Favorite Tennessee Restaurants (Knoxville, Kingsport, Cookeville: buy, prices, store)

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by Git2know

jabogitlu,
No, they are not the same. But it is still the best in Gatlinburg. I know Brett and Paula Ogle, the owners. The chef from "Best Italian", which used to be the best Italian restaurant in Gatlinburg, quit there and was hired by Brett and Paula. Now the best Italian Chef works for them.
They are adding an outdoor deck to eat on. It's allmost finished.

Wow. That is MAJOR inside information. I haven't been, but people that seem to know what they are talking about, swear by Best Italian. If they have that chef, they have a gem.

Thanks for the big head's up. I would have went to Best Italian and been disappointed.

Where is this place? Please?

[mbmouse]

Yea I want to know too! We are thinking of going over and playing in the Smokies this weekend, we might stop to eat dinner on our way over to Cherokee for a night at the casino.........so I can support the Indians more.

[veragemini]

Originally Posted by Downhome

I personaly like Garfields in the kingsport mall. Good burgers and stuff, and you get to draw on the table. They put white paper down as a table cloth and give you crayons. My daughter has bad luck with fried stuff like potato skins and such they had a funny taste. I think the fryer oil needed to be changed,they took it back and gave us new ones but they still tasted funny. I'll go back. My cousin does a karyoke show there on Tue. 9:00 he is a blast.

Ok...I know someone who does a Karoke show there or they used to maybe not anymore. You aren't related to Larry are you? Anyway...I love Garfields too. I used to eat there all the time. One of my best friend's in hs waitressed there. That was almost 12 years ago. I had totally forgotten about them. I need to go there next time I am up that way. Thanks for reminding me! :-)

Julie

[Mike in TN]

Jackson - Latham's Meat Market, Reggies, Backyard BBQ, Catfish Cabin

Nashville - The Greek place inside the Farmer's Market, some of the Taqueria's on Nolensville Rd.

Murfreesboro - Miller's Grocery, The Clay Pit

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by mbmouse

Yea I want to know too! We are thinking of going over and playing in the Smokies this weekend, we might stop to eat dinner on our way over to Cherokee for a night at the casino.........so I can support the Indians more.

You are a true humanitarian!

[SuzieQFL]

Originally Posted by mbmouse

Yea I want to know too! We are thinking of going over and playing in the Smokies this weekend, we might stop to eat dinner on our way over to Cherokee for a night at the casino.........so I can support the Indians more.

You guys have casinos? We have some here in Florida too, on the reservations, but we don't ever seem to get there. Are there a lot of them?
Are they good sized ones?

[mbmouse]

Originally Posted by SuzieQFL

You guys have casinos? We have some here in Florida too, on the reservations, but we don't ever seem to get there. Are there a lot of them?
Are they good sized ones?

There is only one so far in Cherokee. It is a Harrahs and it is ok. It is dry but not near as smokie as some I have been in. I prefer Atlantic City and Aruba for Casinos. That really isn't saying much as we might spend $40 when we go...not big gamblers for sure LOL! It is a fun thing to do though. We are going to go there Friday night after a nice dinner in Gatlinburg, spend a few hours Saturday morning doing some hiking in the park, then spend rest of the day at Dollywood. Makes for a nice weekend not far from home and relatively inexpensive as we have season passes for Dollywood, no charge for nature but gas .

[Downhome]

Julie. not that I know of anyway. My cousin does a show in Bristol , kingsport, Elizabethton, and somewhere else, but his name is Michael. He is high engry he does it on Tue. night there if you go tell him I sent ya...haha..Darryl

[pianogal]

Originally Posted by beachbyrd

If you're talking about Mimi's Cafe, they are all over in CA, but here in Fl only on the west coast. You HAVE to try the buttermilk spice muffins...YUM! I have actually made my mom go there and get them to bring to me when she comes here to visit. I also made Jon stop there when he went to the west coast of FL for business!

There is now a MIMI'S Cafe in Central Florida, in Altamonte Springs by the ALtamonte Mall off Palm Springs Blvd.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by SuzieQFL

You guys have casinos? We have some here in Florida too, on the reservations, but we don't ever seem to get there. Are there a lot of them?
Are they good sized ones?

There are no casinos in Tennessee. Cherokee is in NC. The only form of gambling allowed in TN is the state lottery. But the highest concentration of casinos outside of Nevada is in Tunica, Mississippi, just south of Memphis. I go there for the amazing all-you-can-eat buffets.