NOW OPEN at 620 Clark Drive - Open to Members Monday through Friday 9:30 am-4:30 pm. Closed on Weekends and Stat Holidays
Recovery Café - A Community of Healing and Transformation
We provide support, resources and a community of care along the entire continuum of a person’s need for recovery assistance. The Café Community allows our Members to feel grounded and secure in a warm, welcoming environment that builds stability, strong relationships, and a sense of belonging.
The Recovery Café supports people in managing their mental health and substance use along the many pathways of recovery. We help each individual reclaim life as a person worthy of giving and receiving love; helping to fill the gap for people recovering from substance use, mental illness, and homelessness. The Recovery Café is an evidence-informed, participatory and low-cost model that already exists in 48 locations across the U.S. It is based on the knowledge that a person’s sense of self is drawn from their membership in social groups and that these social identities can help people positively shape their behaviour and achieve their goals.
*The Recovery Café is not religiously affiliated and is inclusive to all seeking recovery and a healing community.
A special thank you to our partners, Streetohome Foundation and 625 Powell Street Foundation, for helping us bring the first Recovery Café to Canada and fostering a strong sense of community alongside vital resources and support.
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Services include:
Facilitator led recovery circles
One free meal every day we are open
Coffee, tea, and lattes from our coffee bar, with the opportunity to have barista training
Access to a computer lab and telephones
Connection with our Resource Specialist
Connection with other Members through social and recreational activities
Access to additional Kettle Society resources and programs
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Core Commitments:
Creating a community space that is drug and alcohol free, embracing, and healing
Nurturing structures of loving accountability called Recovery Circles
Empowering every Member to be a contributor
Raising up Member leaders
Ensuring responsible stewardship
Work to end systemic racism and socioeconomic
inequality so every person can thrive
Learn More
Our first impact report is now available!
Learn more about the Recovery Café and all of our offerings by downloading our 2022-2023 Impact Report here.
Introducing: The Steam Podcast
The Steam Podcast is a member-led and member-driven project, promoting recovery and support. Its aim is to build community for members of the Recovery Café based on mutual respect, peer support, and dedication to recovery strategies.
Welcome to Recovery Café | Documentary Film
The Recovery Café was recently featured in a documentary produced by TouchPoint Productions. It highlights Recovery Café member stories from across the network of cafés and provides a unique perspective into the programming that is offered. Check out the trailer for this incredible film below!
Getting Involved
Join the Recovery Café community - become a member!
Everyone is in recovery from something at The Recovery Café. Whether you are recovering from addiction, a mental health transition or homelessness, the café is a place of refuge and support, care, and community.
Location: 620 Clark Drive, Vancouver
Guest Drop-in: Monday-Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
New Member Orientation: Wednesdays, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Call 604-559-1771 for more information
Support The Recovery Café
With a donation to The Recovery Café, you can provide meaningful programming and community to an individual throughout their recovery journey. Your generous donation will help us provide healthy meals, expand our offerings of workshops and activities and allow us to engage our Members in pre-employment and employment opportunities.
Community Resources
HeadsUpGuys
HeadsUpGuys was started to raise awareness about suicide prevention amongst men and men’s mental health. Their work spans across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom and offer everything from online mental health assessments to information on how to seek professional mental health supports.
The Recovery Café and HeadsUpGuys have partnered up to provide our members with access to holistic recovery and mental health supports and visitors can access some of HeadsUpGuys’ resources at the Recovery Café through QR codes posted throughout the café.
To learn more about the incredible work this organization does, check out their website: https://headsupguys.org/. They have a range of free resources, including an online mental health self check tool.