Grammy-winning singer Chaka Khan is expanding her business portfolio with a plant-based cafe in metro Atlanta that aims to create employment opportunities for neurodivergent adults while promoting healthy eating and community inclusion, 11 Alive News reported.
Khan and her sister, Tammy Michelle, opened Chaka’s Plantbaed Café on Nov. 1 in Serenbe, a community in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. The venture is a partnership with Anne Onyeneho, founder and culinary director of Atlanta-based Plantbaed, according to the Chaka Khan Foundation.
The restaurant
combines plant-based dining with a charitable mission through the Chaka Khan Foundation, which advocates for greater inclusion and opportunities for neurodivergent children and adults. The cafe plans to create jobs and host community programs that support the foundation’s initiatives.“I’ve always believed that good food, like good music, brings people together,” Khan said in a statement announcing the opening.
The restaurant serves meals made from whole plant foods
without soy, genetically modified ingredients, or seed oils. Its signature Chaka Bowl features black beans, ground walnut meat, cilantro-lime wild rice, pumpkin-seed jalapeño pesto, and pico de gallo, topped with a house sauce named after Khan’s hit song “Through the Fire.”Other menu offerings include walnut meat street tacos and a soursop colada, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The opening also included a community initiative at Terra School in Serenbe, where the foundation unveiled a playground communication board designed to help children who do not speak communicate through pictures, words, and visual symbols.
Customers at both Plantbaed locations can also support the foundation through donations at checkout.
The venture highlights Black entrepreneurship through a partnership between Khan, Michelle, and Onyeneho, who expanded her Atlanta-based food business into a restaurant brand.
The Serenbe cafe marks Plantbaed’s second location and its first to carry Khan’s name, extending the singer’s business interests into the food and wellness industry.
Chaka’s Plantbaed Café is located at 11105 Serenbe Lane, Suite 100, in Chattahoochee Hills.
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