LugNutz Cafè in the Community

Guest Chef Myke and Mikey May 14, 2025

LugNutz Cafe and Marcotte Ford welcomed Guest Chefs Myke and Mikey Connolly to serve their favorite dish, a Classic Cheeseburger. For every order placed $2 was donated to Parent Villages. Thank you to everyone who donated and enjoyed a great day!

Guest Chef Stacy Graves April 29, 2025

LugNutz Cafe and Marcotte Ford welcomed Guest Chef Stacy Graves to serve her favorite dish, a Chicken Bacon Ranch Wrap. For every order placed $2 was donated to Team Andrea Foundation. Thank you to everyone who donated and enjoyed a great day!

Guest Chef Dawn Creighton April 2, 2025

LugNutz Cafe and Marcotte Ford welcomed Guest Chef Dawn Creighton to serve her favorite dish, a Waldorf Chicken Salad. For every order placed $2 was donated to Follow My Steps Foundation. Thank you to everyone who donated and enjoyed a great day!

Guest Chef Diana Szynal February 19th, 2025

LugNutz Cafe and Marcotte Ford welcomed Guest Chef Diana Szynal to serve her favorite dish, a Chili Bowl. For every order placed $2 was donated to Square One in Springfield. Thank you to everyone who donated and enjoyed a great day!

Guest Chefs Ed Brown and Greg Guertin Wednesday August 14th, 2024

LugNutz Cafe and Marcotte Ford welcomed Guest Chefs Ed Brown and Greg Guertin to LugNutz Cafe to serve their favorite dishes BBQ Ribs and Kielbasa. For every order placed $2 was donated to the Foundation for TJO Animals. They were able to raise $1,000. Thank you to everyone who donated and enjoyed a great day!

Guest Chef Chief Pratt Tuesday, June 18th, 2024

LugNutz Cafe and Marcotte Ford welcomed Guest Chef Chief Pratt, Chief of Holyoke Police, to celebrate his upcoming retirement and to serve his Paddy Wagon burger! $2 of each meal purchased during lunch was donated to Chief Pratt's charity of choice - Holyoke Safe Neighborhood Initiative. Congratulations on retirement Chief!

Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2024

In honor of teacher appreciation week, we were happy to donate over 100 breakfast sandwiches to Kelly School Teachers! Thank you teachers and staff, for all your continued hard work and dedication!

Transportation Week Lunch Wednesday, November 8th, 2023

LugNutz Cafe was happy to provide lunch to the staff at Mercy Hospital in honor of transportation week!!

Guest Chef Chris Zito
Tuesday September 5th, 2023

Guest Chef Chris Zito, actor, comedian, and radio host of Mix 93.1 and 96.1 SRS came to LugNutz Cafe to serve his award winning primavera burger and help our customers, friends, family, and staff celebrate our 5th anniversary in our new facility. $2 of each meal purchased during lunch was donated to Zito's charity of choice - Square One Springfield.

Guest Chef Mayor Garcia
Wednesday August 2nd, 2023

Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia served lunch on Wednesday as a Guest Chef at LugNutz Café to raise funds for back-to-school supplies. For every order placed, LugNutz Café donated $2 toward the Back Pack Back to School Fair hosted by the Holyoke Safe Neighborhood Initiative. In honor of Holyoke’s 150th anniversary, Mayor Garcia’s personal dish was featured for $1.50.

Guest Chef Drew McConaha, Train for Life
Tuesday July 20th, 2023

LugNutz Café welcomed Drew McConaha, Owner of Train for Life behind the counter as our Guest Chef July 20th from 11AM to 1PM! Drew joined our team behind the counter to serve his personal dish: Chicken or Beef Tacos! For every order placed during lunch, LugNutz Café donated $2 toward Drew’s charity of choice ~ Kane's Krusade, a pet advocacy organization.

Guest Chefs Michael and Shane of PNCU
Wednesday, April 27th, 2023

We want to thank Michael Sugrue and Shane Hall our celebrity chefs from Polish National Credit Union for a great breakfast yesterday. They brought a huge crowd. There were many smiles, lots of good conversations and great food. They raised a lot of money for Kate’s Kitchen. We can’t wait to do it again!