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re: Gatlinburg, TN

Posted by tigerchick73 on 8/2/09 at 1:38 am to
I have a condo in Gatlinberg and have eaten all over the city at numerous places, including all the pancake houses.

The Pancake Pantry is good, but the Log Cabin Pancake House on Airport Road by Mr. Tablecloth is the BEST in the town. They are cheaper than Pancake Pantry and the food is better. Try the tropical pancakes or the pecans ones. It is heaven on a plate. The biscuits and gravy are wonderful too. There is also a location in Pigeon Forge right as you leave Gatlinberg.

The Alamo Steakhouse is good too, but a little pricey. The lunch prices are reasonable. On Friday nights, there is a guy who plays the violin.

As far as a good mix of food, the Smoky Mountain Brewery behind the Cherokee Grill (it is in a shopping center) is the best place to eat (and moderately priced). Be sure to get the pretzels with beer cheese.

Do not eat at No Way Jose. Terrible food. Linebergers is also disappointing. Cherokee Grill is expensive. Bennetts BBQ is not great either.

There is a place at 320 near Wears Valley Road (going on the road out of Pigeon Forge, it is immediately on left after turning on 320). It is called Apple Valley. There is a cafe there and everything is absolutely wonderful.

Sorry to say there isn't much good food in Gatlinberg.

re: Cou-Yon's in port allen

Posted by tigerchick73 on 8/2/09 at 1:27 am to
I had the opportunity to go by the grand opening. The owners at Couyons had the 2009 world bbq champs there talking about bbq techniques and giving out samples of their award winning recipes. This was the guy on the Food Network!!! He was super nice and had one bad boy bbq get up. Very nice that they could get someone like that out there.

The food was great. They have more options than the Gardere location and the loaded gator tater is out of this world. The Cou Cou fries were awesome too!

I like the direction they are taking and it is well worth the time crossing the bridge. The inside of the building was really nice and has a feeling like you are on the back porch. Everyone there was really nice. They do counter service, which can take a few minutes as they cut everything and prepare it as ordered. I would take fresh any day over that dried out nasty meat served at Voo Doo.