Historical Marker
Coffee Pot Inn
Brookhaven, Lincoln County · Mississippi
Erected 2015
The big metal coffee pot on the roof was fabricated by Ratliff Sheet Metal Works, and the owner's son, Buck Ratliff, stood before it at the marker's unveiling. Grandchildren of the founding Carruth family remembered the prices: a first hamburger for 10 cents, a Coke for 5, a barbecue sandwich or a toasted goose liver sandwich for 15, and ham with two eggs, or a Sunday lunch plate, for 35, the priciest items. A neighbor recalled a lumberyard and small store there, and cousins going up a dozen times a day for cookies.
Where it stands
31.56822, -90.44472 · Directions
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