In 2025, Oceanen grew further with the opening of our cultural kitchen – a place where food and community take center stage. The kitchen is now operated through a company wholly owned by the nonprofit association. This is why we run the restaurant ourselves: so that all profits generated in the building — instead of being taken out — are reinvested back into the organization.

When you eat and drink here, you are directly contributing to higher fees for artists, larger productions, and lower ticket prices. It’s a model where any surplus goes to the musicians and helps strengthen both the city’s cultural life and the working conditions of its cultural practitioners.

We have made this radical change because we want to stand strong in an increasingly uncertain societal climate — to give culture a steady place, no matter which way the winds blow.

Everything you see here has been created together, by dedicated staff, volunteers, and members. We have hammered, built, and crafted with our own hands in order to invite you into a new kind of community.

Our current menu is inspired by Afghanistan and Iran – flavorful, fragrant dishes carrying history, migration, and memories. We let the ingredients speak and the recipes travel. Oceanen’s menu is alive and ever-changing. This means we will invite guest chefs and develop concepts that unite food and culture.