Join us at Willie’s Restaurant in St. Paul Park for good food and fun at this unique event! Seatings at 5, 7 and 9pm. $40 per person, with $20 supporting Basic Needs’ work in the community.

For this event you will come in at your reservation time and be seated at a table. This is an all you can eat event, where you pick and order different raw food options. These items are brought to your table. You will have choices of different broths (mild, spicy, vegetarian) that will be brought to your table in a fondue pot, or in a pot on a hot plate. The raw food will be brought to your table where you cook it in the hot pot broth, or in the skillet at your table.

Some of the raw food offerings will be different cuts of beef and pork, chicken and chicken wings, a couple of different fish options, different vegetables such as fresh mushrooms, bok choy, and radish. There will also be a sauce/salad bar to create your own sauce flavors.

We will also be offering saki on a collector glass during service. Full bar service will still be available.

Join us for this unique event while supporting your community!

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Basic Needs is a non-profit organization established in 1996 to aid individuals and families in need within our community. Our first step was opening a community-based thrift store, where the general public donates their gently used goods for resale, which helps support programs to help the community and offers affordable shopping. From money earned at the Thrift Shop, Basic Needs created a voucher system so that individuals experiencing poverty can receive emergency access to needed supplies.

In 2022, Basic Needs began providing barrier-free access to food in the community through stocked free food shelves. A team of volunteers and staff work together to ensure those in our community have what they need; when they need it. In 2023 we opened the Basic Needs Food Market, which offers barrier free access to free food rescue from the community.

Our driving goal is to uplift those who have encountered hardship by providing barrier-free access to basic needs via our nutritious and fresh food market, affordable and high-quality thrift shop, and social services referral network to build a stronger community focused on equity, inclusion, and sustainability.

Hot Pot Fundraiser at Willie's

Join us for this unique all-you-can-eat event to benefit Basic Needs!