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At Dandelion diners come for the cause and come back for the food

Dandelion cooks and servers are, from left, Rosie Loch, Jessica Conklin, Nicola Singer, Sarah Greene, Jacquetta Tyree and Sara Cole.

By Bill Moss, Published: October 15, 2018

When Mainstay started the Dandelion Eatery five years ago, the founders knew they would train women who had come to the shelter to escape trauma. They knew a little bit about running a restaurant and a lot about pimento cheese and shrimp and grits. And they knew that a dandelion was a gritty little flower that grows under adverse conditions.

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