Amour Cafe and Amour Spreads (2021-2022)
John and Casee, the owners of Amour Cafe and Amour Spreads, decided to retire, closing their cafe but continuing jam production. They approached employees Vi Tran and Carly Lundgren about taking over both the cafe and the jam line.
Tran and Lundgren reopened the space as Picnic Cafe at the beginning of 2022, keeping the jam methods and local sourcing intact.
The handoff kept a neighborhood space alive and seeded a woman-owned cafe that now anchors a wider maker community.
It shows Picnic Cafe's pattern of inheriting and reshaping local food spaces — the same logic behind pairing with Makers Hive Market at a new address.
