The Ranch House-Coffee Shop & Creamery

We visited this place 3 times in a day and a half. Fresh, homemade goodness that is so rare in todays world. We enjoyed their breakfast, coffee and homemade ice cream. You have to try it! We also purchased fresh goat cheese, mozzarella and frozen steaks to enjoy at home. We’re already planning our next trip back.

Editing my original post because we just ate basil pesto goat cheese purchased from this restaurant and OMG it took our breakfast to a whole new level!! I’ll be ordering some for my daughter’s wedding and we’ll be making trips just for some of your goodies.

This place was FABULOUS!
Appears to be family owned and operated by great people.
Food was really good, fresh cooked.
Super service.
I am only in town here one time a year 🤞 the Ranch will be here next year

Kind and delightful people behind the counter as well as the 12 year old young man that tended to our needs at the table. Breakfast was absolutely delicious, cappuccinos were also. Went back when we got off of the river for home made ice cream. Yes, home made!
This little gem is one special place.

I can't understand why there's not a line out the door here. Okay, sure, it's a town with a pop. of 746, and its dining area is 3-4 times that of your average Starbucks. But the vibe, the service, the food, the coffee is def 5 stars.

It's sort of a coffee house (that's the vibe - couches, funky décor, rustic ceiling, music playing....) but it's also a legit restaurant. This is real food, too, not just pastries.

And the food: amazing. Where can you get true farm-to-table dining in a tiny town along a rural stretch of highway! Well..... right here, yo, right here. And I mean literally farm-to-table; the owner and her husband have a local farm and you're getting a taste of what they grow and raise right here. The veggies, the beef, even the yogurt, is made fresh and from the local farm. So, predictably, everything is flavorful and ridiculously fresh.

Of course food PREP is important; even farm fresh food has to be prepared right. No worries: terrific tastes and textures, and crazy generous portions. No one has ever accused me of having a dainty appetite but I simply could not finish my plate.

Seriously, folks: whether you're a local or a passerby on Hwy 60, you're missing out if you don't drop in.

The only thing that might not be your cup o' tea is the music playing in the background. It's Christian praise music. BUT, I mean come on, this is the South, where that sort of music is not only common but appreciated. AND they aren't blaring it to the high heavens (see what I did there?) but putting it at a nice, subtle backgroundy volume; you won't even notice if you don't want to, and yet high enough to enjoy it if that's your jam.