Hawkins Variety Store

The aptly named, Hawkins Variety Store, is a quaint little store in a historic downtown building with touristy nick nacks, camping and diamond hunting gear, toys, kitchen gadgets, specialty foods, novelty candy, ice cream and baked goods, and our favorite...the espresso coffee bar and sandwich shop.

Amazing! Business owner is sweet, silly, and a hard worker! Our sandwiches were delicious, and the wheat bread with berries was totally to die for! There are TONS of flavors for lattes, and she uses Columbian roast so it's thick, rich, and easy on your tummy! Loved visiting.

Very cool old variety store with food and any kind of jam, jelly, pickles and different candies! They have some awesome milkshakes and food choices. Step back in time and make sure you visit while your in town for sure!

This was one of the highlights of our trip to the Diamond Mine. I only wish they would stay open longer! They have cute and unique gifts, vintage toys, jams and jellies and syrups and honey, the best "real" ice cream, and many other old soda shop type drinks and treats! They even have a delicious food menu! Try the Nesbitt's Honey Lemonade! It is delicious!

We actually visited the store twice in the two days we were in Mufreesboro. The staff was awesome. The first day we stopped, we bought a jar of Cinnamon Honey Butter. My SO now wishes we had bought at least two jars. 🤣 Seriously, it is AWESOME! To the store clerk/cook who said she'd never tried it, there you go. You should try it. 😉 We stopped by the next morning because the only other restaurant nearby that wasn't already serving lunch was closed due to their air conditioner shutting down. We had noticed the day before that Hawkins Variety served sandwiches, so we went in and asked if they were still serving breakfast, and, to our delight, they were. We asked for ham, bacon, American cheese, and egg on Sourdough bread and it was enough for two of us to split. The bread was fresh and it was perfectly cooked (though again, my SO said he wished he'd gotten a whole sandwich 😆).

A must-stop place! Feels like you travel back 70 years to the 1950s. Handmade delicious drinks & treats. We are so glad we stopped for snacks and drinks (coffee, milkshake, and cinnamon roll)... we stayed for an hour!

This was a fantastic stop; we had milkshakes, a cinnamon roll, and a pimento cheese sandwich with pickled jalapeños. Everything was delicious, and the historic aspect of the store was interesting. There is indeed much variety to be found here, and everything down to the music helped make this into the perfect stop. Would gladly visit here agin!

Drove about 35 minutes from Millwood State Park. Absolutely loved the food. The pimento cheese, ham and cheese, as well as the desserts. Will definitely be back. Another plus, it's in the cutest downtown area.

Clean, organized, and air conditioned with friendly staff. I enjoyed a nice turkey sandwich and a milk shake it was the perfect stop after leaving the diamond mines. Thank you guys!

Super cute old fashioned store! They offer food, snacks, sweets, coffee, and more.

A acquaint little Country storm. They have the best selection of candy for any young person to enjoy! They also have a variety of novelty items that are very interesting. It's nice having this kind of store in our community. It's a blast from the past in a way and is always tons of fun for the kids.

Loved the atmosphere and staff was great. Ordered an old fashioned chocolate soda and recommend to anyone who goes here

Great place to get ice-cream.

Super fun spot with lots of goodies! Awesome old building and friendly workers.

The owner is very nice, sandwich was delicious, espresso smooth and easy on my stomach.

I had an ice cream cone, a good cuban sandwich and a good chicken salad sandwich. Nice staff and oh I had a chocolate chip cookie. It was good too.
I recommend this store. I'm from North Carolina and like the small town atmosphere like where I was raised.

Cool looking store with really good ice cream.

The friendliest owner!!! AMAZING espresso!!!! DELICIOUS sandwiches!!! Clean, quick, quality!!! ❤

Such a cute place, great staff and the food was wonderful!

Very nice facility in old Town store like you would see back in the early 1900s I guess. They have lots of you old candy you had when you grew up as a kid.they have all kind of interesting jellies you should look at. They have a variety of items that you can buy. They have food that they can serve you to include delicious ice cream. You can't go wrong going here it's an interesting place and we love it.