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Pickup on Sundays
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We'll let you know when space opens up.
From a few meals a week to complete meal replacement. We make wholesome home cooked meals from high integrity local ingredients. We ensure that you eat real food all week.
Small Events
home dinners in february
"Local Effort is truly top tier."
Alyssa Andes

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case study: customer portal for happy monday
a lightweight portal where customers can get more information, like ingredients and nutrition, as well as provide feedback and make custom requests.
Goal
create a way for a cafe food vendor to have a direct relationship with end customers. see it in action.
Experience
customers are empowered to chat directly with the chef about their dietary needs and preferences, and have the opportunity to customize their experience at their favorite place.
What's next
b2c pre-ordering, subscriptions and notifications for 'DROPS' or new products, discounts and loyalty features, and more ideas about improving vendor-customer relationships in cafe settings.
pizza, sandwiches, salads, and other standbys, with the same commitments to local and high-integrity ingredients. always minnesotan made, always midwest ingredients, always delicious and nutritionally sound.
front-of-house and back-of-house solutions. improve your restaurant group's tech stack, ingredient sourcing, menu design, service feel, and more. we are restaurant veterans with substantial experience in every dimension of this weird business. we're here to help you make your vision sharper, crisper, cooler, higher impact.
always very open and interested in working with other creatives and businesses from all domains: political organizers, artists, bakers, farmers and ag workers, event coordinators, small and large businesses - we want to bring local food to your audience.
About Local Effort
Who we are

We're a knockout team of experienced kitchen professionals offering our services as personal chefs and value-added producers. We bring Minnesotan and Midwest ingredients to everyday meals and special events with a farm-to-table ethic.

We love platters and cassoulets and juleps and celery and croque monsieur and white rice, we love vegetables and meats and grain and nuts and grapes and HAZELNUTS and ducks and lamb and the weird great awesome people who make them and keep making them. We love meeting our growers. We love living in an city where shopping locally is valued and not hard to do.

We feel strongly about choosing food grown and produced closer to home. It's a duty, and a gift, and it's at the center of our practice and culture. We care about flavor and nutrition in equal measure. We're the realest people make the localest food.

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Seasonal menus, events, and new offerings. We'll add you to our Brevo list and notify our team right away.

At a glance
  • Founded in 2022
  • Based in Minneapolis, MN
  • 100% locally sourced focus
Foods we specialize in
  • sourdough breads from local grain
  • fresh pasta
  • pies, cakes, pastry and patisserie
  • braised meat, smoked meat, cured meat
  • kid's food
  • bean-to-bar chocolate
  • 100% local pizza
Services we offer
  • Meal planning and nutrition support for families
  • Catering and events built around local ingredients
  • Completely local pizzas - our specialty
Principles
  • Celebrating home cooks
  • Supporting family nutrition
  • Spending with local producers
  • Collaborating with Minnesota organizations
  • Sharing and shaping Minnesota food culture
How we stay local
  • Minnesota-first sourcing; regional when sensible
  • Seasonal menus; preserve when possible
  • Direct relationships with farms and mills
  • Reasonable exceptions for essentials (like olive oil)
  • Transparency: ask us about any ingredient
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Local Effort is a Minnesota-based team of chefs focused on seasonal high-integrity cooking for homes, events, and partner businesses.
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Local Pizza is 100% midwest ingredients. Find us at Happy Monday in Roseville, and soon on MN Food Club. Host a pizza party at your home, office, or business today.
cheese: grande mozzarella. grain: bakers field. tomato: dei fratelli. pepperoni: many.