About The Village Cafe & Creamery
The Village Cafe & Creamery is a small ice cream and coffee counter inside The Village Shops, the cluster of storefronts at 634 Parkway in Gatlinburg. It is the kind of stop that works when the sidewalk crowd gets loud and you want ten minutes on a bench with something cold or caffeinated.
What you will find
Listings describe a creamery menu of shakes, malts, floats, sundaes and old-fashioned sodas, plus coffee drinks such as lattes, cappuccinos and espresso. One local guide credits the coffee to a roaster in Maryville, Tennessee. Trip.com's listing notes the space was formerly Jordan's Village Creamery, and some Gatlinburg dining guides file it under other names, so if a search turns up a different title for the same suite, that is the reason. Menu items and prices change, so treat the list above as a guide to the style of the place, not a promise of what is in the case today.
Where it is
The Village Shops sit on the Parkway, Gatlinburg's main strip, which puts the cafe within walking distance of downtown attractions. The complex is built around a courtyard of roughly two dozen small shops, so you can browse after your cone. The city's own Gatlinburg visitor site is the place to check events and the trolley map before you go.
Getting there without a headache
Parking is the real challenge downtown. City garages and private lots charge flat daily rates, and the free Gatlinburg trolley connects the Welcome Center park-and-ride to the Parkway. Leave the car where you are staying if you can and ride in. The city's parking page lists current lots.
Good for
- A dessert stop after dinner on the Parkway
- A coffee break during a shopping loop
- Families who need a quick reset between attractions
Before you go
Walk past before you plan a meal around it, and have a second dessert option in mind. If you are heading into the national park afterward, remember the park requires a parking tag ($5 a day) for any vehicle parked longer than 15 minutes, and federal passes do not replace it.
Good to know
- What kind of food does The Village Cafe & Creamery serve?
- Cafe, ice cream, coffee. It’s known for ice cream and coffee drinks.