Old Mill Square · Pigeon Forge · Southern café
The Pottery House Café
A café and grille in a 1954 potters’ home across from the Old Mill, known for house-baked bread, quiche and pie served on pottery made next door.
Opens the Pottery House Café’s page on the Old Mill website. It serves lunch and dinner daily and brunch on weekends.
Details checked November 2026
Featured photo
The Old Mill District, home of the Pottery House Café · Photo: Sarah Stierch on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Type
Southern café and grille
House-baked bread, quiche, fried green tomatoes, pie
Price range
$$
About $10–$20 per person, per Google
Hours
Daily from 11 am
To 9 pm; weekend brunch from 10 am, per its website
Time needed
About 1 hour
Our estimate for lunch or brunch
Parking
Free Old Mill lots
Extra parking on Butler Street; no RV spaces
Building
1954
A potters’ home; dishes are made next door
On the menu
Fresh-baked bread, quiche and pie on handmade pottery
The café bakes its breads in-house from grain stone-ground at the Old Mill’s water-powered gristmill, per the Old Mill. Lunch and dinner run daily, with brunch on weekend mornings, and every dish arrives on pottery from Pigeon River Pottery next door.
Photo: Sarah Stierch on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Start here
House-baked bread
Made from grain milled across the street. Google’s review summary singles out the fresh-baked sourdough, and you can buy loaves to take back to camp.
RV tip: Camp Riverslanding is about 6 minutes away. Leave the rig at camp and come in the tow vehicle or car.
Also worth ordering
- Chicken almond quicheA house dish named on the café’s own page.
- Fried green tomatoesThe Southern starter the café highlights.
- Pecan pieOne of the house desserts on its page.
- Weekend brunchSaturday and Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm, per its website.
Why go
Lunch in a potters’ house by the river
The café sits in the 1954 home of potters Douglas and Ruth Ferguson, who founded Pigeon Forge Pottery in the late 1940s. The Old Mill family reopened it as the Pottery House Café in 2004, per the Old Mill.
It has 4.7 stars from more than 7,900 Google reviews and 4.7 on Tripadvisor (#9 of 175 in town). Google’s review summary highlights the fresh-baked sourdough bread, generous portions and the outdoor seating.
It shares Old Mill Square with The Old Mill Restaurant, so it is a lighter alternative if the restaurant across the street has a long wait.
Photo: Sarah Stierch on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Why it made our list
- Lunch and dinner daily from 11 am
- Bread baked from Old Mill grain
- Garden patios by a koi pond
- Weekend brunch 10 am–2 pm
- 6 minutes from Camp Riverslanding
For RVers
Taking the rig to The Pottery House
The practical stuff we wished someone had told us before we pulled in.
Leave the rig at camp
Old Mill guests park free in front of and behind the café, with extra parking on Butler Street. No RV spaces are posted, so bring the tow vehicle.
Use Patriot Park if you’re big
The Old Mill says buses and large vans can park in Patriot Park, which is also the main Pigeon Forge Trolley hub.
Join the waitlist
It doesn’t take reservations; the Old Mill website lets you join the waitlist, and takeout is by phone.
Grab bread for camp
Loaves baked from Old Mill grain make an easy breakfast back at the RV.
What visitors say about The Pottery House
The visitor report card
We don’t copy other sites’ reviews, but the published scores are worth reading together. Scores checked November 2, 2026.
#9 of 175 restaurants in Pigeon Forge.
Tripadvisor, November 2026
What visitors often mention
From Google’s review summary
Sourdough breadGenerous portionsOutdoor seating
Google’s review summary highlights the fresh-baked sourdough bread, generous portions, reasonable prices and the outdoor seating. Checked November 2, 2026.
How the three sites compare
Star ratings out of 5, checked November 2, 2026. The weighted average counts each review equally.
Good to know
BrunchSat–Sun 10 am–2 pm
ReservationsWaitlist only
PatioGarden and koi pond
Good forLunchBrunchPatio
The price range is from Google. The menu is a PDF on the Old Mill website, so check current prices there.
Know before you go
Plan your visit
The Pottery House Café
- Address3341 Old Mill St, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
- HoursDaily from 11 am
To 9 pm; weekend brunch from 10 am, per its website - Phone(865) 453-6002
- ReservationsNo reservations; join the waitlist on the Old Mill website
- Getting thereThe Pottery House is at 3341 Old Mill St, about 1.5 miles from Camp Riverslanding via the Parkway.
- ParkingFree lots in front of and behind the café, plus Butler Street, per the Old Mill FAQ. No RV parking is posted.
Its website lists lunch and dinner daily 11 am to 9 pm and brunch Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 2 pm; Tripadvisor matches. Call (865) 453-6002 to confirm.
Where to stay nearby
RV parks near The Pottery House
These are the Pigeon Forge RV parks we have written up. Drive times are from Google Maps, checked November 2, 2026, and change with traffic.
Camp Riverslanding
A family-run campground on an old dairy farm beside the Little Pigeon River, with riverside sites, a heated pool and trolley stops at the gate.
Creekside RV Park
A shady, 108-site RV park beside Walden Creek, just off Wears Valley Road, with a saltwater pool and creekside sites.
Up the Creek RV Camp
A small, owner-run RV camp with oversized, wooded sites between two mountain creeks west of Pigeon Forge.
Helpful answers
Frequently asked questions
The questions RVers ask most before pulling in.
Daily from 11 am
Ready for lunch by the mill?
Order the quiche and a slice of pie, then take a loaf of house-baked bread back to camp.
Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by giving their work a look. Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sarah Stierch (the Old Mill District arch, the Pottery House sign, bread inside the café; CC BY 4.0); the images were resized. Food photos marked “not taken at” show the dish, not this restaurant’s plate. Area photos show the neighborhood, not the restaurant. Review-site logos are trademarks of their owners.
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