History
The One World Cafe was founded by Denise Cerreta in 2003, and is one of the first pay-as-you-can cafes in the world. The One World Everybody Eats Foundation grew out of the concept of the cafe, to promote the social goals the cafe epitomizes.
Many in the food-service industry were skeptical that a restaurant business model that doesn't include set food prices would actually work, but One World Everybody Eats has maintained the model since its inception, thus far beating the odds articulated by researcher H.G. Parsa of Ohio State University on the subject of restaurant survivability.
In 2006, the founders of the SAME Cafe ("So All May Eat") in Denver, Colorado used the One World Cafe model as a basis for their own community kitchen.
In 2008, the founders of One World Spokane opened using the OWEE model.
In 2009, A Better World Cafe in Highland Park, New Jersey opened using the OWEE model.
In 2010, the OWEE Foundation began hosting a yearly summit in January for entrepreneurs with restaurants based on One World's model as well as those interested in starting one.
On October 19, 2011, The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation (formerly the Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation) opened the JBJ Soul Kitchen, a community restaurant where patrons pay what they can afford for their meal, either with money or by volunteering work.
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