The Toasty crew is so excited to be hosting another movie night! This go round, we’re watching Studio Ghibli’s “The Cat Returns”. We hope you cats return to pop some popcorn, get a maglab mozz for those pizza party vibes, and settle in for a beautiful Ghibli experience.

Psst…wanna know a secret?🤫
Read the Rainbow is BACK!!
Come hear all kinds of 🔥scandals🔥and 😳confessions🫢at the “Secrets” themed Reddit Stories Night at Common Ground Books on Thursday May 14th!

🌟Starring🌟

🕵️Host: Leo Patra

🥀Burlesque Icon: Dove Majors

❤️‍🔥Drag Diva: Darcy Gretchka

🫆Co-Producer: [Redacted] Fox

✨Seated VIP Tickets are Available on Eventbrite✨
( https://www.eventbrite.com/e/read-the-rainbow-drag-night-at-common-ground-books-tickets-1988638510317?aff=oddtdtcreator )

🚪Doors Open: 7pm | 🎤Show: 8pm

🎟️TICKETS🎟️

• $20 ticket includes a seated spot + 1 taiyaki* (available online only)

• $15 ticket includes a guaranteed seated spot (available online only)

• $10 ticket (available at door only) includes entry + standing room

• $5 taiyaki only add-on also available (online only)*.
*Taiyaki also available for purchase during the event (quantaties limited)

🔍Poster by: Tatzelwyrm Studio

The Heartstrings Maid Cafe is coming back to Common Ground Books on May 10th! May 10th is recognized as Maid Day because it's pronounced in Japanese the same way you would say maid -- "Maido"! We'll be celebrating with two craft workshop options, offering a make your own keychain or a photocard decorating station. See you soon goshujinsama, ojousama~!

Come celebrate Earth Day with Big Bend Refillery! Check out all the great vendors, eat some taiyaki, buy a book or two (or three), and help mother Earth by refilling your containers with soap and other household necessities!

If you’re in the market for oddities (or taiyaki), make sure to come on down for the Kreatures Oddity Spring Fever Market! Check out local artists and artisans, browse for some books at Common Ground, and enjoy a delicious taiyaki from yours truly!

$5 entry fee

Do you love books, taiyaki, and drag? Are you ready for a one-of-a-kind Tallahassee Drag experience? Join us Thursday April 9th for Read the Rainbow Drag Show at Common Ground Books and Toasty Taiyaki Cafe! Featuring Tallahassee drag icons Iggy Monroe, Dove Majors, Madame K and Hosted by Leo Patra! Enjoy drag performances, drag queens reading reddit stories, yummy taiyaki and more!

18+ Only

Tickets $10

Tallahassee come down for our Beyblade X tournament Sat April 4th at 1p hosted 🌈@commongroundbooks and 🏳️‍⚧️@toastytaiyaki ‼️‼️‼️

🏆 There is a $50 grand prize up for grabs, and entry is FREE 🎉
🔗 link for pre-registration is up in our bio to guarantee your spot.

We will have a certified WBO Beyblade X referee on the floor, and a bracket styled tournament.

ENTRY: Bring a deck of x3 Beyblades, with no repeating parts.
Format: Beyblade X

😶‍🌫️Need something else to do for free before/after attending @freeconfsu ? Cosplaying as a Beyblade X character? Just an enthusiast trying to get into Beyblade X? This might be the event for you ✨

Special thanks to the Panhandle Bey Club for helping us organize this event and make it come to life with us 😺

Join us for our third ‘Read the Rainbow’ Drag Show, this time featuring Trivia about the hit TV Show ‘Heated Rivalry’ and the ‘Game Changers’ book series that started it all! 🔥🏒 Hosted by Leo Patra and featuring Tallahassee drag icons Iggy Monroe and Aida Lott, you’re NOT gonna want to miss this!!! 🥅

VIP Seated Tickets will be available on Eventbrite for $15
Standing Room Tickets will be available at the door for $10
Pre-order some amazing Taiyaki for the perfect cozy drag experience 🎣🌈✨

Poster Designed by: @tatzelwyrm_studio
“Read the Rainbow” is Co-Produced by: @redactedfox ad @king_leo_patra“

“Join us at Common Ground Books on Saturday March 21st at 6 pm for readings, music, and your first chance to get a copy of the new zine. It's all about worker power.”

We always love helping host Kreatures Oddity Markets! If you’re in the market for art and curios (or some taiyaki), make sure to come down!

“Do you love books, taiyaki, and drag? Are you ready for a one-of-a-kind Tallahassee Drag experience? Join us Thursday February 26 for Read the Rainbow Drag Show at Common Ground Books and Toasty Taiyaki Cafe! Featuring Tallahassee drag icons Justina Hole, Aida Lott, and Madame K and Hosted by Leo Patra! Enjoy drag performances, drag queens reading reddit stories, yummy taiyaki and more!”

18+ Only

Tickets $10

Please come join us for the Tally Gals Ride Meet & Yap!

“Let's do what ladies do best...YAP! We'll be practicing our slow parking lot maneuvers too! Come out, meet some new lady riders, and buy a tasty treat! “

From the quirky and colorful to the weird and wonderful, checkout 30+ vendors, plus Common Ground Books, Toasty Taiyaki (that’s us!), Creepy Girl Trap, Heart Heavy Press and all the other wonderful businesses at 1102 S Adams. This market is for the lover in all of us!

Back by popular demand, Common Ground Books is holding another Sapphic Mixer!

The Toasty crew always love serving food for the Kreature’s Oddity Market! Dress warm (or not if it’s hot out ;_;), and get ready for a market full of vendors and tasty food (provided by yours truly).

The Toasty team is greatly looking forward to Big Bend Refillery’s Zero Waste Gift Swap!

If you received any items that are not your preferred taste (or not useful), consider bringing them by so that somebody else can have an opportunity to appreciate your item and make sure it doesn’t go to the landfill.

@tlhdonationdirectory will also be joining us with information and resources for donating in Tallahassee. If you are planning your spring cleaning purge, they can help guide you to who/where in town could benefit best from your second-hand items.

How to swap:
Bring a gently used, or new “gift-worthy” item.
Find the corresponding table for your gift and leave it there.
Shop around for your new, free treasure to take home.

The Toasty crew is beyond excited to finally be popping up with New World Rides - VRcade!! Join us Saturday Jan. 17th for the first bimonthly Smash Tournament hosted by mindLess & New World Rides. Featuring 32-player brackets of Melee AND Ultimate, each with a $100 first prize. With talent coming from all over Florida, you won't wanna miss this show! Get your smash on, check out the vendors, enjoy incredible VR experiences, and, of course, eat some taiyaki!

In need of last minute gifts? Want to support local artists and artisans? Just wanna get out of the house? Come visit us at Common Ground’s Holiday Dash (last minute) Art Market. 30 fantastic vendors are ready to help you finish off your shopping list! With everything from baked goods, to dice and Lego jewelry, to crocheted plushies, and crystal goods, everything at this market is made with love!

Sunday 12/21. 12-4pm. 1102 S Adams street in the green space behind the plaza.

Pay what you like entry fee.

Also don't forget to check out the shops in 1102, stop into the store for some book browsing (and of course, to grab some taiyaki)!

The Toasty crew always love popping up at Kreature’s monthly themed markets! This month, they’re throwing a Gothmas party! Dress as festive and gothic as possible, grab your friends, and get ready for a market full of merry vendors and tasty food (provided by yours truly).

If you love anime, you can’t miss our event at Anime Garage Cafe. We’ll be set up inside serving taiyaki while the Anime Garage serves up coffee and sweets! Not to mention Heartstrings Maid Cafe joining us to assist in service!

The Queer Makers Market celebrates local artists and makers that are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Free to the public, come enjoy the beautiful weather and support your local art community!

Started in 2022, the Queer Makers Market is organized by the founders of the Queer Tallahassee Artists Collective to provide economic opportunity to local artists and makers and a community gathering space for the larger Tallahassee queer community. Each market features 12-20+ individual artists and makers, all members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Their primary motivator is to provide LGBTQIA+ folks with a joyful, affirming, and empowering space while living in Florida's capitol city. Their hope is that everyone who comes to the market is able to relax into the joy of queer and trans community while discovering amazing local artists and makers.

Come vibe with us the final Sunday of the month from 12–5 at The Puff Market! 🛍️🔥

We always love popping up with The Fuzzy Pineapple for their Food Festival! Please come check us out right across the street from our cafe! Once you have your taiyaki, make sure to visit the other vendors and food trucks - serving vegan, seafood, soul food, sweets, and more!

The Queer Makers Market celebrates local artists and makers that are members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Free to the public, come enjoy the beautiful weather and support your local art community!

Started in 2022, the Queer Makers Market is organized by the founders of the Queer Tallahassee Artists Collective to provide economic opportunity to local artists and makers and a community gathering space for the larger Tallahassee queer community. Each market features 12-20+ individual artists and makers, all members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Their primary motivator is to provide LGBTQIA+ folks with a joyful, affirming, and empowering space while living in Florida's capitol city. Their hope is that everyone who comes to the market is able to relax into the joy of queer and trans community while discovering amazing local artists and makers.

The Toasty crew always love popping up at Kreature’s monthly themed markets! This month, they’re having a Sci-Fi market! Dress as space-age and futuristic as you can, grab your friends, and get ready for a market full of vendors and tasty food (provided by yours truly).

After a year of hard work, Toasty Taiyaki is finally opening up our cafe location!! We will be joining Common Ground Books in their 1102 South Adams St Unit 10 location. Please come join us to celebrate the beginning of our most exciting chapter yet!

There will be delicious food, the debut of Chef C-Beam’s new signature Dalgona Latte, beyblading, and impeccable service from the maids of Heartstrings Maid Cafe!

Thank you all so, so much for your support over these last 3 years. We couldn’t have gotten here without you.

The Toasty crew is stoked to be popping up with our new friends and neighbors, Juice Bar Miami! Join us for juice, smoothies, taiyaki, and a night of music and karaoke!

We beckon you to track us down at our beloved Kreature’s Oddity Market! Once a month, under the dark of night, the oddity market pops up to fill all your strange and bizarre needs. Bones? Chain-mail? Jewelry? Paintings? Delicious taiyaki? All that and more can be found at the Kreature’s Oddity Market!

The Toasty crew always love popping up at Kreature’s monthly themed markets! This month, the theme is, of course, “Halloween”! Put on your Halloween costume, grab your friends, and get ready for a market full of spoOoOoky vendors and tasty food (provided by yours truly).

🎃Join us for Flying Pig Animal Sanctuary’s biggest event of the year, the 8th annual Pumpkins for Piggies Fall Festival!🐷

Pumpkins for Piggies is the vegan fall-festival you’ve been waiting for! Take the fun of a traditional fall festival and combine it with the opportunity to meet and learn about their many rescued animal friends.

As a small non-profit, your support makes a world of difference in their ability to provide lifelong sanctuary to animals in need.

Tickets available.

At Gate: $15 adults, $10 kids under 10
In advance: $10 adults, $5 kids under 10.
Kids 3 and under are free

What to Expect:
This family-friendly event will offer farm tours, hay rides, animal visit opportunities, yard games, and a fall photo booth. Come ready to shop at our unique array of vendor booths. Best of all, meet our residents up close and personal! While we don't promise your FPAS favorite will be in the mood to socialize, with close to 100 residents, someone is always volunteering for cuddles!

Bring pumpkins for their residents and get a Free Pumpkins for Piggies Sticker while supplies last! Pigs LOVE pumpkins, and so do their birds, goats, dogs and Jordy the Torty!

Smashing Pumpkins for Piggies at 1:00pm