Chaka Khan put her name on a restaurant for the first time Sunday, celebrating the opening of Chaka's Plantbaed Café in the Serenbe community southwest of Atlanta. The 100% plant-based, whole-food café marks the second location for the Plantbaed brand and the first to carry the singer's name, following a smaller café the company already runs in Vinings.
A Family Affair Built Around Serenbe
The celebration brought Khan together with her sister, Tammy Michelle, who co-founded the café alongside her, according to a press release reported by GlobeNewswire. Michelle, who serves as COO of Chaka Khan Enterprises, also co-founded the Chaka Khan Foundation, the release states. As reported by FOX 5 Atlanta, Michelle joined the grand opening celebration in the Serenbe community in Chattahoochee Hills.
The address itself carries some confusion. The press release lists the café at 11105 Serenbe Lane, Suite 100, in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia, while the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's food section gives the same street address but places it in Palmetto. Both outlets agree on the street number, even if the municipality listed differs.
What's On The Menu
Opening-day plans included a café ribbon-cutting at 1:30 p.m. as part of Serenbe's Hamlet Day celebration, per the release. The café's own site describes its kitchen as a 100% plant-based, whole-food operation that sources from Serenbe farms and local growers whenever possible, according to Chaka's Plantbaed Café. The site also lists hours of 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, with the café closed on Mondays.
The planned menu includes a black bean-based Chaka Bowl topped with Through the Fire sauce, walnut meat street tacos, and a soursop colada, the AJC reports. The Serenbe location was described to Essence as a hybrid brand-licensing and supply-chain partnership meant to keep the food consistent with what's served at the original Vinings café.
From Ghost Kitchen To Second Storefront
Plantbaed's roots go back further than its brick-and-mortar locations. Starting in 2022, the brand spent two years running a Monday-only ghost kitchen out of Zeke's Kitchen & Bar, turning the restaurant into a plant-based concept one day a week, according to Essence. That experiment eventually grew into the standalone Vinings café, and now the Serenbe location.
Alongside the food, the release says the café plans to create employment opportunities for neurodivergent adults and host programming tied to the Chaka Khan Foundation. The Foundation also had a playground communication board unveiling scheduled for 2 p.m. at Terra School the same day. Those plans reflect the stated goals laid out in the release rather than confirmation that the programs have already begun.
Coverage of Khan's Grammy history varied between sources covering the opening. FOX 5 Atlanta's report described her as a 10-time Grammy winner, while the press release from GlobeNewswire credited her with 11 Grammy Awards, including a 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award. Either way, the Serenbe opening gives Khan a permanent, namesake home for the plant-based venture she and her sister have been building since that first Monday night pop-up.
