Maker's Common is really a combined eatery and retail market, located in Downtown Berkeley, from the team that created the popular Mission Cheese restaurant in Bay area. The restaurant is opening in 2022, and also the team's plan for the area is to have – of course – tons of cheese, plus charcuterie, wine, bread, and beer to go. The restaurant portion will be in line with the offerings at Mission Cheese, but with an expanded in-house charcuterie program, family-style dinners, and more.
At the core of the clients are the community of Bay Area makers the team seeks to support as essential to the economic, environmental, and social health in our country for any multitude of reasons. By sourcing almost exclusively from this community of small responsible producers, Maker’s Common advances healthier eating, more responsible land management, more economically resilient communities, more connected communities, and diversity in opportunities for working people.
Many from the small producers that Maker's Common supports can't work with big chains because they do not satisfy the volume necessary for those types of restaurants and grocery stores. Many of these small producers are struggling financially and also the continued support of the community is vital towards the resurgence from the small agricultural producer fabric we have seen develop in America during the last decade.
As they do with Mission Cheese, Maker’s Common will operate with open book finance and profit sharing. They really have confidence in PCV's mission of quality jobs: they pay living wages, allow all staff complete access to company finances and also the operation from the company, and also to discover the methods for small company on a friendly, supportive arena. This can help the ones that wish to advance in the business have the information that enables them to achieve this.
We're thrilled to be working with Maker's Common, and to enable them to advance more equitable opportunity for employees.
