Humanity is alive

Ruddle's Bread & Book is a locally owned used bookstore café

in the heart of

historic downtown Cleveland.

Inspired by the idea that every thriving town needs a welcoming third place, a space beyond home and work where people can gather, learn, create, and belong, we built more than a café.

We built a home for

Humanity to Thrive.

Farmers on First

Grocery Market

Every Sunday

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

on Frist Street Square

Buy your groceries directly from the same local farmers and food artisans we source our ingredients from! Enjoy meeting these hard working and 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

changes with the harvest,

celebrating creativity, craftsmanship,

and LOCAL AGRICULTURE.

Every morning, we bake FRESH AND ORIGINAL bAKED gOODS

using ingredients sourced from local farmers.

WE PAIR OUR BAKED GOODS WITH

handcrafted coffee syrups, made in-house WITH THE

SAME LOCALLY sourced INGREDIENTS.

creating flavor EXPERIENCE as authentic as the

community that grows them.

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.