Organic Cafe, Eco Friendly Cafe at Milkweed Mercantile

Welcome to the Mercantile Organic Café. We're serving up fresh, local food prepared simply and deliciously. We welcome omnivores, vegetarians and vegans. All will find food they can enjoy and celebrate.

We are proud to serve Peace Coffee and SerendipiTea; both are Fair Trade Certified and Organic. Soon we will add local beer and wine to our menu.

We craft our own sausage, cheese, butter, pickles, preserves, and pasta. All bread (including focaccia, tortillas and pizza dough) and desserts are baked here in our kitchen using organic Midwest grains.

In the spring and summer we not only tend our own garden but have an open door agreement with local organic gardeners and farmers – we accept any fresh produce they bring to us and either serve it fresh or preserve it for future use.

What we don’t make ourselves we procure from the finest organic producers, primarily in the Midwest. All meat and eggs served come from animals which have been humanely raised on pastured, organic farms. We strongly support small local farmers who utilize sustainable farming practices.

A Few of Our Purveyors –

• Artisan salumi (prosciutto, coppa, pancetta) – La Quercia, Norwalk, Iowa.
• Organic apple butter, Pomona’s Ambrosia, and apple cider vinegars – Blue Heron Orchard, Canton, Missouri
• Heritage Hereford Pork – Primmer's Pastured Pork, Kirksville, Missouri

• Pastured & organic chicken, eggs, and beef – Yoder’s Natural Farm, Bloomfield, Iowa
• Organic sorghum and honey – Sandhill Farm, Rutledge, Missouri
• Milk and cream from dairies in Rutledge, Missouri
• Maytag Blue Cheese – Norwalk, Iowa
• Milton Creamery Cheese – Milton, Iowa
• Breakfast and an afternoon snack are always available for our Inn guests. Our café hours are currently a bit erratic, but we anticipate hanging our “open” sign more in the future. Feel free to contact us about a specific date/meal