Neighbors feeding neighbors since 2009

Everyone deserves a seat at the table.

A free grocery pantry, a Thursday dinner for 200, and a two-acre garden on the Northside. Come hungry, come to help, or just come say hello.

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Open Tue–Sat, 9–4 · 418 Alder Street · No paperwork for your first visit

What we do

Where would you like to begin?

Volunteers smiling as they sort fresh produce into crates

I need groceries

For families

Fresh food five days a week. No paperwork on your first visit.

Plan a visit
A volunteer tutor and a teenager reading together in a bright library

Pull up a chair

For neighbors

Thursday dinner at 5:30. Kids eat first. Seconds are expected.

Thursday dinner
A volunteer welcoming a family at the door of a sunny community center

I want to help

For volunteers

Pick a two-hour shift: pack, cook, drive, or garden.

Pick a shift
Anyone who's hungry
Who

No ID, no proof of need

418 Alder Street
Where

Northside, behind the church

Tue–Sat, 9–4
When

Thursday dinner at 5:30

Free
Cost

Always

Our story

It started with one pot of chili.

Common Table began as a Thursday dinner for eleven people in a church basement. Today it's a pantry, a garden, a kitchen, and a market stand, all run by the neighbors who use them.

The next week there were twenty-two people. By winter, a restaurant that was closing gave us its range, and the Thursday dinner became a real kitchen with a real schedule.

Your first visit

Three steps, no paperwork.

Say hi at the desk

Give a first name and how many you're shopping for.

Shop what you need

A volunteer walks the aisles with you the first time.

Come back next week

Same days, same door. We'll remember your name.

Your seat is already saved.

Dinner is every Thursday at 5:30. Bring a friend, or come alone and leave with a few.

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