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Seva Cafe Around The World

It runs under the name of Karma Kitchen with the a similar motto of 'Growing in Generosity'. It works the same way as Seva Cafe operates in India, where there are no prices on the menu and the check reads $0.00 with a footnote: "Your meal was a gift from someone who came before you. To keep the chain of gifts alive, we invite you to pay it forward for those who dine after you."

Most of the Karma Kitchens' around the world were hosted only once. The various places were:

1. Berkeley, CA :Karma Kitchen initially opened in Berkeley on March 31st 2007, by a few volunteers inspired to seed the value of a "gift economy".
2. Hayward, CA: It was hosted in a small warm cozy place in the downtown Hayward. It was held on 2^nd September and 7^th October 2012.
3. Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia: A one-time Karma Kitchen was held on 11^th October 2014 at Absolute Thai Hot Pot restaurant. It coincided with some powerful experience at leadership summit.
4. Singapore: In December 2014, a one-time Karma Kitchen was hosted in the country. It was inspired by Indonesia's KK and Singapore's local EO community.
5. Ubud, Bali: It was piloted in April 2015, at Casa de Luna restaurant in downtown Ubud. It was hosted on the last day of the 'Awaken' gathering at a local restaurant with 25 volunteers.
6. Guernsey Island: It was hosted in December 2015 was a real success. It experienced a great amount of enthusiasm from guests and volunteers. The restaurant at which it was hosted ended up taking in more money than they normally would.
7. Valencia, CA: The first Karma Kitchen was hosted in the city in May 2017 with 17 volunteers.
8. Washington, DC: It started from April 2016 and is being hosted on the last Sunday of every month at the Himalayan Heritage restaurant.
9. Jakarata, Indonesia: The Karma Kitchen was hosted in the late 2014, and it was a raving success. More than 200 guests were served by 25 volunteers.
10. London, UK: In March 2016, Karma Kitchen was launched in London, in partnership with Museum of Happiness. It was hosted at the Canvas Cafe to celebrate the International Day of Happiness.
11. Detroit, Michigan: It was launched in October 2015 at Pink Flamingo. It made a huge impact on the local community of collective blessings and served around 50 guests. The guests were given a ceramic key chain as a momento.
12. Burgos, Spain: It was hosted in April 2016 and witnessed 14 volunteers and 40 guests on it's launch. It has inspired a lot of other projects in Spain. It was an experiment started with an idea relating to the joy of being human.
13. Chicago, IL: On July 11, 2010, Karma Kitchen Chicago started in partnership with Klay Oven Restaurant. It is hosted on 2^nd Sunday of every month.
14. Tokyo, Japan: It was a started in 2013 and since then it has been hosted a dozen of times. It is hosted once in every two months. They keep rotating their location in order to benefit different people in various locations.
15. Grasse, France: A local Seva Cafe was hosted in Le Café du Palais, a restaurant in Grasse, France. It's pre-launch gathering was conducted in December, 2014 before opening in May.
16. Dubai: It has been hosted several times in Dubai and has proved to be a great experience. Once it has also been hosted at Govinda's restaurant with 14 volunteers and 5 people from Govinda's team serving 100 guests.
17. Horwich, UK: It started in the end of November, 2015. The first Karma Kitchen experienced witnesses 8 volunteers who contributed 9 hours and served 71 guests. The guests contributed a lot more than expected which was forwarded to a local charity.
18. Kobe, Japan: After many months of planning, the first Karma Kitchen in Kobe was started in April 2017. There were 8 volunteers serving 32 guests who were overwhelmed with the experience and thus paid more than the expectations.