The co-op
A vegan cafe and community space, owned and run by the people who work in it.
Cafe Kino is a vegan cafe and community space at 108 Stokes Croft, Bristol. It is a workers’ co-operative: there is no boss, the people who work there run it together, and as a not-for-profit any money made goes back into the cafe for customers and staff.
The kitchen is 100% free of animal ingredients. Burgers, salads, dressings, relishes, mayonnaise and dips are made from scratch, the bean burgers use British-grown badger beans, and most of the produce is sourced locally. Coffee is fairtrade and organic from a Bristol roaster, and loose-leaf tea comes in a pot.
Kino began as pop-up cafe nights in Bristol and Cardiff in the late 1990s, became a co-op in 2004, opened on Ninetree Hill in 2006 and moved across the road to Stokes Croft in 2010, into a building that had stood empty for decades. Local artists hang their work on the walls, and the basement hosts music, talks, workshops and meetings.
How Kino got here
1996 to 2002
Pop-up cafe nights, Cafe Mono and Cafe Kino, in Bristol and Cardiff.
2004
The co-op is formed, and Kino starts out as a vegan caterer.
2006
The first cafe opens on Ninetree Hill.
2010
Kino moves across the road to 108 Stokes Croft, into a building that had stood empty for decades.
Today
Open every day, with local artists on the walls and events in the basement.
Who supplies the kitchen
Badger beans grown in Britain
For the homemade bean burgers.
A local wholefood co-op
Most of the dry ingredients come from another Bristol co-operative.
A Bristol roaster
Fairtrade, organic coffee beans.
A specialist tea trader
Loose-leaf teas from rooibos to jasmine, served in a pot.
Food waste and everything else that can be recycled is recycled.
A safer space
Kino aims to be a place where everyone is treated with respect, and asks everyone in the building to do the same.
Gift vouchers
Hand-illustrated Kino vouchers are sold in the cafe, or by emailing eat@cafekino.coop.
Not for profit
The co-op is working towards a living wage for its members while keeping the menu affordable.
Open every day, 9am to 9pm
108 Stokes Croft, Bristol BS1 3RU. Eat in, take away, or come for something on downstairs.