In recent years, many residential neighborhoods have gradually emerged as a kind of community canteen to serve residents. This cafeteria is often small, but affordable, convenient dining, effectively solving the problem of neighborhood dining.

Affordable price is an important feature of the community canteen, which is determined by the nature of the community canteen itself. What is a community canteen? "Compared with socialized catering, community canteens have completely different service scenarios and operational logic, and the main focus is on cost-effectiveness." From the site, located in or around the community, the cost of rent is much lower than most of the restaurants located in commercial areas; from the clientele, the face of the community residents of this relatively fixed customer groups, to do is "repeat business"; from the positioning, the taste is more homely, the environment, the service is more focused on friendly and real. Also called "cafeteria", community canteens and institutions, enterprises and institutions canteens are different. Community canteens open to the public, although there is a fixed clientele, but not limited to this clientele. Some community canteens service radius covering several surrounding communities, and some well-run and even become known far and wide as the "net red" canteen, compared with the unit canteen, we are facing more intense competition, the community also has a 'husband and wife store', small restaurants and other operators! The same is the replacement of daily cooking needs, the same is the replacement of daily cooking needs. The same is a substitute for daily cooking needs, community canteens than takeout and a certain social function. "Next-door neighbors, community acquaintances, company colleagues, three or five friends get together in the canteen to eat and chat, can find the feeling of the past neighbors gathered in the compound to eat together. Cost-effective, open to the public, both community social functions ...... all the advantages of community canteens to meet a significant portion of the residents of the dining needs of a variety of dining options to occupy a place, but also in more and more communities to take root.

Community canteens, carrying people's livelihood article, the future development potential is great. Experts believe that in the future both the need for government departments to increase support, but also the need for community canteens to adhere to the market-oriented approach to operate more efficiently, scientifically and steadily to do a good job of this livelihood.