The Happy Badger Cafe Brings New American Cuisine to Bowling Green

Located at 331 N Main St, The Happy Badger Cafe offers an eccentric, charming cafe atmosphere. Carrying only the freshest fair trade local ingredients, the Happy Badger Cafe is serving up new American cuisine sure to tantalize adventurous appetites. 

The Pita Pitza Served at The Happy Badger Cafe

Vegetarians and meat-eaters alike are sure to find new and exciting favorites on this cafes menu. Adrienne Hill, a graduate student at Bowling Green State University, and regular at the Happy Badger Cafe said, " I like the Happy Badger Cafe because I'm a vegetarian and its hard to find vegetarian food in Bowling Green, I can come here and eat great vegetarian food." Hill continued, "The BBQ Tofu Fabulous is my favorite, or the grilled cheese." 


   Sarah Cohen, daughter of owners Donna and Alan Cohen and manager of the Happy Badger Cafe said, "My previous experience as a cook taught me the best items on the menu were the ones unique to that restaurant or chef. Here at the Cafe,  we pride ourselves on creating everything from scratch. Everything from the BBQ and pizza sauce to the salad dressings and especially the soups." Cohen continued "Also, two really important ingredients-- our bread and our cheese, come from really amazing sources. Zingerman's Bakehouse of Ann Arbor is the real deal. We have the pleasure of working with them in offering their award winning breads and pastry to our clientele in Bowling Green." 

Portobello and Potato soup

 Giant sandwiches are a big hit at The Happy Badger Cafe. The Grilled Chicken sandwich, served using Halal chicken is paired with mayo, lettuce and tomato. Local chips and housemade salsa are the house side dish served with all giant sandwiches. For the mushroom lovers, the potato and portobello  mushroom soup is sure to be a palate pleaser. Finally my personal favorite, the Pita Pitza is a fresh combination of grilled pita bread, housemade tomato and garlic sauce, mozzarella cheese, vegetables and parmesan cheese. For the vegetarians, the Berwyn special offers an exciting sandwich choice. Creamy layers of avocado are paired with a raw milk cheese blend, carrots, cucumber, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, bean sprouts and topped with a pinch of oregano. 

The Grilled Chicken sandwich and Caesar salad

Owner of The Happy Badger, Donna Cohen said, "We always had a vision to create a place where you could eat great food, hear good music, meet interesting people and also shop for global and local fair trade products that are unique and fun. A place where  people can come to eat, sing, share, laugh and sometimes learn. We want to serve food that we would want to eat; food that is made in house with love and creativity. Hopefully you can tell and taste the difference!"

Stop in and check out this creative store and cafe for yourself; The Happy Badger Cafe can be found on Facebook or at http://www.happybadger.com/. 


DEREK HAURY BADGER by EmilyJt

Derek Haury, an avid visitor at the Happy Badger Cafe, tells us why he enjoys the cafe and what it has to offer.