Namaste

Monday – Beef
Tuesday – Pork
Wednesday – Chicken
Thursday – Vegetarian option
Friday – Fish
Saturday – BBQ

Traditional breakfast served daily.

This is the menu for Namaste, the newest favourite place I have in Windsor.

You don’t choose what to eat, you simply choose TO eat, and the cooks take care of the rest.

Namaste is a non-profit restaurant (Yes, a NON-PROFIT RESTAURANT) that just opened up to five-star health ratings, and is somewhere you need to know about…because a meal with a bottomless cup of coffee or tea or a can of pop costs you $5.40 with tax. Breakfast is the same.

$5.40

Every time.
Unless you get a dessert (which is unbelievably delectable because it’s baked on premises) you won’t pay more than $6 to eat a meal that you WATCHED being cooked on a stove that is likely in your mom’s kitchen.

And that’s the interesting part. It’s as if you’re eating at your friend’s mother’s house…a friend who’s mom can cook better than your own.

My dear friend Kimba is a selfless and caring dude who is behind this effort with help from his family and friends. Kimba and his sister do the cooking from 7am until 7pm.

You walk in, sit down, and decide whether or not you’re eating. Simple.

The meal of the day, which will consist of the meat for that particular day of the week, will be prepared and delivered.
My first visit was yesterday with Jhoan. The meal was fried chicken, with string beans, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Lots of gravy. A slice of bread and butter, and a ginger ale to top it off. I thought I was going to need seconds, but when I was done, I was stuffed with goodness far-reaching from the plate. I had to finish Jhoan’s. The soul of these people and the effort and LOVE that goes into what they’re doing is what you leave with.

Kimba is remiss to tell people that he will also be running a soup kitchen and clothing donation space out of the basement of this amazing place. You see, he has been caring for the less-fortunate for a while now. A veteran of knowing what people need is right up Kimba’s alley, and this new place, Namaste, is his way of delivering affordable, heart-warming, magnificently delicious food to Windsorites in a pinch. When you add that he’s trying to take care of those who’ve fallen on hard times, you have one of the most honourable undertakings at the moment in this city. And grass roots to boot.

I don’t recommend, I compel you to go to Namaste. It is at 188 Erie St. E. (I think) near Hotel Dieu hospital.
The sign actually reads “The Coffee Corner”, and in tiny letters, “namaste” is somewhere on that canvas.
It has four tiny tables. A few seats per table. It is the epitome of personal, and community.

Tell people you know.
They are going to need to do a volume business in this space, and at $5 per meal, with a drink included, they will eventually do it, but they’ll need you to be curious about their offering first.

The idea is that when people realize that they are getting home-cooking for such a low cost, they will return again and again with friends, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. They will need to sell a LOT of meals. They know that, and they are more than willing to do the work.

Go there.
You can bet you’ll be seeing me at one of the four tables.

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