Living Sky Café
Living Sky Café is a locally owned and female-driven establishment located in the historic Glengarry building in the heart of downtown. Providing a unique breakfast & lunch menu accompanied by sensational signature beverages & heart warming baking.
We began our journey as a small family-run catering company, which grew into a real love for the industry. Our first café location opened in 2014 inside the Mendel Art Gallery providing counter-service breakfast, lunch and outside catering services.
Our first space offered us an opportunity to expand our menu, to learn, and to grow. After 2 and a half years we had built a strong clientele basis and were ready to expand into a location that would become our forever home.
In December of 2017 we had found our forever location and in 6 short months we had designed & renovated a space that we are proud to call home. We are so thankful to the many people that made this happen, without each person this journey wouldn’t have been what it was!
On May 4th, 2018 we opened our doors, serving up brunch & lunch options that conveyed our deep love of all things food & beverage!
Meet Jenna
Jenna grew up in restaurants – her mother has been working in the industry since long before she was born. She has worked in all aspects of food service – from fast food to fine dining, breakfast restaurants to bars, with her most recent career being the banquets manager at a hotel in Saskatoon.
Jenna and Taylor met in high school where they became friends and after graduating found themselves running into each other through other mutual friends. Bonding over their love for the industry, Jenna decided to join Living Sky Café in the Mendel Art Gallery location for a brief stint but left once accepting the position of banquets manager.
In 2018, once Taylor had secured the location on 3rd Avenue, Jenna made the exciting announcement that she would be joining the team as the general manager. After that it was a whirlwind of planning, budgeting, late-nights, early construction mornings and loads of coffee.
Jenna is truly an amazing person, her attitude and work ethic are second to none. Her willingness to take on the extras make her a huge part of why Living Sky Café has become so successful. She has put her heart into the café and into our work family, and the café wouldn’t be the same without her!
Meet Taylor
Always having an enormous love for food, even at a young age she was always in the kitchen. Once moving into the work force she was immediately drawn to the restaurant industry where she worked at several different restaurants until she decided to enter into her first venture at the age of 20. A small catering company out of a commercial kitchen working alongside her parents was where it all started – this is when Made With Love Foods was born.
After a few years of both catering & serving an opportunity was presented to Taylor to run the Café inside the Mendel Art Gallery. With help from her parents & husband they renovated the space in 1 week and were open for business.
” Opening this location was the scariest thing I had done in my life at this point, I used all the money that I had been saving for 3 years to acquire the necessary equipment, wrote a menu on a chalk board & opened the doors. This was it, no going back!”
After 3 amazing years at the Mendel Art Gallery, we were ready to expand and move into a space that we could grow and build into the perfect restaurant, market & catering space.
“Moving into our space on 3rd Avenue has really felt like a dream come true. Being able to have the room to grow and expand has only inspired me to take on new challenges and to push myself into becoming a better chef & restaurateur.”
Meet Ma & Pa
Jackie & Steve have been Taylor’s number one supporters since day one. Embarking on the journey of her first catering company with her and jumping in with the opening of the Mendel Art Gallery location, they are 100% behind the values that are Living Sky Café.
Jackie can be found spending her days slinging seriously delicious coffees and cocktails, or serving the busy weekend brunch shifts, giving the true family experience that we pride ourselves on.
Steve is always working away in the kitchen, cooking and prepping at lightning speed! He keeps a light-hearted and a fun environment in the kitchen even in the busiest days. Without their continual hard work and appreciation for what we do there is no way we would be in operation to this day.
The Kids
These smiling faces mean everything to us! Without their hard work and dedication we would not be where we are. We appreciate each of them for their fun personalities and we would like to thank our current and past employees for continually going above and beyond.
Without each and everyone of them we wouldn’t be where we are, their ideas and passion for this industry make our whole experience just that much sweeter!
Our Services
Dining in with us can be anything from enjoying a brunch date with a specialty coffee, to grabbing a quick and delicious lunch or even just enjoying a fresh baked pastry with a warm beverage.
Can’t make it to the grocery store or looking for a quick bite to eat? We got you covered!
Our market space offers a variety of canned goods, and our in house made dressings, sauces, spices and more. Be sure to check out our ready-made meals while you are here!
Need to grab & go? We understand! Feel free to call in or come on down and place your order! Pick up is a breeze, head into our market space and snag your snacks!
Have a group who wants to eat delicious food together? We also cater!
Breakfast, lunch, or dinner; we have many menus with a wide variety of meals in all price ranges.
We love creating new menus for parties & events – whether we are serving a butler style plated event or setting up a casual buffet, we bring excellence to the table; every time.
In a hurry? Well don’t worry! Our full dine-in menu is available for take out and even for delivery. Grab a sandwich and a coffee on the run and stay tuned for expanded take-out options from your favorite downtown café!
In The News
We so appreciate any attention that we get!
June 2020 Star Phoenix
