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Home, Sweet Homestead Market
With its welcoming cedar storefront and flower-lined front porch – and the aroma of fresh-baked bread and pastries wafting through the air – it’s no wonder family-owned and operated Yoder’s Homestead Market has been called the
best country store in the Lawrenceburg area.
Folks from miles around stop in at the market – on Highway 20 between Summertown and Hohenwald in Tennessee’s Amish country – for bread, pies and other baked goods, as well as sliced meats and cheeses from Yoder’s deli case. Tables inside make Yoder’s Market a favorite spot to gather
for morning coffee and hot-from-the-oven donuts. The porch – which doubles as a display for the cedar lawn furniture the Yoder family builds and sells – is a great place to enjoy a home-style deli sandwich.
The store also carries local, handmade baskets and gifts. Yoder’s Homestead Market is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call (931) 796-1646 for more information.
A Square Meal at Square Market
Get in touch with your inner gourmet at Square Market & Café, located on the square in downtown Columbia. You won’t find any greasy burgers or fried foods here, say owners Liz Lovell and Debra Mann.
Instead, you’ll find roasted pear salad with bleu cheese and glazed walnuts; portobello panini sandwiches with feta cheese and caramelized onions; and tomato artichoke soup.
The Tennessee Hot Brown and chicken salad dotted with cranberries also rank among customer favorites, along with desserts such as blackberry cobbler, strawberry shortcake and chocolate decadence.
On Friday and Saturday nights, the Square Market presents an upscale dinner menu and live music, and nationally renowned singer/songwriters perform in the restaurant’s intimate atmosphere at special dinner concerts the fourth Thursday of each month (reservations recommended).
Visit www.squaremarketcafé.com or call (931) 840-3636 for more information.
Teapots 24/7
City Hall in the west Tennessee town of Trenton is the unlikely home of the world’s largest collection of porcelain veilleuse-theieres, or nightlight teapots. Originally devised to keep liquids warm and cast soft light in sickrooms and nurseries, the simple, functional warming pots that sat atop candlelit pedestals gradually evolved into elaborate works of art.
Dr. Frederick Freed, a native of Trenton, garnered some
525 rare, ornate 18th- and 19th-century teapots during 40 years of world travels. He donated his prized collection to the city in 1976 with the stipulation that the teapots remain on public display day and night so folks can see them anytime. The Trenton police department next door to City Hall admits visitors who show up after business hours.
Every spring, the city hosts the Teapot Festival, which kicks off with a ceremonial lighting of the pots and, after a week of festivities, culminates with a parade. This year’s festival is scheduled for April 26-May 2.
Visit www.teapotcollection.com for more information.
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