Main Street Mercantile and Creamery

Est. Lebanon, TN

Our Story

We started with a
simple idea:
make cheese like it
used to be made.

Main Street Mercantile and Creamery wasn't born from a business plan — it was born from a frustration with what was missing from the grocery store. Good cheese. Real cream. Stuff that tastes like something grown by a person, not assembled by a machine.

So we built a small-batch creamery. We partner with local dairies who share our obsession with quality, and we turn their milk into cheddar, cream cheese, whipped feta, and more — all made by hand, right here in Lebanon.

Then we opened the mercantile side: a shop on Public Square where we sell our own products alongside goods from other local makers. Honey from a nearby apiary. Hot sauce from a kitchen down the road. Things we'd actually put on our own table.

— Main Street Mercantile & Creamery

What We Make & Sell

From the creamery
and the mercantile.

Two sides of the same shop. One commitment to doing it right.

Aged cheddar cheese wheel from Main Street Creamery

Best Seller

Small-Batch Cheddar

Sharp, crumbly, aged to perfection in our creamery. Made from local milk, aged in rounds that we turn by hand every day.

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Fresh cream cheese from Main Street Creamery

Farmhouse Cream Cheese

Ultra-creamy, barely sweet, and unlike anything from the plastic tub. Perfect for bagels, baking, or eating straight off the spoon.

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New

Whipped Feta

Light, tangy, and impossibly spreadable. Made with real goat and cow milk blend. Pairs beautifully with honey and crackers.

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Artisan cheese selection from Main Street Creamery

Cheese Boards & Gifts

Pre-arranged boards for any occasion, or build your own. Wrapped and ready to go — a gift that actually tastes thoughtful.

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Local Honey

Raw, unfiltered honey from apiaries within an hour of Lebanon. Wildflower, clover, and seasonal blends that taste like the land they came from.

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Hot Sauces & Preserves

From kitchen tables and small batches across Middle Tennessee. Heat levels that actually mean something, preserves that taste like summer.

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Local Makers & Goods

Ceramics, candles, soaps, and more — all from Tennessee makers. Stuff you won't find anywhere else in the county.

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Popular

Gift Boxes & Bundles

Curated collections of creamery cheese, local honey, hot sauce, and more. Wrapped in our packaging or your own — we don't judge.

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Why People Keep Coming Back

Not everything worth doing
needs to be fast.

Made on our schedule

Not a corporate calendar. We batch-produce when the milk is fresh and the timing is right. That means some weeks we have more, some weeks less — but it's always good.

Locally sourced, period

Our milk comes from dairies in Wilson and surrounding counties. Our honey, sauces, and other goods come from makers we actually know and trust.

Right on the Square

128 Public Square isn't a random warehouse. It's the heart of Lebanon. Walk in after courthouse, on a date, or just because — we'll be here.

No artificial anything

Our ingredient list is short because we don't need long. Real milk, salt, cultures, time. If it doesn't belong in a real kitchen, it doesn't belong in our cheese.

Real food.
Real place.
Real good.

We started with a
simple idea:
make cheese like it
used to be made.