Photos: A tour of the $11.2 million Seven Acre Dairy Company in Paoli
The former dairy plant constructed in the 1880s is now home to a boutique hotel, restaurant and cafe and is using locally sourced milk for its butter and soft serve ice cream.
The Kitchen, is the open concept restaurant at Seven Acre Dairy Company in Paoli. It has been holding chef's tastings that have been sold out but will open next month for regular business. The menu will include locally grown beef, veal and greens and dishes inspired by historic farm cookbooks.
Historic photos echoing the history of Seven Acre Dairy are displayed on a wall of the boutique hotel, restaurant and micro-dairy in Paoli. This photo shows the cast of the Paoli Drama Club's 1933 production of Les Miserable.
Visitors to Seven Acre Dairy Company in gather in the dining and bar area of the boutique hotel and restaurant in Paoli.
Artifacts and a timeline related to the history of the building that now houses Seven Acre Dairy Company are displayed on a wall of the business in Paoli.
The Dairy Cafe offers pastries, specialty sandwiches, soft serve ice cream and other items for visitors to Seven Acre Dairy Company in Paoli.
A calendar from 1949 is framed and displayed in a 1,000-square-foot suite of Seven Acre Dairy Company in Paoli.
Nic Mink, co-owner of Seven Acre Dairy Company in Paoli, talks about the business venture in a suite overlooking the Sugar River.
Exterior of Seven Acre Dairy Company along the Sugar River in Paoli.
Tom Sarbacker, seen here in April, gives a tour of the dairy barn at his family farm north of Paoli, which milks just 65 Holsteins a day. Milk from the herd is used to make ice cream and butter at Seven Acre Dairy Company, which can be seen from the windows of the barn.
A young cow feeds in April at Fischerdale Holstein, the family farm of Tom and Vicki Sarbacker just north of Paoli.
The mini bar in a suite is stocked with locally made beverages.
The Creamery Room, one of eight rooms and suites inside The Inn at Seven Acre, features an 8-foot circular window where a milk tank once stood. All of the rooms reflect the history of the property.
A mural on a patio wall honors the history of the building that is now home to Seven Acre Dairy Company in Paoli. An $11.2 million renovation has transformed the building along the Sugar River into a boutique hotel with a restaurant and cafe that feature locally sourced food.
The floor in this part of the seating area for the restaurant and cafe shows where circular vats once stood, making large wheels of Swiss cheese.
A mural behind the welcome desk at Seven Acre Dairy Company traces the history of the facility’s longtime presence in Paoli, while a chandelier of vintage milk bottles hangs above.
Butter production will return in March to the building that is now home to Seven Acre Dairy Company. For now, the butter, which sells for $26 per pound, is being produced in an off-site facility by the cheesemakers at Landmark Creamery.
The $11.2 million renovation of a former dairy plant into Seven Acre Dairy Company is the most expensive transformation in Paoli's long history and is located across the Sugar River from a historic mill. The project also included the restoration of an oak savanna and social gathering spaces along the Sugar River.
Photographs of vintage milk bottles by Madison-based artist Nicole Hansen add a colorful splash to the end of a hallway in the hotel wing.
The bar and dining area of The Kitchen at Seven Acre is prepared for a chef's tasting at the boutique hotel, restaurant and micro-dairy in Paoli. Additions over the years have created multiple levels in the 21,000-square-foot building.
Historic photos echoing the history of Seven Acre Dairy are displayed on a wall of the boutique hotel, restaurant and micro-dairy in Paoli.
Seven Acre Dairy Company in Paoli celebrates history, revives butter production and sources its milk, beef and produce from local farmers.
