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| Store Front |
Denise and John have moved across the United States 48 times, yes I said 48 times (!),with their two daughters for the past 30 years. With John's work always needing to move around - they've finally settled down in Indiana. This is longest they've stayed put in one place and that was about 10 years back. Around 4 years ago Denise took her two favorite "past times" (meeting new people and antiques) and merged them together to form the Pour House. Think... Cracker Barrel but a lot more intimate with furniture you can sit on and buy. Which actually happened; as we were talking about all the antique furniture around her store, a gentleman a couple weeks back liked the chairs he was sitting on so much he bought all 4 of them!
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| Neat Knick Knacks on sale, stuff your momma would've told you growing up. |
Now that her daughters are fully grown, she has expressed some hardship over maintaining a business. She admitted it turned out to be a lot more work than she expected. Their tagline was "Antiques and Sweets" - where the original concept was to sell a couple of homemade pastries along with the antiques but The Pour House became quite popular in the small town of Cambridge City. One can imagine why Denise would think it's a tad difficult - however with that being said they are now a full cafe with WiFi (Yes it may seem strange I added that tid bit in there... You must be thinking, "Cheryl this is a cafe
of course it has WiFi". On the contrary my friend, for a small town like Cambridge City, The Pour House maybe the
only place that has it). The Pour House now serves homemade soups, sandwiches, and fresh pastries/cakes daily. When asked where her culinary traits came from - Denise happily replied: "My mother's kitchen!". The red velvet cake, cherry turnovers, and even homemade fudge are all within the family recipes (even Denise's dad had a recipe to give: the fudge).
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| Some Sweets (L to R Amaretto & Maple Nut Fudge, Petite Turnovers, Orange Cream Fudge, Frozen Chai Frappé) |
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| The dining area and "store" |
p.s. Cambridge City is a town with less than 1,900 people but are a part of the Richmond/Wayne County "Antique Alley" comprising of over 900 dealers from Richmond to Knightstown (which really is only a couple miles apart from each other). Read more about it on the
Wayne County Website
Until next time~ Happy Eating!
