Baba's Vegan Cafe

Babas Café is a vegan vending and catering company with a pop up shop, located in the Historic Crenshaw District, a hub for African Diasporic culture. Offering a wide array of vegetarian dishes, we specialize in Vegan Veggie Patties. Babas Cafe started in 2013 asWoses Gourmet, and expanded into Babas Vegan Cafe Catering in 2014 in efforts to get a brick and mortar space to offer more. South LA is a healthy food desert, over saturated with fast food restaurants, liquor stores, and grocery stores that offer non-organic, genetically modified produce. Veganism is about more than what you choose to consume; its about a humanitarian approach to life that goes beyond what meets the immediate eye. Babas café directly provides a solution to this problem by offering healthy, affordable and accessible food to the community at large. In turn we are committed to raising the level of health consciousness in our community and improving the access to life affirming services. We believe when you align with your higher self, you align with the heart of the community; serving your purpose, ultimately, benefiting all. Wose Kofi (Afi-Shabaka) is a culinary artivist, Los Angeles native and community activist with a passion for inspiring others to aspire to healthier living. Born vegetarian, he turned vegan after high school has lived the daily vegan dilemma of living in a healthy food desert. A place where the only options for the average income person were fast foods restaurants. Overcoming lifes obstacles growing up in the inner city, he continues to play a role in his community. Wose Kofi has been instrumental in the conceptual development and establishment of the Leimert Park Art Walk, a community-driven monthly event featuring local artists and their artwork, allowing local (and non-local) community members to connect around art, music and cooperative economics. Wose Kofi studied business management at Cal State University, Dominguez Hills, has established a successful vegan