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Communal cafe tables
One long table down the middle of the room, and strangers sit side by side with a coffee and a laptop. The 12 communal tables here pair wood tops, nearly all solid, with iron or steel underneath, and some come as sets.
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Solid Wood Bar Height Butcher Block Table
- Solid wood top
- Indoor use
From $199.00Set options
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Dark Walnut Wood Top Table, Industrial Series Metal Frame
- Solid wood top
- Indoor use
Price $305.00Set options
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Wood Table Top, Industrial Series Bar-Height with Metal Frame
- Solid wood top
- Indoor use
Price $464.00Set options
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Pinewood Bar-Height Table, Industrial Series
- Wood top
- Indoor use
Price $489.00Set options
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Dark Gray Finish Table Set, Ottis Solid Wood
- Solid wood top
- Indoor use
From $307.00Set options
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Black Finish Table Set, Ottis Solid Wood
- Solid wood top
- Indoor use
From $307.00Set options
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Black Finish Bar-Height Table Set, Ottis Solid Wood
- Solid wood top
- Indoor use
From $342.00Set options
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Dark Gray Finish Bar-Height Table Set, Ottis Solid Wood
- Solid wood top
- Indoor use
From $342.00Set options
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Notes from behind the counter
Picture the piece at four in the afternoon, after the lunch line has been through. Check the seat height against your counter and the base spread against the top. Save the models that pass to a shop plan, with a note on where each one goes.
Strangers share a long table happily if each gets elbow room, so with communal restaurant tables measure the length against your floor and give every person about 24 inches of edge.
Count usable seating positions
Compare the listed table length and depth with your chosen chair dimensions. Mark each seat and the end positions on a floor plan, accounting for legs, supports and any obstructions below the top.
Plan access and assembly
Check the exact table dimensions against the delivery route and the intended room arrangement. Confirm whether the listing describes an assembled table, a top and base combination or components that require assembly.
One long table down the middle of the room, and strangers sit side by side with a coffee and a laptop. The 12 communal tables here pair wood tops, nearly all solid, with iron or steel underneath, and some come as sets. First measure the length you can give it, leaving the aisles clear on both sides.
Length first
A long table works when people can get to it from both sides. So the room decides the length, not the table. Measure from wall to wall, take off about 36 inches at each end for the service aisle, and the number left is your table.
Stools or chairs? Let the height of the table decide, not taste.
Then count seats. Every customer wants two feet of edge; at 18 inches it is a squeeze that only works for a quick coffee. A 10-foot table at 24 inches seats five a side, ten in all. Behind each chair or stool, leave 18 to 24 inches so it can be pulled out without blocking the person walking past.
Heavy tops, iron legs
Of the tops, 10 are solid wood and 2 plain wood. Underneath, 7 stand on cast iron and 4 on steel. That is the classic workshop look, a heavy top on a dark metal frame, and it suits a bakery or a deli with a wood counter.
Solid wood is a living material. It moves with the season, and the warranty leaves that movement out. Wipe it down and dry it at the last sweep, every night, and keep wet cloths off it.
For the plain end of the range, see the solid wood butcher block table. The wood dining table and the dining table set show the other side of the range.
Shapes and sets
Most products list a rectangular shape, many a square, and a few round or drop leaf. Four are sold as sets. All are listed for indoor use only, so keep the long table inside.
Prices start around $189 and reach $515.
Seats and other tables
A communal table at standard height takes dining chairs. If you want it taller, for stools along a window, look at bar-height tables. Ready matched sets are in table sets, and the full range is under tables.
Draw the long table in a shop plan with the aisles marked, and you will see before you order whether it fits.
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