about us

The Agape Café serves a free, hot, breakfast dine-in or to-go for our neighbors experiencing homelessness and/or food insecurity. We serve every Wednesday from 7:30 - 9:00 am. If it’s Wednesday, we’re open!

At Agape Café’s weekly breakfast, we strive to create an environment that provides, along with a healthy and delicious meal, the equally fundamental needs of being treated with dignity and respect.

Agape Café is currently in its 30th year of operation! Over the years at Agape Café, we have been open for over 800 mornings, with up to 100 guests served per morning. That’s over 50,000 plates of free, cooked to order food! We think that’s pretty amazing.

Our ability to serve these breakfasts is sustained by the donations from Iowa City’s community and the countless volunteer hours provided by our awesome volunteer staff.

 Location

Old Brick
26 E. Market St
Iowa City, IA 52240

Hours

Wednesdays:
7:30 -9:00am

You can double check if we are open at our Facebook page!

This program is an equal opportunity provider:

USDA non-discrimination statement

Agape Café logo by Claudia McGehee

The Agape Cafe Turned 30!

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Donate to agape café

Agape Café runs on community donations! To make an online contribution to Agape Café, please click the button below:

volunteer

Agape Café is made possible by the tireless work and enthusiasm of its volunteer staff, from the cooks to the servers, and set-up and clean-up crews. We work hard to make the café run as smoothly as possible and an environment of respect, dignity, and freedom— and that takes a lot of volunteers!

If you are interested in volunteering with Agape, head over to our page on Volunteermatch.org to see what positions are currently available! We generally prefer a weekly or every-other-week schedule, and a 1 semester minimum commitment.

Volunteer with us! You won’t regret it!