About

Welcome to Big Big Table!

Big Big Table Community Café is a lunchtime restaurant open to EVERYBODY!

We are focused on serving delicious, nutritious, meals while at the same time championing healthy, local food options, addressing food insecurity, reducing food waste, and supporting community.

Helping in the kitchen!

An awesome WNY family helps out at Big Big Table.

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At a traditional restaurant, a guest is asked to exchange money for their meal. At Big Big Table, guests are invited to exchange money, time, or groceries in exchange for their meal. Our pay-as-you-can model strives to promote healthy individuals and communities.

Big Big Table Community Café, Inc. is a member of

One World Everybody Eats.

Why Pay-as-you-can?

At Big Big Table, Everybody has a chance to give what they can to get what they need!

The number one goal of Big Big Table is to feed everyone who walks through the door. Around the United States, Community Cafés provide a dignified response to hunger, increasing access to healthy food and improving food security for everyone, especially the most vulnerable, in our community.

The restaurant menu has a suggested donation amount. Some will pay more, some will pay less. Others provide non-financial contributions, including volunteering their time or bringing groceries to help us achieve our mission while also validating that Everybody has a contribution to make.

BIG BIG TABLE IS TAKING A PAUSE WITH A PURPOSE

Big Big Table will close temporarily after May 30 as we take a Purposeful Pause. This decision, made by our Board of Directors, gives us time to focus on strategic updates, welcome new staff, and strengthen our long-term ability to serve the community.

This moment of reflection and retooling will help us grow with intention and stay rooted in our mission: providing a dignified response to hunger through accessible, community-powered meals.

We’re deeply grateful to Theresa and Julie, who are each stepping away from their roles after this month. Their leadership, creativity, and years of dedicated service have helped to shape Big Big Table tremendously, and we wish them all the best in their future culinary and community endeavors.

This is not the end — it’s a step back to move forward. We’ll be working behind the scenes during this time and may still reach out with opportunities to collaborate and support the mission.

Thank you for being part of our community. For questions, please contact us at community@bigbigtable.org, and follow us at @bigbigtable to stay up to date. We look forward to reopening soon!