The Little Village Cafe — Restaurant in Fairhaven

This little cafe location figures prominently in the history of the now global Seventh-day Adventist Church. Fairhaven pioneer Captain Joseph Bates, created as co-founder of the Adventist Church, lived up the street. A wealth successful businessman he spent his fortune on telling the world of Jesus soon return.

One day his wife asked him to pick up 4 lbs of flour which he did with his last money on hand. She objected asking why he had not bought a 20 lb barrel! When he explained he was out of cash she broke down crying. Bates told her God would supply all their needs.

Bates was impressed to go to this building, then the town post office, where he found a letter waiting for him. It was postage due, but Bates did not want to go into debt so he could not take the letter. He was however impressed the envelope contained money so he asked the postmaster to open it and check. Inside was $10! Bates went back to the store and ordered a lot of food for delivery to his house but instructed the driver not to tell his wife where it came from. He took the rest of the money to the printer to place on deposit for printing a book he was writing on the Sabbath truth.

Later a friend happened upon a former employer on the road who was impressed to pay $100 he had cheated from the man. The friend took the $100 of found money to Bates’s printer and paid for the rest of the print order. Bates never knew were that...

Welcoming environment in a convenient location, and friendly staff. Foods is absolutely garbage!! I ordered steak medium rare and eggs over easy. Steak was tiny and super super thin, not to mention undercooked. Was plated in front of me within 3 minutes. Eggs were half cooked and rough to digest afterwards. Not feeling the best after 30 minutes so far. Paid 18.00 without tip for a 3 dollar meal. Positive note: home fries were amazing!! Coffee is also blah as I've had better at local gas stations. Noticed 4 pots sitting mostly empty till someone noticed and dumped the burnt coffee all into one container. Honestly thought this would be the spot for a real New England breakfast, but left highly disappointed, to never return unless I call my buddy at phantom gourmet to stop on through. By far, hands down, the worst food in New England I've ever had. You've been warned!! Best wishes, and...

We understand Very slow service these days after Covid, it's understandable. The coffee was so acidic that we asked for the first cups dumped and start over because we actually thought there was Maybe vinegar or sanitizer or something. Nope, the coffee was just that bad. I chose grilled tomato instead of honefries. They charge $1.25 for this substitution. It was hard, unripe plastic tasting tomato! (We are in the height of tomato season!!!!). They took it off the bill when I let them know it was not edible, so at least there's that. The plate with 3 eggs Only came with about 10 home fries. The French toast was the saddest french toast I've ever seen. Thin commercial white bread, that was white and dry in the middle. Sooooo much room for improvement. The prices are a bit higher than other local places that are waaaay...