Photo by Lois Miller
Neighbor's Mill Bakery & Café
is a family-owned bakery/café specializing
in handcrafted, all-natural breads, grilled and cold
sandwiches, soups, salads, pizzas, desserts and espresso
coffees.
The idea for Neighbor's Mill had
been rolling around in the minds of Mike and Karin
Nabors for years. (In 1974 they purchased the 100+
year-old gristmill they use today to grind whole
grains
into rich flour.) In the mid nineties their ideas
began to jell: they wanted to produce the finest,
made-from-scratch, handcrafted breads and pastries
available anywhere; they wanted to make bread the
star of the show in their in-house café, serving
unique sandwiches, homemade soups and salads, and
focaccia pizza; they wanted to offer premium espresso
coffees; and they wanted to create a unique atmosphere
reminiscent of a 19th Century Grist Mill.
A beautiful site with mature sugar
maple trees was selected in Harrison, Arkansas, Karin's
hometown, and ground was broken on Neighbor's Mill
Bakery & Café in December 1999. The antique-brick
structure is patterned after the old Graue Mill in
Oakbrook, Illinois. Inside, the massive exposed timbers
give one the feeling of being in a working gristmill.
When it opened in August 2,000, The Mill became an
immediate hit in the Ozarks region. Should your travels
bring you to the Ozarks, we hope you'll come to the
great little town of Harrison and stop by to see us.
