Community Meals
Hot lunch Monday to Saturday, 11 to 1. Walk in, sit down, eat. No sign-up and no questions.
Community meals in Portland, Louisville
Six Days a Week,
The Door Is Open
Hot lunch Monday to Saturday, a family pantry twice a week, and free cooking classes. Everyone eats. No paperwork for meals.
Lunch
Mon to Sat, 11 to 1
Pantry
Wed and Sat mornings
Classes
Four-week sessions
Volunteers
Shifts every day
Our Programs
What We Do
Three programs, one kitchen.
Family Food Pantry
Wednesday and Saturday, 9 to noon. Bring a bag if you have one. One visit per household each week.
Kitchen Skills Academy
Four Tuesday evenings of knife skills, food safety and cooking on a budget. Free, and you take dinner home.
Portland
Our neighborhood
Our Story
Good Food, Served With Dignity
Tin Ladle Kitchen started as a Sunday supper in a church basement. Now it's a full kitchen on Portland Avenue that serves lunch six days a week.
Anyone can eat here. Volunteers cook, serve and wash dishes next to the people they're feeding, and a lot of our volunteers started as guests.
Dignity First
Everyone Welcome
Local Focus
Transparent Information
Photos
Inside the Kitchen
Sample stories
Stories From the Dining Room
Guests, volunteers and neighbors, in their own words.
I came for lunch after I lost my job. Now I teach the knife skills class on Tuesdays.
Darnell
Guest, then volunteer
My kids and I volunteer on Saturdays. They say it's the best part of their week.
Angela
Saturday volunteer
Our team
Who Runs the Kitchen
Renee
Executive director
Keeps the lights on and the pantry stocked.
Marcus
Volunteer coordinator
Sets up your first shift and shows you where the aprons are.
Rosa
Kitchen lead
Runs lunch service and teaches the Tuesday classes.
Sample dates
Coming Up
Everyone's welcome. Bring a friend and a dish if you like.
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NovSat
Fall Supper Fundraiser
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MonthlySat
New Volunteer Orientation
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DecSat
Community Cook-Off
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JanTue
Kitchen Skills Academy Open House
Volunteer
Become a Volunteer
Shifts run 9 to 1 and 10 to 2, Monday to Saturday. Groups are welcome with a week's notice. Ages 14 and up. Under 16 comes with an adult.
Tell us your name and email and Marcus will send open shifts. Demo form. Nothing is sent.
Support the Kitchen
Give
Your gift buys food, keeps the stoves on and pays our two cooks. Give once or every month.
Demo: no payment is taken.
Your gift: $50.
Contact
Visit or Get in Touch
Want to volunteer, donate or just learn more? We'd love to hear from you.
Find Us
Come in the front door on Portland Avenue. Lunch is in the dining room on the left.
Phone
(502) 555-0186
hello@example.org
Address
Portland Avenue
Louisville, KY 40212
Hours
Mon to Sat: 10 am to 2 pm
Pantry: Wed and Sat, 9 am to noon