Table & Thread
Hospitality and event design. Coming 2027.
A hospitality company, first
Common Table Collective is a creative hospitality company in Southern Illinois, built around making room for people to gather, feel welcome, and stay awhile.
Mission
Common Table creates reasons to gather—and makes people feel welcome when they do.
Vision
A hospitality brand people trust, rooted in its own community.
- Hospitality over transactions
- Grace
- Transparency
- Seasonal creativity
- Simplicity
- Leave people better than you found them
Founder
Ashley Bernard
Common Table first took shape around handcrafted drinks and the idea that a drink could be an invitation.
But hospitality came first. Ashley has always hosted, fed people, planned gatherings, set up rooms, and paid attention to how a place feels when someone walks in.
Common Table grew when she recognized the drink as one expression of what she’d been doing all along: creating the conditions for people to gather.
What We’re Building
Pantry
Small things for gathering well. Dried-fruit simmer blends and handmade mix-and-match coaster sets, available at in-person markets.
Gatherings
The heart of Common Table. Hosted events, Lessons, and collaborations are still developing.
Looking Ahead
Open Table
Open Table is the future give-back commitment of Common Table. It isn’t an active program yet, but it belongs in the direction we’re building toward.