The Common Cafe & Tavern

I love the common cafe. I come here every time I am up visiting from Mass because the food is amazing and the owner is so friendly and kind. I looooove the pizza and the breakfast sandwiches. It is such a unique place!!

Warm and cozy atmosphere, menu looked great and extensive.nnUnfortunately, we walked out on Sunday 9/6/2020 at 1pm after seeing both of the cook / food servers handling all their orders for 10+ minutes with no gloves on.nnOne of the two cooks, a young, very thin male with brown hair, glasses, a black winter cap, dirty black sweatpants and a bright green shirt. Teenage, probably. He appeared to be being trained by the female cook. He was putting bread, kielbasa, pancake mix, and blueberries for the pancakes on the griddle with bare hands. While cooking on an open griddle, he ate blueberries several times with no regard of all the customers watching. I don't think he knew any better and how several of us reacted.nnThe other was a young woman wearing all black, dark hair, and also glasses. She appeared slightly older, early twenties maybe, and seemed to be training the young man. She was not wearing any gloves either, putting kielbasa on the grill with bare hands, touching sourdough for sandwiches with bare hands as well. She reached into several bags / boxes of food with bare hands. At least she wasn't eating and of the food while preparing it like the young man.nnNone of the three employees working wore a mask at any point. I looked, and the box of latex gloves sitting in the work area by the window was not empty.nnWe walked out before our food came out. Not worth asking for a refund, and so much of the raw food had already been touched, breathed on, and eaten over, that it wouldn't have been worth it to request they put their gloves on. Very disappointing experience, regardless of COVID this would have made me walk.

If they are not wearing masks and gloves and acting like normal people, that is the place I want to go. The last thing we need is you bringing your disease and preaching to us that we should wear a mask and be social distancing.

We sat on the porch and enjoyed an amazing meal. This place is a diamond in the ruff. This place has everything you could want for eats and a good time for any portion of the day.

It is the The Common Cafe & Tavern!! I have been coming since I was little my parents use to The Common Cafe & Tavern.