Last year he rappelled down a hotel in downtown Austin to bring attention to the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction, and tomorrow chef Philip Speer will open�My Name is Joe, a coffee and breakfast food trailer that works to benefit the same mission.

The trailer, located at 501 Colorado St., is a joint project between Speer, the former culinary director at Uchi and William Ball, owner of downtown�s Garage Cocktail Bar. Ball and Speer, who have both battled drug and alcohol addiction, will give 1.2 percent of sales from My Name Is Joe to the Comfort Caf�, a 100 percent donation-based restaurant located in Smithville. The caf� wholly funds and employs residents at Serenity Star Recovery, the nonprofit addiction-treatment center that operates the caf�.

The new operation will serve coffee from a program designed by consultant Tyler Wells, formerly of Progress Coffee and Frank, and founder of Los Angeles-based Nice Coffee, with a drink menu that includes cappuccinos, lattes, house-made cold brew and nitro cold brew, drip coffee and more, all made with beans from 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters�in Vancouver.

The food menu from Speer, who will soon open the restaurant Bonhomie in North Austin, includes almond-butter toast�with apple jam and miso butterscotch;�brown rice porridge�served with a soft poached egg, scallions, house-made kimchee and bulgogi tofu; steel-cut oats served with a savory tomato sauce, a poached egg, queso fresco, black beans and avocado; house-made granola with cultured yogurt; and more.

My Name Is Joe is open�Monday�through�Friday�from�7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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