The Express is on the other side of the river but it is definitely worth another shout out.

P.S.-Don’t try to go there today Monday, they are closed on Mondays. (It was correctly pointed out to me that today is Tuesday. Vacation has a way of messing with your mind.)

You would think it would be a simple matter of checking on the website yet I managed to screw that up. Here are the hours direct from the source: The Cafe at Stratford Hills is closed Monday, however the Positive Vibe Express at the Library of Va. is open Monday -Friday 8am-3pm and 9am-1pm on Saturday.

Apologies for my complete lack of brain cells on this post.

Positive Vibe Café is hosting the opening reception of “Fish Market” by artist John Bryan from 5-7 pm, Monday May 3. This is an exhibition/sale of new paintings/prints 100% of the sales will be donated for arts/culture in the Richmond region via CultureWorks‘ grants and services.

After a month at Positive Vibe Café the exhibition will travel for two years, spending a few weeks at various venues in the Richmond region: June at Petersburg Area Art League, July/August at Hanover Tavern during the run of “On Golden Pond,” September at the Listening Room Gallery in Ashland, and so forth. After the two years, a closing reception will take place (May 2012) at Glave Kocen Gallery.

From Richmond Magazine.com;
Three months after closing the doors of his beloved 1 North Belmont, Frits Huntjens has donned the toque again. Those of us used to sinking teeth into bison burgers and fab crab cakes will henceforth find a familiar white coat in the kitchen at Max’s Positive Vibe Café.

Other interesting tidbits are that they are opening a cafe in the Library of Virginia. Read the article linked above to find out about what this will mean to Positive Vibe, a little hint it’s all good.

Brown Distributing, Once Upon a Vine & Max’s Positive Vibe Café have banded together to hold a Charity Beer Dinner benefiting the Get Lost MD (Muscular Dystrophy) & Positive Vibe Café.

Sunday Feb 28th, 2010
5pm-8:30pm
$25/person

Tasting of 5 German style beers from local breweries with a full German buffet & live music call 560-9622 for reservations

I had seen the poster but didn’t remember the details so credit to the blog VA Beer for filling in the gaps.

From Style Weekly:

Positive Vibe Café brings in the New Year with guest chef Buz Grossberg of Buz and Ned’s Real Barbecue on Jan. 17. The self-described porktologist will serve a salad of pit-roasted beets with spinach, grilled oranges and goat cheese, poached oyster stew, barbecued quail, apricot rice, beef brisket with garlic mashed potatoes and collard greens. Dessert is stuffed bourbon apples with caramel sauce and ice cream. The regular menu is available also. Then, the café celebrates its fifth anniversary with a music party Jan. 23.

Interesting choice to go with brisket. I am a big fan of Buz and Ned’s food and often take out of town guests but I don’t think he does the best brisket in town. Best brisket in town goes to either Alamo on Church Hill or Halligan’s in Shockoe Bottom.

Scott from Oregon Hill clues us in on the news that the great food of Mamma Zu will be available on this side of the river but only for tonight. Positive Vibe’s Guest Chef Series resumes this Sunday, September 20th featuring Ed Vasaio of Mamma Zu. Call 804.560.9622 for reservations.

Choose from the following special menu (6pm-8:30pm) or pick from the regular menu.

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From Short Order at Style Weekly:

Positive Vibe Café: Dearly departed Richmond musician Gary Gerloff gave one last gift to the business he fondly called the “Positive Vice” May 27: The party after his funeral at the café jammed the place on what would have otherwise been a slow Wednesday night, introducing many to the business that Gerloff found enduringly endearing. His support of the café’s training mission included volunteer appearances by the Gary Gerloff Band at the annual fundraiser Vibefest and other events. Many folks in the crowd found new reasons to frequent the Stratford Hills business in honor of their beneficent and fun-loving old pal. 

Positive Vibe takes over the Stratford Hills Shopping Center’s parking lot for music, food and fun. A $10 donation goes towards helping them with their mission to  “provide hands-on training and meaningful employment in food services to individuals with physical and developmental disabilities.”

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At tomorrow’s rendition of the South of the James Market, 4th District Council representative Kathy Graziano and her culinary-minded sons will compete against a team of chefs from Positive Vibe Cafe in the MarketVibe Chefs Challenge. Like something straight out of Top Chef, the teams will purchase all items from the market offerings and prepare a variety of dishes using small appliances, grills and the like. Graziano told the T-D:

We originally thought of this as a way to get people to come to the park, and it’s also a good way to show people what they can do with fresh stuff…It should be fun. We should raise a lot of money for a good cause and get even more people to come to the market.”

From today’s Style, a new chef is in at Positive Vibe Cafe. The Cafe will also be hosting Christmas in July on the 26th. Live music and seasonal decor accompany a food drive for the Central Virginia Food Bank.

Positive Vibe Cafe’s Vibefest is coming, Sunday June 8. A $5 donation gets you a full day’s worth of music and a taste of their much talked about food. As usual, proceed go towards their daily mission of providing food service training and employment for the disabled. They’re looking for volunteers- contact information can be found here.

Stratford Hills’ own Positive Vibe Cafe is the recipient of a 2007 New Freedom Initiative Award. The award, handed out by the US Department of Labor, “recognizes non-profits, small businesses, corporations and individuals that have demonstrated exemplary and innovative efforts in furthering the employment and workplace environment for people with disabilities.”