Country French cuisine in a beautiful rustic setting

The Spring Mill Café serves lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Spring Mill Café features two unique dining rooms, the Café seating 40 people and the Farmhouse seating 25 people. When the weather is nice, guests are invited to dine outdoors on the patio or on one of the porches.

A complete selection of appetizers, soups, salads, entrées, cheeses and desserts that will delight your taste buds. Memorable French Provincial cuisine spiced with exotic North African dishes. Specialties include hearty patés, traditional French dishes featuring boeuf bourguignon, rabbit stew and cassoulet Carcassonne, and Café specials such as B'stilla Marocaine and tajine. Desserts range from French classics creme caramel and chocolate mousse to Montmorency, a dense chocolate cake with raspberry ganache and daffodil cake.

History

The Spring Mill Café complex consists of three buildings located on 2 acres next to the Spring Mill Creek at the intersection of Barren Hill Road and River Road in Whitemarsh Township. The restaurant itself was built in 1831 as the general store and post office for the town of Spring Mill. In later years, the building also served as thrift shop and antique store. The country farmhouse was built in 1885 and previously served as a barn and wine retail store. The gallery was added to the farmhouse in the 1920s and previously was a fabric shop and a music school and an art gallery.

The Spring Mill Café began in 1978 in the little back room of the present restaurant with five tables, serving lunches of light French country food. Next the deck was added and the Café began serving one dinner per month. The next expansion of the Spring Mill Café took over the former craft store in the front of the building and eventually expanded service to dinner five days a week. The entire property, including the farmhouse and gallery was purchased and service was expanded to six days a week including lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.