free pickling cucumbers, eggplant, & bell peppers!

It's Solful_Kitchen Friday (9/4) w/ T'yannah El!Serving from 11:30-2pm.NOTE: We still have lots of free eggplant, cucumb...
09/04/2026

It's Solful_Kitchen Friday (9/4) w/ T'yannah El!
Serving from 11:30-2pm.
NOTE: We still have lots of free eggplant, cucumbers, squash, string beans, corn, eggplant, & tomatoes left!

Abundance Alert!!!  Stop by before 7:30 PM to pick up free produce. We have so much!!!This is what we have and more:Cu...
09/03/2026

Abundance Alert!!!
 Stop by before 7:30 PM to pick up free produce. We have so much!!!
This is what we have and more:
Cucumbers, zucchini, corn, eggplant, green beans, wax beans, banana peppers, poblanos, cantaloupe, & tomatoes.

4424 W. North Ave.

Abundance Alert!!! 🌽 🥔 🥒 🍌 🥯 We have hundreds of ears of corn on the cob, hundreds of large potatoes, green beans, cucum...
09/03/2026

Abundance Alert!!! 🌽 🥔 🥒 🍌 🥯
We have hundreds of ears of corn on the cob, hundreds of large potatoes, green beans, cucumbers, bananas, and bagels! they are free. Stop by today before 2pm.
(4424 W. North Ave.)

Let's do brunch!It's Love Sanieya El Thursday (9/3)!Serving from 11am-2pm.
09/03/2026

Let's do brunch!
It's Love Sanieya El Thursday (9/3)!
Serving from 11am-2pm.

Get involved this month at Tricklebee Cafe!It's a big month for us, with our 9th Annual Fundraising Gala coming up. If y...
09/02/2026

Get involved this month at Tricklebee Cafe!
It's a big month for us, with our 9th Annual Fundraising Gala coming up. If you cannot attend, consider paying it forward for a cafe friend to attend.
To secure your spot at the gala, visit: https://tricklebeecafe.square.site/

It's Mama Loba Cocina Wednesday (9/2) w/ Eartha Tiarra!Serving from 11am-2pm.NOTE: We have lots of free groceries availa...
09/02/2026

It's Mama Loba Cocina Wednesday (9/2) w/ Eartha Tiarra!
Serving from 11am-2pm.
NOTE: We have lots of free groceries available today, including: bagels, English muffins, bananas, cucumbers, eggplant, & romaine lettuce.

08/31/2026

Washington Park Wednesdays is back at it this week with our final event of the season, Live! Art — A collaboration with Community Arts & Funk Festival, celebrating creativity in all forms.

See the park transform into a multidisciplinary creative space for the evening as music, visual art, and performance converge!

Wednesday, Sept 2, 5:30-8:30 PM
Free and open to all!

LIVE MUSIC:
🎸 The Stephen Hull Experience
- a funk, blues, and soul ensemble with improvisational depth and classic energy
🎺 The Cameron Webb Soul R***e
- A high-energy blend of classic soul, Motown, R&B, funk, and dance favorites
🎨 Plein air painters
- creating live paintings throughout the park

SPECIAL GUESTS:
Free Family Activities from Artists Working in Education, Inc.
American Sign Language interpretation from DJC Interpreting Service

Stay tuned for this Wednesday's full vendor list!

Our menu for today (8/29)!Serving from 11am-2pm.This is the final day of ! We are so grateful to be a part of such a ge...
08/29/2026

Our menu for today (8/29)!
Serving from 11am-2pm.

This is the final day of ! We are so grateful to be a part of such a generous network of community cafes through One World Everybody Eats. Have you searched the website yet to see where all of these other lovely pay-what-you-can cafes are located?--> www.oneworldeverybodyeats.org/

It is an honor and a delight to work on overcoming hunger with this beauty-full family of cafes: Big Big Table, Crescent City Cafe, Grace Café, Inc, Heart-n-Soul Community Café, NEST Café Quad Cities, Quiltmaker Cafe, Taste Project, & Tricklebee Cafe.

It's Vegan Soul Friday (8/28) w/ Chef Mama Zakiya Courtney!Serving from 11am-2pm.[Remember to stop by and pick up a bag ...
08/28/2026

It's Vegan Soul Friday (8/28) w/ Chef Mama Zakiya Courtney!
Serving from 11am-2pm.
[Remember to stop by and pick up a bag (or two or three) of free farm fresh produce!]

We continue to celebrate with our sibling Community Cafes across the states! Tricklebee Cafe is a member of One World Everybody Eats. We have the audacity to believe that everybody deserves to eat good food each day. Learn more at: www.oneworldeverybodyeats.org/

Our sibling cafes: Big Big Table, Crescent City Cafe, Grace Café, Inc, Heart-n-Soul Community Café, NEST Café Quad Cities, Quiltmaker Cafe, Taste Project, & Tricklebee Cafe.

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4424 W North Avenue
Milwaukee, WI
53208

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 2pm
Thursday 11am - 2pm
Friday 11am - 2pm
Saturday 11am - 2pm

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