{"id":2018,"date":"2021-03-14T22:37:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T22:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/news-news\/south-la-cafe-was-featured-on-the-ellen-show\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T23:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:46:43","slug":"south-la-cafe-was-featured-on-the-ellen-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/news-news\/south-la-cafe-was-featured-on-the-ellen-show\/","title":{"rendered":"South LA Cafe was featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;Check out South LA Cafe owners&rsquo; reaction to a huge surprise!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-blackowned-los-angeles-standard-newspaper\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Support_Standard_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><strong>The L.A. Standard Newspaper needs your support so that we can continue to create positive stories about Black communities. -Jason Douglas Lewis, Owner\/Publisher<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2017\" src=\"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6S8R1664_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6S8R1664_web.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6S8R1664_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/6S8R1664_web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>Joe Ward-Wallace, co-owner of South LA Cafe, hands a bag of groceries to a family in need. Photos by Jason Lewis<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Every Wednesday at 3 p.m. since mid-June of 2020, South LA Cafe has handed out grocery bags to 150 families in need.&nbsp; The overall cost for each bag of groceries is about $35, raise about $5,000 a week to cover the expenses.&nbsp; Their generosity led to an appearance on The Ellen&nbsp;DeGeneres Show.&nbsp; Check out the gift they received so that they can continue supporting South Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KzAUGoMKfwA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1984\" src=\"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/6S8R1669_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/6S8R1669_web.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/6S8R1669_web-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>South LA Cafe needs volunteers and financial contributions to give 150 bags of groceries to local families.<\/strong> <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">South LA Cafe is located at 1700 Browning Boulevard, which off of Western Avenue, one block north of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.&nbsp; Visit their website at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southlacafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.southlacafe.com\/<\/a>.&nbsp; Follow them&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/southlacafe\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/southlacafe\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/span> &nbsp; <br \/><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Read more about South LA Cafe&#8217;s efforts at the link below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/news\/community\/south-la-cafe-s-weekly-grocery-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/index.php\/community\/941-south-la-cafe-s-weekly-grocery-giveaway.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&nbsp;Check out South LA Cafe owners&rsquo; reaction to a huge surprise!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[169,170,93,168,954,167,161,1979,1980,218,156,157,75,135,163,162,1456,102,1978,158,160,159],"class_list":["post-2018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-news","tag-african-american","tag-african-american-newspaper","tag-baldwin-hills","tag-black-newspaper","tag-black-owned-coffee-shop","tag-community-newspaper","tag-crenshaw","tag-ellen-degeneres","tag-ellentube","tag-inglewood","tag-ladera-heights","tag-leimert-park","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-standard-newspaper","tag-mid-city","tag-park-mesa-heights","tag-south-la-cafe","tag-south-los-angeles","tag-the-ellen-degeneres-show","tag-view-park","tag-west-adams","tag-windsor-hills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2700,"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions\/2700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastandardnewspaper.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}