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The Friendly Kitchen rebuilds

Concord's only soup kitchen was heavily damaged by fire on April 30, 2011. Efforts to continue feeding the needy and to raise the money necessary to rebuild began almost immedialy. Below you'll find information about the kitchen, plus stories about the fire and some of the people the organization has served over the years.

Daily meals continue
While it searches for a new home, the Friendly Kitchen will operate out of Sacred Heart Church on Pleasant Street. Click the map below to see the church's location.
More information

The Friendly Kitchen's website

The kitchen on Facebook

The kitchen on Twitter

Coverage
Concord

Friendly Kitchen in line to get $500,000

The Friendly Kitchen is set to get $500,000 in federal grant money to help it buy land on South Commercial Street and build a new soup kitchen there. The money, which had been set aside for emergency projects, was awarded yesterday by the… 1

April 20, 2012
Monitor editorial

Coming together for the Friendly Kitchen

It's been uphill all the way for the Friendly Kitchen's board and volunteers since fire destroyed the soup kitchen's old home on Montgomery Street. The kitchen reopened in the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, moved to St.… 2

April 20, 2012
Concord

Friendly Kitchen waits for $500,000 grant

The Friendly Kitchen finds out next week if it will get as much as $500,000 in federal grant money to help build a new soup kitchen on South Commercial Street in Concord. The state Community Development Finance Authority's advisory board… 6

April 12, 2012
This just in

Guess who's going to rock out for the Friendly Kitchen?

Ready to get Zanes-y?

Tickets are on sale now for two benefit concerts next  month featuring Dan Zanes. Zanes, a Grammy-winning musician with a sound that's loved by all ages, will perform two concerts… 0

April 3, 2012
Concord

Friendly Kitchen's home approved

The city planning board gave the Friendly Kitchen a green light last night to build its new home on South Commercial Street. "As much as we love the Montgomery Street site, it was very small," said Richard Uchida, the nonprofit group's… 0

February 16, 2012
Concord

City considers grants to help kitchen

The city may apply for federal grant money to help rebuild the Friendly Kitchen. Again. The Concord soup kitchen was badly damaged in a fire last year. The nonprofit initially sought to rebuild at 14 Montgomery St., but opposition from… 0

February 7, 2012
Thank You

Successful fair

The Jensen Crestwood Community would like to thank the following area businesses and individuals who so generously donated their time, products and services to our first holiday fair. The fair was a great success because of this support,… 0

December 15, 2011
Thank You

Record-breaking

The giving spirit of St. Nicholas was alive and well at Grace Episcopal Church Dec. 3 for the 2011 St. Nicholas Fair. The fair experienced a record-breaking year since it began eight years ago, and this will allow us to make an even larger… 0

December 15, 2011
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