The Bodhi Tree Cafe LLC

The Bodhi Tree Cafe LLC A café, a retail store full of spiritually-based items, and a self-help center. The Bodhi (pronounced “Bo De”) Tree is a tree that is sacred to Buddhists.

In his 36th year, the Buddha stopped to rest in the shade of a fig tree (later to be named the Bodhi Tree for the region in which it was located) and decided he would not move from that spot until he had reached enlightenment. Though we do not guarantee you will find enlightenment while in the Bodhi Tree Café, our main goal is to create a home away from home where people can gather and find relaxa

tion and comfort on all levels. The store will feature a café, a retail store full of spiritually-based items, and a self-help center. The café will offer the highest quality organic and non-organic coffee and teas along with frappe's, fruit smoothies and other beverages, as well as an assortment of baked goods from local bakeries. We will also have a very limited "cold" menu of wraps, salads, vegetable platters, cheese platters, etc ...

The café will present a very warm, relaxing atmosphere where you can come and decompress with friends. We will have acoustic entertainment to help add to the serene atmosphere. The furnishings will be eclectic in nature and far from the “corporate feel” of some cafés. Our goal is to make you feel as though you are sitting in our living room while enjoying the company of friends and family. The store will consist of a wide assortment of self-help and spiritually-based items such as books, crystals, incense, herbs, candles, motivational items, etc. We will also feature many homemade items to give a platform to some very talented and gifted artisans. Some of the items will be homemade jams, soaps, dream-catchers, jewelry and more. (If you know anyone who makes homemade items that would fit into the theme of the store, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can consider them for inclusion.) The self-help center will feature motivational workshops along with guided meditations, weekly discussion groups, life coaching, hypno-counselors, Reiki masters, massage therapist, tarot card readers, and much more to come. (If you know of any holistic practitioners who would like to be part of our family please have them contact us as soon as possible!)

We will also have local musicians playing at the cafe along with monthly drum circles and more to come ...

We are a “mom and pop” café, and the focus will be on you. This café will evolve according to your suggestions and needs. We are very excited and honored to be able to present our lifelong dream to you, and hope you are as excited as we are! Grand opening May 18th!!!! Check our website to contact us and to check for the details and events of the grand opening

Hello all, I have a couple pictures of the painting. I'm sure you remember it, it was the largest painting in the room. ...
04/16/2019

Hello all, I have a couple pictures of the painting. I'm sure you remember it, it was the largest painting in the room. It is approx 7 feet wide and about 6 feet tall.
Please serious inquiries only, just to give you a ballpark I paid approximately $1,800 for this painting

All serious offers accepted

Also please message me at my personal account, Brian Belenchia , text me 973-534-9553 or email me at [email protected]

Thank you again!

04/14/2019

Hello my old friends, I miss you all dearly!!!

Although it breaks my heart, I need to see if anyone is interested in purchasing the big painting that was in the cafe.

I need to do this to pay off some debts that are left over from the cafe as soon as possible.

Please send me a private message if you have any questions.

Brian

09/14/2015

Good morning everyone ...

It is with a very heavy heart that I write this post. We will not be reopening the Bodhi Tree. Zoning issues at the new location along with the financial burden we have incurred from the opening of the cafe has become overwhelming and it just does not look feasible to reopen in any way.

To try and ease the burden of the crushing financial debt we are selling everything from the cafe. If you had a favorite chair that you liked make us an offer! Some have suggest an auction for some of the chairs and such to help us raise funds. I will be putting everything online shortly, but feel free to reach out before then.

Some vendors still have a few items in storage and I will reach out to all for you shortly.

I can not even begin to express the sadness in this decision, but I don't want it to overshadow how much it meant to us meeting so many tremendous people in the year we were open.

To everyone who reached out with open arms during difficult times and offered themselves freely ... thank you.

For endless deep conversations about life, empathy and love ... thank you

To all of the musicians who took time to play in the cafe ... thank you.

To all the instructors who taught classes and workshops ... thank you.

To all of you who would pop in for a cup of coffee and leave two hours later ... thank you.

To Michelle and Lisa thank you for all of the work you did and your efforts to keep the cafe up and running.

To our Friday night group which has truly become family ... thank you

I am so grateful for so many things that came out of the cafe, you all have changed my life in so many ways ... thank you.

Love, peace and happiness to all of you and your loved ones.

Blessings
Brian, Monica, Ashton & Zachary

A café, a retail store full of spiritually-based items, and a self-help center.

06/15/2015

Hello everyone!

I've been getting alot of inquiries asking when we are going to open. Truth be told right now we have absolutely no idea. Financially it's not feasible at the moment, and the new place we're moving into is running into some zoning issues. In the meantime I have gotten a job, as some of you have heard, so I can continue to pay my mortgage. Lol

I'm continuing my practice as a Hypnotherapist / Life coach / Reiki practitioner.
If you'd like to like my page, the name is Bali Life Renewal Center.

We miss you all so very much and cannot wait to serve you all again. In the meantime please be patient and thank you all for your continued support.

Many blessings
Brian, Monica, Ashton & Zac

05/10/2015

I miss my Bodhi Tree friends and family and the love and acceptance we all found in each other's presence.
Happy Mother's Day to all and much love💗

05/05/2015

Sorry everyone looks like we're going to have to cancel the drum circle for this month.

We will announce a new date for June shortly.

02/10/2015

Hello everyone ! Thank you for hanging in there with us as we attempt to get back open once again. We are still shooting for early spring at our new location!

A little news ... We will be changing our name to fit in best with the over all goal of the new building we are going into. For the moment it looks like we will be morphing into "The Tree of Life Cafe."

What do you think of the new name?

~Brian

01/30/2015

Just wanted to take a moment and tell you all how much we miss you. We are hoping to reopen in early spring with a better location and some great changes!

See you all soon !!!!

10/26/2014

Thank you so very much to everyone who came out to support the Bodhi Tree and Franklin Cares. Words can not express how much it meant to me and my family.

I hope everyone can now see and feel the excitement that I do when I talk about of the Franklin Cares project and how important this is to the community.

Thank you to all who were involved in the preparation and making the day go smoothly !!!

Thank you to all the musicians and who played for us today and Rick Boyston who pulled everyone together!

I think today was a wonderful example of how ALL people can come together !

10/16/2014

Hello everyone !

We are really picking up steam for our event on the 25th with Franklin Cares. I think it can now be said that the The Bodhi Tree is part of the Frankin Cares family, but we have much to do before we are officially open. The roof needs to be repaired along with heating and AC which is one of the reasons for the event on the 25th. The event will also help everyone become familiar with the Franklin Cares project and the fantastic things that are going to be accomplished for the community!

I look forward to seeing you all there and sharing our vision!

10/11/2014

We need some help at the new building getting things ready for our open house/vendor/music event on the 25th. If anyone is around Sunday and/or Monday we will be cleaning up and straightening up. Monday we are going to be power washing the large garage.

This is not our grand opening, we still have a ways to go, but this event will help to raise money to get the space ready to be occupied.

Thanks in advance for any help !

Address

60 Munsonhurst Road
Franklin, NJ
07416

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 10pm
Saturday 9am - 10pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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