Creekside Mercantile & Coffee Pot Cafe

Welcome to The Coffee Pot Café at Creekside. The original Coffee Pot was established in Brookhaven, MS in 1930 by Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Carruth (Ed's paternal grandparents) as a result of their vision to serve good food in a timely manner and at reasonable prices. It stayed in business through three generations of the Carruth family.

Lin Carruth's revision of The Coffee Pot Café is a result of her creative passion and talents in the three main loves of her life (after, of course, God and family): art, antiques, and good food with Louisiana flair. She comes from St. Franksville, LA and is the fifth of eight children delivered by a black midwife in West Feliciana parish. The midwife also taught Lin's mother to cook and many of the dishes served here are a result of her teachings. Unfortunately, we cannot offer 1930's prices, but our goal is to offer good food in a timely manner at reasonable costs.

The menu will change daily following the course of what Lin describes as "How the Spirit moves me” each day. She starts early in the morning and everything is made from scratch in her own special way. There will always be homemade desserts and main dishes like Gumbo, Shrimp Creole, Etouffee, Jambalaya, Lin's special chicken salad, po'boys, The Driftwood (her own hamburger creation served on a po'boy bun) and grilled cheese made with old-fashioned hoop cheese.

Step back in time and enjoy the atmosphere and music, as well as the food prepared with love just for you. As you browse around