Cafe Euphoria is a community space, and a trans visibility project, and worker owned cooperative.

We’re designed to be a safe haven and radical workplace. The progressive national magazine, Yes! Magazine, ran a feature about us entitled, “The Cafe That’s Upending Capitalism.” While this is pure hyperbole — no single cafe is going to overturn our society’s dominant institution — our mission and values define us as a different sort of business.

We Are

  • A worker owned cooperative

  • A place where everyone makes the same wage–currently $18/hr

  • We aspire to reach $24,000/yr in 1986 dollars (around $67k/yr, or $34/hr)

  • We offer a 3:1 sliding scale (2:1 on most merchandise)

At Cafe Euphoria, everyone who makes our aspirational income (again, $24k in 1986 dollars) is asked to pay full price. Anyone who makes less is invited to pay the middle, 2/3rds price. And we offer a Solidarity Price (1/3 price) intended primarily for members of the transgender and gender non-conforming community who can’t afford to pay the middle price. (Students are asked to go with their family’s income, since many of our staff haven’t had the chance to go to college, and we ask folks to consider their relative privilege.) But it’s all self-declared, with no explanation necessary.

  • A cozy cafe seating area with a wooden bench and two tables, each marked with a number 8 and 10. There are four white modern chairs around the tables. The background features a large blackboard with colorful writings, a bulletin board with flyers and posters, and a display of rainbow flags. Small potted plants are on the tables.

    Vision

    We are working towards a world where the lives of transgender and GNC individuals have an abundance of community connection, personal style, delicious food, and boundless exploration and expression of the holistic self.

  • A group of people gathered outside Cafe Euphoria with a small fire pit in the center. Some are sitting and others standing, engaging in conversation. One person is dressed in a red costume, and there is a table with merchandise on the sidewalk. The cafe has a black exterior with a chalkboard sign and rainbow pride flags.

    Mission

    Cafe Euphoria is a Trans and worker owned restaurant and community space crafting a sustainable and accessible dining experience full of tasty foods and a warm welcome. We are a Trans visibility and empowerment project that serves as a brave and safer space for the exploration of identity through sliding scale food prices, catered clothing thrift sale, and joyful community events. We invite everyone to dine with us, and support the wellbeing of the transgender and gender non-conforming community of the Capital Region (and beyond).

  • Three sitting at a wooden table, smiling, in a room with light green walls and colorful artwork. The woman on the left wears glasses and a black T-shirt featuring anime characters, with tattoos on her arm. The woman in the middle has shoulder-length gray hair, a blue dress, and wears a pearl necklace. The woman on the right has short reddish hair, a black tank top with a rainbow Pride logo, and earrings. There is a potted plant with purple flowers on the table in front of them.

    Values

    Transgender & Gender Non-conforming Visibility/Advocacy
    Worker Empowerment
    Food Sustainability & Accessibility

Contact us.

Email:
marketing@cafeeuphoria.org
atsushi@cafeeuphoria.org

Phone: (518) 212-7554

225 River St,
Troy, NY 12180