The EAT Café received significant media coverage. See below for a selection of stories and media coverage highlighting the café and its staff.

Pre-Opening

• A Tasteful Pairing, Drexel Magazine (Fall 2014)
• New West Philly Cafe Aims to Bring Everyone to the Table, Flying Kite Media (September 8, 2015)
• New Restaurant Lets “Everyone At the Table” Build Community, Philadelphia Magazine (March 7, 2016)
• Good Food for All: A Pay-what-you-can Cafe Comes to West Philly, Philadelphia Inquirer (March 17, 2016)
• West Phila. Restaurant to Allow Customers to 'Pay What You Can', Daily Pennsylvanian (April 4, 2016)
• New Business Models: Philadelphia Opens First Nonprofit Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant, Nonprofit Quarterly (April 4, 2016)
• On Rebuilding Lancaster Ave, Restaurant Serves Up Recipe For Equity, HiddenCity (April 6, 2016)
• Pay-what-you-wish EAT Cafe to Open in September, The Triangle (August 19, 2016)
• How Philly's First Pay-What-You-Can Café Is Taking Aim at Hunger, Bloomberg (September 2, 2016)
• You Can Pay Whatever You Want — or Nothing at All — at This New Restaurant, Business Insider (September 23, 2016)

Grand Opening

• Welcoming Everyone to the Table: Philadelphia’s First Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant To Open, DrexelNOW (October 20, 2016)
• Vetri, Drexel Set Opening Date For Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant, NBC10 (October 21, 2016)
• Vetri, Drexel set opening date for pay-what-you-can restaurant, Philadelphia Business Journal (October 21, 2016)
• Grand Opening of EAT Café, Philly’s First Pay-as-You-Wish Restaurant, Scheduled for October 26, PA Eats (October 24, 2016)
• Vetri, Drexel Partner for Philadelphia's First Pay-what-you-can Restaurant, Philly Voice (October 25, 2016)
• Brotherly Love: At New Café, You Pay What You Can, CBS3 (October 26, 2016)
• Vetri, Drexel Team for Eat Cafe, Pay What You Can Restaurant, 6ABC (October 26, 2016)
• You Pay What You Can at the New EAT Cafe in West Philadelphia, Philadelphia Inquirer October 26, 2016)
• Putting “Neighbor” Back In Neighborhood Along Lancaster Avenue, University City Review (November 2, 2016)
• EAT Cafe Brings Affordable Dining, The Triangle (November 5, 2016)
• Nonprofit Café Relies on Those Who Can Pay to Pick Up the Tab for Those Who Can’t, Nonprofit Quarterly (November 14, 2016)

Ongoing Coverage

• Local Chefs Put Dignity on the Menu, WHYY (November 23, 2016)
• A Quarter of Philadelphians are Food Insecure. What Are We Doing About It?, Grid Philly (November 30, 2016)
• Philly's New Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant Brings Everyone To The Table, NPR (December 6, 2016)
• Philly's "Pay What You Can" Restaurant Offers New Solution to Food Insecurity, Mic (December 8, 2016)
• This Woman Wants to Open Pay-What-You-Want Restaurants Across America, Vice (December 11, 2016)
• 'There's a Dignity to This Place': Inside the World of Pay-what-you-can Restaurants: A New Crop of Community-minded Businesses Hopes to Restore Dignity to Low-income Diners, Washington Post (January 23, 2017)
• Charitable Restaurants and Chefs Give Back, USA Today (March 3, 2017)
• Witnesses to Hunger Photo Gallery Opens at EAT Cafe, The Triangle (March 3, 2017)
• A Restaurant to Feed Them All, Philadelphia Citizen (April 3, 2017)
• This Trendy Restaurant Lets Customers Pay What They Can Afford, Huffington Post (May 22, 2017)
• Best of Philly: Dining With a Mission, Philadelphia Magazine (August 9, 2017)
• Pay-what-you-can Cafe in Philly Needs More Financial Nourishment to Continue Serving Needy, WHYY (October 28, 2017)
• Restaurants and Social Impact, Philadelphia Citizen (November 14, 2017)
• Pick Up Thanksgiving Dinner or Dine Out for the Holiday, Philly Voices (November 16, 2017)
• Philly Business Corridor Seeks Right Mix of Growth, Preservation, Next City (November 20, 2017)
• Chef Valerie Erwin's new mission, at Eat Cafe, Philadelphia Inquirer (November 22, 2017)
• Philly Chefs Share Good Luck New Year’s Recipes from Around the World, Billy Penn (December 30, 2017)
• Donuts to Go from the EAT Café for Fat Tuesday, Drexel NOW (February 7, 2018)
• Chef Massimo Bottura’s Message Not Wasted on Drexel Community at Lecture, Drexel NOW (April 11, 2018)
• Cooking Dinner for Tonight and Tomorrow, Philadelphia Inquirer (September 4, 2018)
• Gullah Geechee: High Cuisine in the Low Country, Hellenic News of America (November 30, 2018)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day: How You Can Volunteer in Your City, NBC News (January 19, 2019)
• A Stroll Through Community Life, Philanthropy (Spring 2019)
• Local Programs Feed Kids Healthy Meals During Summer Months, FOX 29 (July 10, 2019)