Reservations are strongly suggested for weekend brunch
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-Anne Frank
About Us
What is happening to our original location?
A New Chapter Begins at The Bird’s Nest
Because so many of you have shared how much you love our original Bird’s Nest Cafe and hoped to see it remain a special gathering place, we are delighted to announce its next beautiful evolution…Welcome to The Bird’s Nest Social
Our beloved original location will transition into a whimsical social gathering space centered around connection, celebration, and unforgettable experiences.
After we move to Mainstreet, we’ll be offering Weekend Bluegrass Brunch with quick-service charm and a comforting meat-and-three style menu, thoughtfully crafted with delicious vegetarian and vegan options
Imagine mornings filled with music, garden sunshine, biscuits, blooms, and brunch shared with friends old and new.
But that’s only the beginning…The Bird’s Nest Social will also host:
Garden Parties
Family-Style Themed Dinners
Bespoke Birthday Celebrations
Holiday Parties
Private Events & Catering Hall Services
Retreat-Style Gatherings in Our Beautiful Garden
From flowers to full event design, intimate dinners to magical milestone celebrations, we are creating a place where special occasions feel truly enchanted.
Meanwhile, as we grow into The Bird’s Nest on Main, we are excited to expand our dinner menu and continue delivering the magical experience you know and love—with our unique brunch offerings, charming soda fountain drinks, apothecary cocktails, fresh baked goods, and so much more.
This is not goodbye—
It’s a way to keep the heart of the original Bird’s Nest alive while making room for even more beauty, community, and celebration.
Thank you for loving this little place so fiercely. We cannot wait to welcome you into this next season.
With love,
The Bird’s Nest Family
When we stepped into The Taggart building last December, it didn’t feel empty. It felt patient.
The floors carried the echoes of footsteps that had long since gone quiet. The walls held their breath, like they were waiting to see what would come next—not demanding anything, not asking to be remade, just… open. The kind of open that only comes with time.
We didn’t walk in thinking about what we could leave behind. No thoughts of signatures or statements. Just a question: How do we become part of what’s already here?
Because that’s the thing about serving a community—you don’t build it from scratch, you enter into it. Carefully. Humbly. You listen before you speak. You wait to be invited, and in the meantime, you do the work of becoming the kind of person or place worth inviting in.
The Bird’s Nest Cafe has never been about ownership. Not of space, not of people, not even of ideas. It’s about participation. About showing up each day ready to take care of someone—through a meal, a conversation, a memory passed across a table.
There’s something deeply human about that. Primal, even.
Long before we had names for neighborhoods or businesses, we gathered around food. We shared what we had. We learned, instinctively, that caring for one another wasn’t optional, it was survival. And somewhere along the way, that instinct became something more: gratitude. Not for what things cost, but for what they mean. For the chance to belong. For the privilege of being part of something larger than ourselves. That’s what a restaurant can be at its best. Not a transaction, but a gathering. Not a product, but a place where people remember how to be with each other. We recognize its value, not by how much it cost us but how badly we want to be a part of it.
This move isn’t about starting over. It’s about continuing a story that was already being told. The people we’re working alongside understand that. Every decision—the food, the atmosphere, the culture—comes from a shared belief that this place matters. Not because of what it can become, but because of what it already is. Something worth caring for. Something worth preserving.
The Rudd family who continues to invest and caretake this building sees it the same way. They’re not restoring it to make it theirs. They’re preserving it so it can keep belonging to this town, long after all of us are gone. That kind of investment doesn’t come from ego—it comes from recognition, respect, and love.
So no, we’re not opening a new restaurant. We’re setting the table. We’re tending the space. We’re doing our best to become part of a story that was here before us—in hope, if we do this right, it will continue well beyond us.
This isn’t an opening. It’s an invitation to sit at the table.
You don’t measure its value by the price.
You feel it in how much you want to be part of it.
This move isn’t about starting over. It’s about continuing a story that was already being told.
The people we’re working alongside believe that, too. Every decision—the food, the atmosphere, the culture—comes from a shared understanding that this place already matters. That it’s already worth caring for. Worth protecting.
The Rudd family sees it the same way.
They’re not restoring this building to make it theirs. They’re taking care of it so it can keep belonging to this town, long after all of us are gone.
That kind of care doesn’t come from ego.
It comes from recognition.
From respect.
From love.
So no—we’re not opening a new restaurant.
We’re setting the table.
We’re tending the space.
We’re doing our best to become part of a story that was here before us—
—and, if we do this right, will continue long after us.
This isn’t an opening.
It’s an invitation to sit at the table.
Brunch, Lunch, Drink & Libation, Friday and Saturday Dinner Menus
