Cooperatively-owned restaurant: The New Deal Cafe

The New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, MD, is a restaurant, art gallery, music venue, and community gathering spot. It is run as a cooperative, owned by its members. The board employs a general manager and some members work the bar, or as servers, on weekends. The New Deal Cafe began as an all-volunteer operation in 1999.















Photo credit: Josh Bloom, Community Land Use + Economics Group, LLC (cluegroup.com)