Cafe Appalachia Downtown is now open in downtown Charleston offering some of the same menu items as the South Charleston location as well as the same goal – employing women in recovery. The new location at 110 McFarland Street in Charleston is now in the old restaurant space that used to be the home of places like Noah’s and Delish in Charleston. With the help of $625,000 from the City of Charleston’s American Rescue Plan funds, the cafe was able to be transformed into a new space that had its grand opening and ribbon-cutting on Wednesday. Cafe Appalachia has been in South Charleston for about five years as a way to give women in recovery real life experience. It is part of the nonprofit Pollen8. Cafe Appalachia Downtown is open Monday-Friday 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. The goal is to start nighttime hours next summer.