Cafe 180

The food is fresh and healthy!
I love the concept of paying just a little extra so someone else that is low on cash can eat a good healthy meal. I’m happy to support such an awesome business model and happy to see that they seem busy and doing well.
The selection is similar to a Panera, salads, soups, pizzas and wraps.
I like that you can pair a ½ salad and ½ of whatever else you want. This place is my new lunch spot!

Good, quality food. Pay what you can afford or volunteer your time for a meal. The food is excellent. Healthy too.

Super awesome concept. Give what you can for your meal. Very clean restaurant which is nice. Staff was friendly and seemed happy working there. Open kitchen so you can really see what’s going on in there. I got the ham and muenster panini and a Mediterranean side salad. The panini was sooooo good!!! Incredibly flavorful. Solid salad with lots of veggies!

This is such a great idea! Volunteer or pay what you can! I love it! And the food is amazing!!!

Really cool idea, but that aside the food is amazing. I got the turkey melt and vegetable soup, both were incredible. Don’t mind helping out my community when it’s this delicious!

I work directly next door to Café 180 and I must say it is a wonderful thing. Café 180 does amazing things for community and is a wonderful charity that helps many people. On top of all this awesomeness, their food is fabulous!
I frequent Café 180 for lunch a lot. Their menu is seasonal and they serve up some delicious lunch items that are unbeatable. From soups and salads to sandwiches and pizza, Café 180 has a great spread of healthy, tasty meals to choose from.
The price system is simple here. Pay what you can, pay what lunch would normally cost, pay a little extra or pay by donating 1 hour of your time to the café. This beautiful concept helps many get a full belly.
I absolutely LOVE the baked potato soup. It is creamy, cheesy and filled with bacon! All of their salads are totally delish and you can add chicken to any of them! I highly recommend their homemade cookies and milkshakes too, yum!
The staff here is kind, friendly and very helpful. This wonderful nonprofit organization benefits so many people and their food is excellent. If you are looking for a good spot for lunch and want to help people out too, this is your restaurant.

I’m having the turkey wrap it’s delicious I highly recommend this place and as they say the price is always right because you pay whatever you want to pay

Definetly a great restaurant, the dishes are rather unique, and prices, well you pay what u can, so theres no other place that will beat Café 180 quality to price. Sinpky amazing, abd it is great to help those in need while enjoying very tasty meals, the only con: i wish they were open longer.

Great concept, good food. I’ve volunteered in the kitchen here; facility is well run.

I’ve been to Café 180 about 4 – 5 times (only checked in twice tho) but am consistently impressed, and even a little humbled, every time I go here. The mission of Cafe180 is here: «
; — in essence, they want to help and feed the community — via however much they can pay. You order what you want and then offer what you feel is a fair price for the food. It *can* go down as low as $ 4 — if you can’t afford that, you can volunteer and «exchange some time and energy for a nutritious meal.» As they say, they aren’t looking to supply handouts; they’re offering «hand ups» — giving a break to people who for whatever reason maybe can’t afford a market average price for some quality/​non-​fast food. Another reviewer said the kiosk supports the University of Colorado’s catering training program. Whatever the mission or reason, you’re assured of 4 things here:
1) Limited operating hours :) — hey, it is what it is…11a-2p usually
2) Quality food — their wraps are pretty substantial; salads are as good or better than I’ve had in some places, and their cookies are a real treat. Contrary to my check-​in comments, I found out their mini white choc macadamia nut ones are returning in September… I raised my fists in victory when I heard *that*.
3) Truly, truly respectful service — always with a smile too. When you realize it’s not a typical commerce-​based eatery, it kinda hits you and really touches your heart — and they do it uniformly: whether you’re like me, or elderly, or destitute, or have some medical condition going on – they *serve* you here, and
4) This place and your meal isn’t going to bust your wallet/​purse.
So check em out someday when you have time for lunch — 11a-​2p T-​Sat. You won’t regret it. And you’ll be passively doing some societal good by giving these good folk your patronage.

This is the greatest place. I love that they are non profit and they eliminate waste. Great food.

We came to have lunch here because the Unilocal reviews were so good. I’ve never eaten at a place that let you pay what you could to eat. Inside was extremely clean and colorful. A lot of stainless steel and lime green chairs. It has a shiny concrete floor. But let’s get to the food. My son and I both had sandwiches with homemade kettle chips. I had the Mediterranean wrap. It was fresh delicious and packed with feta cheese, halved cherry tomatoes, chicken breast lettuce and Kalamata olives. My son had the spinach wrap with chicken. It was so fresh, it felt like I’ve made in my own kitchen. The chips were crisp and the service was great. We highly recommend it.

Very impressed with the quality of the food. Very nice staff and a very progressive way of thinking. Had the Mediterranean Pita and a side vegetable soup. Both were delicious. Building was clean.

Awesome food for an awesome cause. The French dip is amazing! Get it with the apple walnut salad… so good! And your helping out the community every time you eat there.

What an amazing concept! The food and staff exceeded all my expectations! Great place with great service to the community. Just a word of warning, the menu on Saturdays gets pretty slim towards the second half of the day :)

More restaurants should be run this way. Helping those who are less fortunate while having a good meal = win/​win for everyone. I had a chicken wrap and it was good but more than that it felt good eating here and knowing you were helping others out. Kudos Café 180!

Like everyone else who has reviewed here, this is a great concept. I really didn’t expect a restaurant that ran on a donation basis to even have decent food, much less very good food. I have primarily had salads when I have eaten here, but every time my salad has been very good. I encourage everyone to support this restaurant… not just because of what they are doing… but because they have good food.

This review is for the kiosk on the 16^th street mall. I just grabbed lunch from there and it was 1) very cheap 2) quick and 3) service was great. I will definitely hit them up more frequently since it’s a non-​profit. Really cool idea.

Soft bread and fresh food all around.
Please note: the hours listed previously are incorrect!
Open:
Tuesday — Saturday 11am — 8pm
Closed holiday weekends except annual complimentary Thanksgiving meal.

A friend and I stopped by yesterday for the first time. I am so impressed. I had never heard of this place or this restaurant concept.
I loved it. The pizza was great. My friend enjoyed his soup and salad and the place was spotless. The whole concept just amazes me… in a great way.
I will be back.