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The building, the dining room, the private room, and a long run of plates that have come off this pass over the years.

Outside

The building on Thomasville Road

Small sign, low building, and a paint job that tells you more about the place than the architecture does.

The front of Kool Beanz Cafe: a low red building with turquoise panels and a large hand-painted sign.
The hand-painted sign on Thomasville Road
A brightly painted mural of a yellow and orange sun on the side of the Kool Beanz Cafe building.
The sun mural on the side wall
Kool Beanz Cafe seen from across the road, with people walking past the painted storefront.
Midtown, mid-afternoon
Kool Beanz Cafe at dusk with the sign lit up and cars parked in the lot out front.
The sign after dark

Inside

The dining room

Colour everywhere, art hung close together, and an open kitchen along one side.

The Kool Beanz dining room with orange and yellow walls, small tables and the open kitchen visible along the far side.
Painted walls and the open kitchen
A full Kool Beanz dining room at dinner with guests at every table and paintings covering the walls.
A full house on a weeknight
Three guests smiling at a table at Kool Beanz Cafe in the evening.
Eat, drink and talk loud

From the pass

Plates over the years

None of these are on tonight. They are here to show the hand behind the cooking.

Seared sea scallops with shaved fennel, roasted brussels sprouts and a citrus sauce.
Seared sea scallops
A sesame-crusted fish fillet with peppers, sprouts and a light broth.
Sesame crusted fish, peppers
A tall grass-fed burger on a brioche bun topped with cheese and an onion ring.
Local grass fed burger
Slices of rare sesame-seared tuna fanned over vegetables and finished with sprouts.
Sesame seared tuna
Seared and sliced pork with fingerling potatoes and crisp fried shallots.
Pork, fingerlings, crisp shallots
Blackened fish over rice with a chunky tomato and sweet pepper sauce.
Blackened fish, peppers, rice
A composed salad of greens, thin apple slices and soft cheese.
Greens ‘n stuff
A pile of breadcrumbed eggplant fries fried golden.
Eggplant fries
Two golden crab cakes topped with fine green sprouts.
K.B.C. crab cakes
Cornmeal fried oysters over a bed of cheddar cheese grits.
Cornmeal fried oysters, cheddar grits
A wedge of cheesecake finished with a lattice of dark chocolate and sauce dots.
One evening’s dessert

The Room

Private dining, set up

Images from dinners and fundraisers held in our private room. Reserve The Room.

The Room at Kool Beanz, empty and lit, with blue-grey walls and a cove-lit ceiling.
The Room, before guests arrive
A wide view of The Room showing artwork hung along the walls.
Art along the walls
The Room set with one long table and white folding chairs on both sides.
One long table for thirty
A long table in The Room set with white linen, wine glasses and dark napkins.
Set for dinner
A dessert buffet in The Room with a tiered stand of small desserts and an ice bucket.
A dessert buffet
A close-up of a place setting in The Room with cutlery, a folded napkin and a wine glass.
Place settings
A place setting with a printed custom menu and a basket of fresh herbs as a centrepiece.
Menus printed for the night
A St. Francis Wildlife sponsor thank-you sign with a live owl perched beside it.
St. Francis Wildlife fundraiser

Gallery questions

Are these dishes on the menu now?

Almost certainly not. The menu is rewritten daily, so these are a record of what has come out of this kitchen rather than a list to order from. Today’s menu is on Facebook.

Can I take photos in the restaurant?

Please do. Plenty of people photograph the food, the art and the sign out front. If you post them, tag us — we like seeing them.

Is the art in these photos for sale?

Yes. The work on our walls is by local artists and it can be bought. More about the art programme.

See it in person

The photographs do not capture the noise, which is most of the point.

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