Fire by Forge is a Pan-American-inspired, chef-driven concept that includes a café, full-service restaurant, bar, and catering operation. Our seasonal menus feature fresh, local, and sustainable ingredients whenever possible. You’ll find us in the historic former Billings & Spencer Company in Frog Hollow, conveniently located near the State Capital, The Bushnell Theater, and the Asylum Hill neighborhood.

As a social enterprise of Forge City Works, we’re fully integrated with FCW’s culinary and customer service job training program. This means that when you dine with us or use our catering service, you’re supporting transitional employment opportunities, internships, and apprenticeships for people over the age of 18 who have barriers to employment, such as poverty, incarceration, homelessness, addiction/recovery, or similar challenges.

At Fire by Forge, we believe in the power of food to improve lives, and we’re proud to create opportunities for those who need them most. Thank you for joining us on this mission.

OUR MISSION: We provide job training and food access through sustainable social enterprises, empowering people to improve their lives.

OUR VISION: Eliminating barriers through the power of food.

OUR “BIG BET”: “Empowering people to overcome barriers and creating neighborhood economic development is a catalyst for breaking cycles of poverty and homelessness and to people realizing economic opportunities.”

OUR STRATEGY: We work with people with significant barriers to employment and help them overcome those barriers. These barriers can include past justice system involvement, the experience of or risk of homelessness, addiction, mental health challenges, disengagement, trauma, and other systemic and personal barriers. Upon completion of the program, trainees are eligible for ongoing transitional employment, internships (at FxF), externships, apprenticeships, and job placements.