Factory or dairy visit · Columbus

Looking Glass Creamery Farm and Café

Looking Glass Creamery, at 115 Harmon Dairy Lane in Columbus, is open Wednesday to Saturday from 11am to 5pm and Sunday from noon to 5pm. No reservation is needed. There are no guided tours, but you can walk the farm with a map, look into the cheese cellar and production floor through windows, and taste everything free. Order food by 4:30pm.

Hours: Wed to Sat 11am to 5pm, Sun noon to 5pm
Booking: Not needed
Last food orders: 4:30pm
Phone: 828-222-0751

What You Can Do

The farm café is the heart of a visit: a cheese board or a grilled cheese on local bread with seasonal fillings, then a scoop of ice cream. Looking Glass is also a licensed winery making hard cider, served on tap or in crowlers to take home, with small estate wines by the glass and bottle. Free samples of the cheese, cider, ice cream and jam are offered as an informal tasting whenever staff have time.

Grab the farm map and walk yourself round. A plate glass window looks underground into the cellar, where rows of wheels age, and more windows face the production floor. There is a garden, goats to greet and farm roads and trails to wander.

Buying Cheese

Looking Glass does not ship perishables, so the farm is the place to buy its cheese. Preserves, T-shirts and gift cards sell online.

Events

The farm hosts low-cost programmes for children, dinners and music through the year. In autumn 2026 the calendar included a free community music night and free pick-your-own sunflowers in mid-October; bring your own clippers. Events are announced on the creamery's events page and social media.

Practical Details

Well-behaved dogs on a leash are welcome. Lodging is available on the farm. Columbus is in Polk County, about 45 minutes south of Asheville and close to the South Carolina line, and the farm is easiest to reach by car.

Nearby

For other creameries in the mountains, see the WNC Cheese Trail. Round Mountain Creamery near Black Mountain runs booked goat dairy tours.

Where to Stay near Columbus

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Questions People Ask

Does Looking Glass Creamery give tours?

Not guided ones. You take yourself round with a farm map, with windows into the cheese cellar and the production floor. Staff are happy to talk cheese when it is not too busy.

What are Looking Glass Creamery's hours?

Wednesday to Saturday 11am to 5pm and Sunday noon to 5pm. Food orders stop at 4:30pm.

Can you bring dogs to Looking Glass Creamery?

Yes, well-behaved dogs on a leash are welcome.

Official site: lookingglasscreamery.com/pages/farm-store-in-columbus. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese factory tours.