Alex Ray, Owner and Founder of The Common Man family of restaurants sits down with Fred Kocher to discuss his businesses, as well as his work with non-profits and trips to Ukraine.

The scene: The original Common Man opened in Ashland, N.H., in 1971 ... lived in New England and was a great cook. If you visit New Hampshire you are never far from one. There are even two ...

The first Common Man restaurant opened in Ashland, New Hampshire in 1971. Over the past 38 years, the family has grown to 17 restaurants, The Common Man Inn and Spa in Plymouth, The Common Man Inn ...

A significant contribution of durable goods — namely sleeping bags — to the Common Man for Ukraine relief ... Ray, in a 2022 interview with NH Business Review, said immediately after he opened his ...

The ever-growing Common Man franchise has gotten even bigger. With 20 sit-down restaurants spread around the Granite State already in his stable, owner Alex Ray now has, as he calls it, a third ...

PLYMOUTH — In 1972, a year after Alex Ray opened the first Common Man restaurant in Ashland, he held his first fundraiser to benefit a local family in need. This week, Ray, head of what is now a ...

Alex Ray, owner of The Common Man Hospitality Family in New Hampshire, visited the region along with a group of volunteers, passing out food and supplies for thousands of refugees left in the wake ...

but Alex Ray of the Common Man restaurants is anything but a common man. He is an original, and New Hampshire and the world are fortunate to have him. Ray is more than a successful businessman who ...