Trumpet Blossom Cafe

06/15/2026

We welcome Dan Bern on Saturday June 20! Tickets at Little Village Tickets littlevillagetickets.com

More info— danbern.com/tour

06/11/2026

We'll be opening at 12pm today, Thursday June 11, due to the weather. Stay safe, friends!

04/15/2026

Our first ever duckling sweet potato is here to tell you of some slight changes to our hours this week. 🐤 We'll be closing early for a couple special events:
Wednesday 4/15, open 11am-3pm
Thursday 4/16, open 11am-7pm
Wednesday we're hosting a fundraiser for Investigate Midwest.
Thursday we're hosting a show with and .and.co This show is free but we have a limited capacity and it's 18+. Doors will be at 7:30pm for the 8pm show.
Thanks for all your support over the past weekend!! The turnout for our 14th Anniversary Party was phenomenal! ❤

03/18/2026

Hi, friends! ❤ WE'RE HIRING ☺
We're looking for part-time line cooks and part-time server/bartenders! We're open Tuesdays-Saturdays and the shifts would be a mix of days & nights. Experience preferred. Stop by to fill out an application or email me at [email protected] with your availability and relevant experience. Looking forward to adding some new folks to our crew!
Here's our dinner feature: the Rainbow Bowl with rice, lemon-roasted garlic tofu, fresh, pickled, and roasted veggies, spinach, avocado, and a toasted sesame sauce!

03/17/2026

We're closed Tuesday March 17 for a little extra day off :) Sorry for any inconvenience! Normal hours resume Wednesday March 18

02/19/2026

❤SAVE THE DATE❤ Our 14th anniversary party is Saturday April 11! We hope you can celebrate with us! Details coming soon...
(Check out this photo of the front of the building back in 2012 right before we opened!)

02/09/2026

Hi, friends! ❤ We'll be offering this in addition to our regular dinner menu this Fri & Sat 4:30pm-9pm. Saturday is filling up but there are still plenty of spots left on Friday. Give us a call to make a reservation 319-248-0077. If you leave a voicemail, we'll call you back to confirm. Thanks! ❤

01/31/2026

A is for activist by Innosanto Nagara.
I received two copies of this book as baby shower gifts back in 2014 and so one lives at the restaurant and one is on my son's bookshelf with the other books we've kept over the years.
I was tidying up here at work before I left yesterday and serendipitously saw this book. When I got home I read it with my son again and remembered how it filled me with hope and love, and how it taught me things I never learned as a kid, and how grateful I was for the opportunity to share these words and images with my child, especially when they were very young and especially now.
I don't know how to say everything I want to say. My heart breaks and is repaired a million times a day.
I acknowledge the call for a general strike today and the privilege and safety of even being able to contemplate whether or not to partake.
We're open today and will donate to one of the many organizations doing the hard work to help our communities. If you are not purchasing anything today in protest, I understand and respect that.
We are built for compassion. We love you.

01/23/2026

Hi, friends! 🧡 We are taking a half day today, Fri 1/23, due to the cold. We're not going to be open for lunch but we will be open for dinner so our hours will be 4:30pm-9pm. Sorry for any inconvenience! 💛 This local sweet potato is also taking a half day. Haha! I had to get a pic of it as I've never seen one like it. I sent the farmer, James of Camp Creek Organic Produce, the pic too and he said he'd never seen one like it either! 🧡 Nature rules. 💛

01/04/2026