A couple of friends had tried a new place
over near Sevierville Tennessee in Wears Valley off of US Hwy. 321. The reviews were quite favorable, so despite
the fact that it is about an hour away from our house, we decided to give it a
try… What the heck…we’re retired and anyway, it was a nice day for a drive!
Elvira’s Café is situated along side
Mountain Brothers General Store in Wears Valley. This provides a shopping opportunity for
those who stop at Elvira’s to have a meal.
The General Store is a cut above average. One other positive about the location is that
US Hwy. 321 in Wears Valley is a little off the normal tourist route in the
Sevierville/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area.
While there’s enough traffic to support retailing and restaurants, Elvira’s
Café is not located on one of the traffic clogged stop and go highways in this
popular tourist destination…
This is Elvira’s Café… It’s located in a
large inviting building and it’s obvious that the owners have spent quite a bit
of money to get their business up and running.
The chalk board lists some of the dinner
items served at Elvira’s Café. At the time
of our visit, they only served dinner on Fridays and Saturdays…when tourist
traffic in the area peaks.
The interior of the restaurant is spacious,
with lots of space between tables. As
you can see, it is modestly decorated but bright and cheerful. One positive is that there was a bottle of
Tabasco on every table!
The restaurant has gained some positive
notoriety in the area. It received an
upbeat review from ‘Grub Spouse’, the restaurant reviewer who is regularly published
in the Knoxville News Sentinel. You can
check out his comments by clicking on http://www.knoxville.com/news/2013/mar/25/knoxville-dining-elviras-cafe-wears-valley/.
We like the open kitchen concept. The food preparation process can easily be
viewed by the Elvira’s customers. We’ve
been told that the owner of this center of ‘down home country cooking’ is a
Russian emigrant. Go figure! Well, we are after all, the Land of Opportunity!
Now it’s time for breakfast! This is Laurie’s meal…2 eggs over easy, hash
browns and bacon. An order of toast was
on the side. Everything was well
prepared and the bacon was good…but the portions of bacon, (2 strips), and the hash
browns were on the small side.
Sorry about this sideways photo... It looks right in my album but when I entered it into the blog it appeared like this and I couldn't figure out how to reorient it. In any case, I ordered my usual…sausage patties, 2
eggs over easy, toast and hash browns.
No complaints although I would have liked a few more hash browns. The sausage had a nice flavor…
Because our friend Larry, (aka. http://bigdudesramblings.blogspot.com) had
given us a very favorable review of Elvira’s biscuits and sausage gravy, Laurie
and I split this side dish. We have to
concur with Larry’s input… This was the best biscuit and gravy we’ve had since
moving to East Tennessee!
Trip Advisor’s reviewers have provided
very positive feedback regarding Elvira’s Café.
At my last reading, there were 60 Excellent or Very Good Reviews vs.
4 Poor and 0 Terrible Reviews. I
always look for a ‘positive to negative ratio’ of around 10:1, and Elvira’s
more than meets that criteria.
We did think that the prices at Elvira’s
were a bit high for what we ordered.
Some Trip Advisor contributors thought so too… The food was good and the
service was OK too. Elvira’s Café is
located at 4743 Wears Valley Road, (US Hwy. 321), near Sevierville
Tennessee. Phone: 865-366-2263. They are closed on Sundays.
To check out Trip Advisor’s reviews for
Elvira’s Café, just go to http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g55328-d3732865-Reviews-Elvira_s_Cafe-Sevierville_Tennessee.html.
Elvira’s Café is also on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/ElvirasCafe,
as well as Twitter at: https://twitter.com/elviracafe1. We will return for the biscuits and gravy!!
Just click on any of the photos to
enlarge them…
Thanks for stopping by for a visit!
Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
aah David I love the place and the food look yum!!
ReplyDelete(but yogurt is good for you too LOL)
xo
I hate we didn't have a chance to go with you for your first visit - maybe later.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious breakfast! Here in Sicily people usually have only an espresso for breakfast, sometimes maybe with a croissant. Those hash browns look delicious, I would love to try them.
ReplyDeleteDear David, A long drive, but as you say if it was a nice day,why not?
ReplyDeleteThe portions do look a little on the small side.
At least it was tasty and the gravy and biscuits were good.
Blessings, Catherine