Art, music in the air
Home-cookin’ on the table



CLARKSVILLE – June’s Place is no longer a diner, but an artist’s café, says owner Debra MacFarland.

June’s Place not only offers home-cooked meals, but a venue for local artists to display their artwork, and live music on Friday evenings. The artwork is also for sale, MacFarland said. Every month, a new artist is showcased.
"I think it’s very important that we get the talent that’s here exposed," she told The Enterprise.

This month, the walls of the small café are decorated with the photographs of Doug Michaels and textile art produced by Deb Zimmerman.

MacFarland does all the cooking for the restaurant herself, from scratch, using her grandmother’s recipes, she said.
"I do love to nurture and feed people," she said.

She cooks without salt, and uses fresh herbs that she grows herself. She is happy to cater to the dietary needs of her customers, she said.
"The stuffed manicotti is very good," said David Salzer, who happened to be ordering lunch at the time of The Enterprise’s visit on Monday.
MacFarland has lived in Clarksville since 1987. "I love this community," she said. She buys local products to cook with, and she uses only Meadowbrook Farm dairy products, she said. The farm is just up the road on Route 443 from June’s Place.

Salzer said that Meadowbrook chocolate milk is the best he’s had, and MacFarland agreed.
"Come gather at our table" is the new slogan for June’s Place, MacFarland said. Some customers even gather at the same table every time they come in, she said.

If they come in, and someone is sitting at their table, they aren’t sure where to sit, she added with a chuckle.
MacFarland said that cooking provides "endless creativity."
"I read every cookbook I can get my hands on," she said.