Humanity Reawakened

When humans have the freedom to choose the literature that speaks to them, it can awaken somthing extraordinary within their souls.

Join us in an environment that was created to rekindle the humanity that lives within us all.

Experience freshly baked pastries made daily by our unique and creative bakers.

Savor our coffees made from raw, fresh, and natural ingredients.

Expand your mind by reading one of our a novels that could change your perspective on the world.

Are you ready to reawaken the humanity inside?

Farmers on First

Grocery Market

Every Sunday

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

on Frist Street Square

Our local farmers and food artisans are passionate people who are thrilled to share their products, knowledge and love of agricultural with downtown Cleveland.

Farmers on First was created to give the downtown Cleveland area a sense of community, promote agriculture education and most importantly - bring fresh and local groceries to our community.

Our Menu rotates every two weeks with the harvest seasons. Please look at our soical media for this weeks menu!

We make everything fresh daily and can not guarantee that we will have any of our products in stock when you arrive. All our products rotate and continuously change depending on what herbs and spices are locally available. While our menu flavors are a suprise, we do try to keep a good balance of both savory and sweet opiotions!

We do limit 10 baked goods per customer.

Books

About our books

We carefully selected our entire used book collection with the human experience in mind. Each book was either discovered or donated by fellow book lovers from the Cleveland, TN area.

At our store, we prioritize sustainability, affordability, and high-quality books. All of our books are in excellent condition and marked at 60% off the publisher price.

Our genres include Human Experience, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Dystopian, Psychological Thrillers, Action Thrillers, Mystery, Memoirs, Politics, Sports, Personal Growth, Cooking, Animals, Education, Poetry, Short Story, Young Adult, and Children's.

How to donate books for in-store credit

Want to make room for more books on your shelf? At Ruddle's, we accept gently used, high-quality books in exchange for in-store credit.

You can use your credit towards a new book or something from our bakery! Simply bring your gently used books during open hours to one of our amazing staff members.

Please note that the amount of in-store credit is determined by our bookkeepers based on the physical quality of the book, its release year, and the publisher price.