Ada's Cafe

Valentine's Cookies! Ada's is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sweets for the Sweet!

Ada's is reopening tomorrow Saturday, February 13th...Just in time for Valentine's Day! We have loaves of bread and our delicious jams, Valentine's heart cookies, Bags of sweet treats for those you love, plus all the delicious foods we make: vegetarian frittata, croissant egg sandwiches, scones, mornign buns, and the Wonderful Wendy sandwich is back! We will be open 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Hope to see you!

Auction for Ada's Will Close Next Week: Valentine Cookie Platters - Feb 10th closing All of the Other Wonderful Items and Events will close on Valentine's Day, February 14th.... Please look at all the wonderful items- all would make great gifts! We appreciate your support of Ada's and would love your help with our auction: https://adas-cafe.betterworld.org/auctions/help-adas-cafe Thank you so much!

Ada's is Reopening Valentine's Weekend Ada's will Reopen Saturday, February 13th and ... Will Be Open February 14th Too! 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. We Will have Valentine's Cookies, Breakfast and Lunch Goodies. Come on Over to Get Something for You and the Ones You Love! Think Cherry and Strawberry Scones, Blueberry Muffins, Croissant Egg Sandwiches, Vegetarian Frittata, Sandwiches, Soup and Decorated Hearts and Linzer Cookies, and Chocolate Cookies and Brownies. We have lots of foodie love to share! Love to All of You! Kathleen and Everyone at Ada's

Dear Friends - Happy Holidays! 2021 is Almost Here! Ada's Online Auction will close in a few days and there are some new and incredible events and adventures for you to look forward to in 2021! There are major trips & easy getaways, there's actual Magic and magical outings, there are some serious stars, there's professional business help, there is much to look forward to, and all of this to help Ada's Cafe. Bidding continues and we would love for you to be involved. ... We would truly appreciate your help! Here is the link: https://adas-cafe.betterworld.org/ Thank you from Everyone at Ada's!

Ada's is Closed Until the Shelter-in-Place is Lifted Dear Friends, We are going to close the café until it makes safe sense to reopen. With every emergency notification we receive, we realize the most important thing is to keep you and our employees safe. We aren’t going away, just a safety hiatus.... Happy Holidays to All of You. We appreciate your support and we wish things were different. We hope to see you when we reopen as soon as we can in 2021. We will post our reopening on Facebook, NextDoor, and through Square. We will be happy to see 2020 in the rearview mirror! What we all need now is a shot in the arm! If you need to reach Kathleen you can email her at: [email protected]. Truly, I can meet you for gift cards, jams, granola, and cookies. Let me know what you need. We would love to sell you some goodies for yourself and others! Take good care and please know, we can’t wait to get back to Our Wonderful Community. Wishing you a healthy end to the year and a good beginning to 2021! With Love, Everyone at Ada’s

UPDATE December 6, 2020 Dear Ada's Cafe Community,... We are indeed concerned about the rising incidences of Covid-19 and we care about all of you in our community. The ordering window at Ada's Cafe at Mitchell Park will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. for drinks, pastries, sandwiches and soup. We will have less people working to keep the community safe and to reduce our significant costs so thank you for your patience. If you are hoping to help our small food business, please come by! Also, please think about ordering our meals and gifts to go that you received in a prior email, a few days ago. Email [email protected] Our patio is now closed and there will be no seats outside per Santa Clara County Health directives. Ada's Cafe is clean so rest assured that the food you get from us is safe. If you would like to order ahead from our cafe menu, please call 650-327-2327. If you’re looking for more ways to protect yourself and your loved ones, check out the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html) website. Thank you so much for sticking with us. We look forward to getting through this and to help support each other during these challenging times. Stay safe and healthy. It's truly the most important thing we can do for ourselves, our loved ones and our community. Kathleen and Everyone at Ada's [email protected]

December 18, 2020 Dear Friends, We are going to close the café until it makes safe sense to reopen. With every emergency, shelter-in-place, notification we receive, we realize the most important thing is to keep you and our employees safe. We want to be a part of the solution.... We aren’t going away, just a safety hiatus. Happy Holidays to All of You. We appreciate your support and we wish things were different. We hope to see you when we reopen, as soon as we can, in 2021. We will post our reopening on Facebook, NextDoor and through Square. We Wish You a Healthy End and Beginning of the Year. We Will Be Happy to See 2020 in the Rearview Mirror! What We All Need is a Shot in the Arm! With Love from Everyone at Ada’s If you need to reach Kathleen you can email her at: [email protected]. Truly, I can meet you for gift cards, jams, granola and cookies. Let us know what you need. We would love to sell you some goodies for yourself and others! Take Good Care and Please Know We Can't-Wait to Get Back to Being a Part of Our Wonderful Community.

Ada's Auction: adas-cafe.betterworld.org (https://adas-cafe.betterworld.org/) One more day to bid on holiday items ....think cookie platters for your family, neighbors, co-workers, friends, teachers... We can split platters into smaller plates for your convenience. Think New Year's Eve Appetizers ..so easy! and We Thank You for Thinking of Us! Thank you for being a part of our community. Here's the link for the Auction: adas-cafe.betterworld.org/auctions/help-adas-cafe

Ada's Menu for Meals and Gifts to Go! Dear Friends- Happy Holidays! Ada's is decorated and we hope you will come by for some holiday smiles. Bring the kids for cocoa and a cookie to see our windows. Although they are best at night lit up! In addition to our cafe menu for ... Tuesday- Saturday 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. - Please come and visit! To Order Meals, A la Carte and Gifts Please Email : [email protected] with your order and date for pick up. Please do not respond to this message. Thank you! Here is our menu for Meals to Go: Ada’s Take Out Dinner Menu : Available for Pick Up: Pick up: Thursday, December 10th ( order by the 7th) and 17th (Order by the 14th) *Pick up At 5 p.m. at Ada’s Café on the 10th or 17th Ada’s Amazing Vegetarian Lasagna Rollatini With Roasted Vegetables, Housemade Marinara And Bechamel Sauces. 13X9 Pan $50. Can be heated in 35 minutes at 350 degrees Large Green Salad with Baby Tomatoes, Avocado, Caramelized Red Onions, Roasted Peppers, Pepperoncinis with Balsamic Vinaigrette and Shredded Cheeses. Keeps for 2 days before serving. $25 Cheesey Garlic Pesto Bread ready to pop in the oven $14 Cranberry White Chocolate Bread Pudding $25. Keeps for a week in the refrigerator, Reheats in 15 minutes in a 350 degree oven . A la Carte Items Available for purchase (Order 3 days before desired pick up date) *White Bean Chicken Chili -$17 per quart *Roasted Tomato Soup - $14 per quart *White Bean, Kale , Minestrone Soup - $16 per quart *Meyer Lemon Curd $16 per quart *Specialty Breads: Banana, Banana Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Cranberry, Lemon, Carrot, Cinnamon Raisin, and Holiday Gingerbread. $22 per loaf *Cookies: $30 per dozen Chocolate Chip with Holiday M&Ms Peanut Butter Cup Oatmeal Cranberry Dipped and Sprinkled Madeleines Chocolate Chubbies Ada’s Amazing, Organic Artisan Jams - $14 and $17 per Jar Make Great Gifts for Friends, Teachers, Neighbors, Co-workers: Strawberry, Strawberry-Rhubarb, Plum-Vanilla Toast & Jam Gift Bag- - a jar of strawberry jam paired with a Loaf of Brioche Bread to make a complete gift $32. Toast & Jam Comes in a holiday bag with ribbon Ada’s Decadent Hot Cocoa Mix ( serves 10) $25. Served in a lovely jar with ribbon along with serving instructions. Ada’s Fruity Granola in Pound Bags Delicious, OMG, the best ever, Good for you and tastes amazing.. $14 *Ada’s Gift Cards Come in $10 increments Thank you for thinking of Ada’s for special meals and holiday gifting! Your Gifts Keep Our Employees Working. These are truly gifts that give back.

Today is Giving Tuesday - Please Consider a Donation through our Online Fundraiser: adas-cafe.betterworld.org (https://adas-cafe.betterworld.org/) Thank You for Supporting our Cafe in So Many Ways: Please Come to the Cafe, Order Meals to Go, Purchase Gift Cards to give to Teachers, Family, Friends & Neighbors, and Make a Donation!

Hello to Our Friends and Customers - Today is Giving Tuesday and we would be honored to have your support of our nonprofit, social enterprise. 2020 has been a very challenging year for food businesses and we have worked very hard to keep our employees top of mind and actions. Our goal is to make it to Donations can be made through our website:... adascafe.org. Thank you for your generosity and support of the work we hope to continue to do in our community. Kathleen and Everyone at Ada's Cafe

Voting and Election Day Can Be So SWEET! Vote in person at Mitchell Park or Drop at the Two Ballot Boxes in Front of the Mitchell Park Community Center. THEN, treat yourself to a delicious handmade cookie to show your American Pride and Civic Responsibility! Thanks for the help from our amazingly talented volunteers at NCL! #Vote2020 #votecookies #cookies #nationalcharityleague

Update on Our Holiday Fundraiser and our Online Auction at adas-cafe.betterworld.org (https://adas-cafe.betterworld.org/)... During this challenging year, we appreciate your support on so many levels: ordering at the cafe and saying hello; ordering meals & gifts for pick up; donating through our website adascafe.org; and donating through our online auction: adas-cafe.betterworld.org. There are so many great, and even new items in the auction so, please take a look! Thank you for being a part of our community. We hope you are healthy, and that you stay that way! This year, the little gestures and special moments seem to have more significance. I hope the spirit of the season fills your hearts with love, peace, and unity.

Current Hours, Let Us Help Make Thanksgiving Easier and We're Jammin'! Dear Ada's Cafe Community, We are so happy to be reopened! It has been incredibly heartwarming to see so many of you. We have missed working together, making our delicious food and being a part of the community. So, please come and visit us: Tuesday through Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.... This Week We Have Available for Preorder: Quarts of JR.'s White Bean Chicken Chili and Black Bean Butternut Squash (vegan) Chili. and Roasted Tomato Soup. $15 ea. Cream Cheese Biscuits - $2 each. Pick up the next day. We also have available for Thanksgiving Preorders - please order by November 21st for pick up on November 24th at the Cafe. Everything will be labeled with reheating and serving directions/suggestions. Apple Caramelized Onion Sage Sausage Stuffing $15 per quart Butternut Squash Soup with Pumpkin Croutons and Seeds $16 per quart Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes with Sweet Cream Butter and Chives $18 per quart Brussels Sprouts with or without Applewood Smoked Bacon, Diced Red Onions and Salt & Pepper Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with Roasted Rainbow Vegetables, Parmesan Cheese, optional Goat Cheese and Pepitas. $10 each. A great Vegan or Vegetarian Entree Option $10 ea. Cranberry Orange Walnut Port Sauce $10 per pint Spinach and Sweet Green Salad with Persimmons, Apples, Pears, Glazed Pecans and Goat Cheese ( will need assembling so it stays fresh) with Housemade Pear Vinaigrette. $16 which will feed 6. Sweets and Treats: Pumpkin Cream Pie. $40 ea. Bittersweet Chocolate Pecan Torte $40 Apple Cranberry Galette $32 Pumpkin Pecan Cranberry Bread - $22 per loaf Cranberry Maple Pecan Loaf - $22 per loaf Cream Cheese Biscuits: $18 for 6 We also have for gift-giving and all-around deliciousness: Strawberry, Blackberry, Mixed Berry, Strawberry-Rhubarb, Mulberry, Apricot and Tomato Jams which are $12 or $15 each. We used our time away from all of you to make our organic, artisan jams. They are so delicious and made with love! Such a great gift, and it would truly help us! Please email: [email protected] for ordering. this week's Chili & Biscuits, Thanksgiving preorders and Jam. Thank you and we are delighted to be back! We hope you are staying safe and healthy! We are doing our best to follow all Santa Clara County Health and Covid-19 protocols and believe we have some good systems in place. To 2021 and Beyond, Kathleen and Ada's Amazing Team

Halloween Chili Ready to Make Your Evening Easy! Ada's is open 8-4. Quarts of J.R.'s White Bean Chicken Chili and BlackBean Butternut Squash ( vegan) Chili. Comes with Crispy Onions and Shredded Cheese. $17 each. Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Ada's has Sweet Treats - Ghostly Real Pumpkin Lattes, Bat Oreo, Pumpkin, and Monster Cookies.

Dear Friends of Ada's, We are going to need 2 more days to be ready to reopen the cafe. Just brought food over to the freshly cleaned cafe and found 2 refrigerators are now not working. Repair company called and will hopefully fix them in the next two days. New reopening date: Thursday, October 8, 2020. Fingers crossed - can't wait to see all of you!

Ada's Cafe is Reopening Tuesday, October 6th. We hope you will come and visit us! The patio is open or you can take menu items to go! Here's the updated menu!

Hello to All of Ada's Friends - As a non-profit that is working with people that have anxiety and other mental health challenges that often are an auxiliary challenge to their primary disability, I wanted to let everyone know that there are resources available if you are struggling during the pandemic. EVERYONE is struggling on some level and it is good to reach out for help. We are here for you. Here is a wonderful resource: NAMI, The National Alliance on Mental Health have a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264. We love and care about everyone.

The biggest chocolate chip cookie we've ever made with the biggest smile from our wonderful employee, Christina ! #cookiesofinstagram #cookies #bigcookies #maskedsmile #paloalto

Happy 30th Birthday to the American's with Disabilities Act! As a namesake and follower of your intended good work, we wish you many happy, healthy and successful years to come! ADA you should be so proud of your 30 years of accomplishments: First and foremost you have brought a continued and heightened awareness to the issues of disability! People with disabilities are more visible and empowered. Thank you!... ADA because of you, we now have cuts in curbs that help all of us - those in wheelchairs, those pushing strollers and those riding bicycles Thanks to you ADA, the education system now provides more equal opportunities Thank you ADA for Increasingly accessible public transportation Thank you ADA for service animals who are now more accepted and welcomed Thanks to you ADA, the term "accommodation" is increasingly a part of our lexicon and thought process Because of you ADA, there seems to be greater emphasis on including people with disabilities in the social aspects of life Thank you ADA for now there is greater civic involvement by and for the disabilities community ADA you have provided expanded employment opportunities for those with disabilities ADA you have given a voice to the world's largest minority. The United Nations estimates that there are over 1 billion people that live with some form of disability in the world. ADA you have brought people with disabilities together and a voice for rallying together Thank you ADA because now athletes with disabilities have an active and real platform to perform I could go on ADA, thanks to you, there is voice, momentum , pride and a beautiful law that allows us to move forward, to advocate, to hire, to educate, to gather and to BE! Happy Birthday ADA! Thank you to everyone that struggled, cried, fell down and got back up so that ADA could become a reality. Many, many Happy Birthdays to come! We can't wait to see you in 30 more years! With love from Everyone at Ada's Cafe

Dinner for the Last Day of June Dear Ada’s Customers, Hard to believe it is almost July. The menu below for dinner on Tuesday is in honor of the coming 4th of July holiday....Continue reading