Why we’re here
What we’re doing
We’re building a neighborhood café, pub, and gathering space in Charlotte. It’s a place to slow down, share a table, and have real conversations, with art, music, and learning mixed in along the way.
What we hope for
A Charlotte where people who might never have met become friends, where we can disagree and still respect each other, and where everyone feels welcome to show up as themselves.
Why Charlotte needs a table
A growing city with few places to really meet
Charlotte is a generous city with a lot going for it. But like many growing cities, it’s also divided in ways that are hard to talk about: by income, background, politics, and race. Neighborhoods drift apart, trust is hard to build, and it’s getting tougher for artists to find space they can afford.
What we’re missing are places where people can actually sit down together, ask hard questions, listen, and see things through someone else’s eyes, even when we disagree. That’s what Neighborhood Table is for.
What we’re building
A café, a pub, a studio, and a gathering hall
Why a coffee shop and pub?
It’s where a lot of us relax and just be ourselves. Good coffee and local beer are an easy invitation to sit down, start talking, and stay a while.
Why artists?
Art brings people together in ways few other things can. And we mean artists in the broadest sense: painters, musicians, and writers, but also teachers, builders, and entrepreneurs. We’ll offer affordable studio and co-working space so they have a home here, too.
The gathering hall
This is the heart of the place: shared meals and good conversations around tables, plus speakers, small concerts, and art. It’s somewhere to come together when there’s something to celebrate or something to grieve, and community groups can use it for their own events.
Our values
What we value
These are the habits we’re working to practice in every room, every event, and every conversation.
- Authenticity
- Hospitality
- Inclusion & respect
- Respectful conversation
- Friendship
- Creativity
- Collaboration
- Real change
- Excellence
- Inspiration
- Assuming the best
- Room to fail and grow
Our people
A great place to work
Our team will include folks from the neighborhood, veterans, and recent grads figuring out what’s next. They’ll learn to pull a great espresso, and they’ll also learn to host tables, lead conversations, and build community. Those are skills they can take anywhere.
We’re committed to paying a living wage and raising it as we grow. And we’ll run the kind of workplace where everyone’s ideas are heard and everyone’s talents are respected.