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the council house cafe'

The Council House Café is owned and operated by French Camp Academy. If you have never stopped in to experience our menu, we would love to have you join us for lunch and enjoy delicious sandwiches on our homemade French Camp bread. Finish off your meal with either our famous Mississippi Mud Cake or freshly made bread pudding. COME SEE US!

We are open Monday-Saturday 10:30a.m.-2:30p.m. and located on the Natchez Trace Parkway mile marker 180 in French Camp, MS.

Any profit over the cost of this operation goes directly to support deserving young people through scholarship aid at French Camp Academy. We would like to thank those of you who have been our faithful patrons through the years.

Take-out orders may be called in at 662-547-9860. Orders over ten please call in a day in advance. Tour buses welcomed with advance notice.

For Information Call: (662) 547-9860

History of the Council House Cafe' Building

A meeting place for Greenwood LeFlore, last chief of the Choctaw Indian Nation east of the Mississippi, and his chiefs during tribal negotiations, this cabin is a picturesque piece of the past. It is a 17’ x 17’ structure built of white oak logs hewn to fit with broad axe and adz and was constructed around 1820. Donated in 1967 to French Camp Academy, the cabin was restored as a Bicentennial Project of staff and students. Its logs came from the property of George P. Ritchey near Carrollton, Mississippi.

It now faithfully serves as a small eatery for weary travelers and locals featuring hearty soups and sandwiches made with freshly baked French Camp bread, broccoli salad, and an assortment of desserts including our famous Mississippi Mud Cake. Guests can enjoy the “good eats” inside a rustic dining room or take-in the fresh air on deck patio beneath the Oaks.