Dining in an English/American Historic Village

We moved down to East Tennessee almost 4 years ago and most of our local exploration has been limited to back road adventures south and west of Knoxville.  We’ve only visited the north valley or the Cumberland Plateau a handful of times.

One of the places we repeatedly discussed that we’d like to explore is the historic old English-American settlement of Rugby Tennessee.  It’s on the plateau north and a bit west of Oak Ridge…right at the south edge of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. (More on historic Rugby itself in an upcoming blog)

The simple fact is that when we arrived in Rugby it was time for lunch!  

Rugby is fairly isolated and the Harrow Road Café is the only restaurant in town.  It was built in 1985 in the fashion of the historic structures that comprise the historic homes and buildings in the town. 

Trip Advisor has posted 18 reviews of the restaurant to date…with 17 ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’ comments and only 1 comment that was rated ‘Terrible’. I generally like these kinds of odds when I’m looking for a restaurant in Trip Advisor. 

Laurie took 3 or 4 photos of the inside of Harrow Road Café.  It has a clean, bright and airy dining area with the beams and wood giving it a faux English feel… The restaurant seats 80 diners.

My luncheon entrée came with a dinner salad.  It was perfectly adequate while the blue cheese salad dressing was truly excellent! 

One disappointment was the rolls… The dinner rolls that our waitress gave us were warm and they were pretty good…but the menu made a big deal about the ‘spoon rolls’ that are served with the meals.  These were definitely not ‘spoon rolls’.  Maybe you had to ask for them…or maybe they’re only served with dinner?  More likely, they hadn’t made any on the day of our visit.  You can find a recipe for these spoon rolls at http://www.historicrugby.org/dining-in-rugby.php.

We both decided to go with the English themed items on the menu.  I ordered the ‘Bangers and Mash’.  I was very happy and pleasantly surprised with the ‘mash’ portion of my luncheon.  Basically, it was a fried potato patty that contained cabbage and then it was covered with dark brown gravy.  It doesn’t look too great but it worked just fine…very tasty indeed!

I’ve had English ‘bangers’ before and this sausage wasn’t anything like a ‘banger’.  It was a small link of Polish Kielbasa, sliced in half and fried.  It was OK but it wasn’t English and it also was what I would call a small portion.  My doctor would have approved of its size…    

Laurie ordered the ‘Fish and Chips’ with cole slaw.  The slaw and the ‘chips’ were OK but the fried fish just didn’t hit the spot.  It was edible but it tasted a little fishy.  We’ve had far better in many other restaurants.

Other English items on the menu include Welsh Rarebit…something I ate a lot of with my Scottish stepfather when I was a teenager…and Shepherd’s Pie, another of his standard favorites.  Beyond the English fare, there are quite a few of the usual sandwiches and entrees to choose from.

Laurie and I were tempted by the dessert menu and we settled on spitting a slice of buttermilk coconut pie.  It just didn’t make it for us.  It was cold…even at room temperature it would have been better.  Perhaps this pie is supposed to be served cold, in which case we’ll skip it in the future. 

Our waitress was nice…pleasant and efficient.  The food was OK if not great.  The price was OK too…$21.55 before our tip.  We would give it 3 stars or ‘dots’ in our review.  The Harrow Road Café currently has 4 stars in Trip Advisor.  It is the only choice in town and it’s a pretty significant drive to an alternative dining location.  You can check out the reviews in Trip Advisor at: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g55311-d2219594-Reviews-Harrow_Road_Cafe-Rugby_Tennessee.html.

The Harrow Road Café is located on Tennessee Highway 52/Central Avenue in Rugby.  The actual address is 5545 TN 52.  Phone: 423-628-2350.  I couldn’t find a website for the restaurant.  The restaurant is operated by the Historic Rugby non-profit organization…

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Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

Cruising the Back Roads of East Tennessee

With the advent of spring and early summer, Laurie and I are once again out cruising along the back roads of East Tennessee. In the next few months, we’ll expand our road trips to include the northeastern part of the state as well as North Carolina and northern Georgia. 

There’s nothing famous or particularly historical about this old gas station at the intersection of a gravel road and a local highway…except that it’s still in one piece and it’s well maintained!  Sitting at the edge of a farmer’s field, I suspect that he’s the one who has kept his eye on this former Gulf station.  Kudos to whomever for their care of this striking stone structure!

Here’s another former Gulf Gas Station…and also a former general store, post office and residence.  This building is located in Morgan County just a bit west of historic Rugby Tennessee on TN Rte. 52.  It was built by Robert Marion Brooks in the early 1930’s.  He expanded it twice, adding the attached house and then storerooms on two sides.  His wife was Nettie Rosenbaum Brooks and they were married in 1916.

When Laurie took this photo on a recent Saturday, a couple of locals were using the building as a site for their weekend flea market.

Here’s a clutter-free photo of the store that I borrowed from the Internet.  This building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.  It served as the post office for nearby Rugby from 1957 until 1999.  In 1959, the word was out that the post office might be closed.  Senator Estes Kefauver passed through on TN 52 and was greeted with a sign saying “Save our post office”.  Between the Senator and then Congressman Howard Baker, the store was designated as Rugby’s rural contract post office.  It served as the center of Rugby’s political life for many years.

For an interesting story and many details about life centered at the store and in the surrounding area, just read the following narrative written by R.M. and Nettie’s granddaughter, Linda Sue (Brooks) Jones back in 1992 when the store was still open: http://www.tngenweb.org/scott/fnb_v4n1_rm_brooks_store.htm.

This is the ca. 1881 homestead of Bruno Gernt, one of the founders of Allardt Tennessee. (Population: 634 in 2010) The home can be rented for special events and one can opt to rent it for a vacation as well. 

Once the railroads opened up this area, with the assistance of Frederick Allardt, Bruno Gernt planned this community.  Frederick died in Michigan and never made the move, but Bruno settled in the area, bringing with him German settlers from Michigan and also from Germany.  He named the town in Frederick’s honor. 

Bruno Gernt, (1851-1932), was born in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.  After immigrating to Michigan in 1873, he visited the Cumberland Plateau ca. 1879 and by 1881 he’d planned, designed and begun colonization of Allardt.  He visualized a colony of farms and industry and with his wife and 8 children he pioneered the county’s oil, timber and coal industries.

It’s safe to say that he and his descendants were successful.  Today the Estate of Bruno Gernt Inc. encompasses the Allardt Land Company and East Fork Stables.  The company controls about 12,000 acres with over 100 miles of horse trails.  The company’s equestrian developments include The Highlands at Big South Fork, White Oak, Clark Range West and Stockton Meadows. 

This is the Joe Young house in Allardt Tennessee.  The street next to this house has been renamed Joe Young’s Street…and it is listed in the NRHP, so he must have been important to this town.  This magnificent house was built in 1928.  The only reference I could find regarding Joe Young was a marriage in 1897 to a Miss Julia Moody…so he must have been an early settler in the area.

Did I mention that the current Mayor of Allardt is Phillip Gernt?  He is apparently a great grandson of the town’s founder? To hear Mayor Gernt speak, just click on this link: http://www.wbir.com/dontmiss/137531/207/Why-do-they-call-it-that-Allard.

This is the last of the National Register of Historic Places that we could find in Allardt Tennessee. Somehow we missed seeing the Gernt Office…must have driven right by it.  In any case, this is the Allardt/First Presbyterian Church.  This Gothic Revival structure was built in 1903.  In addition to being a place of worship, this church serves several other needs…as a meeting place for Narcotics Anonymous/Freedom Group and as a sponsor for “Second Harvest’s Food for Kids” efforts.

One other note of importance regarding Allardt… In October of every year, it is the home of “The Great Pumpkin Festival and Weigh-Off”!  In 2010, one pumpkin weighed in at 1,331 lbs.!  For more on this festival, just go to http://allardtpumpkinfestival.com/.

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Thanks for joining us on our Saturday drive along the back roads of East Tennessee!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

Pizza at Pero’s On The Hill!

When we visited Pero’s On The Hill in Knoxville the first time, we had gyros with an excellent Tzatziki sauce.  While finishing our lunch, one of the owners, Sammy Peroulas, came over to our table to ask us if we’d enjoyed our meal.  We then got into a discussion about his Italian meat sauce, which he uses with his Carnivore Pizza.  He gave us a bowl to taste it…and it was very, very good.

For more on that first visit to Pero's, you can click on the following:   http://bigdaddydavesbitsandpieces.blogspot.com/2013/06/dining-out-greek-italian-american.html.

So, based on that great meat sauce as well as our desire to find good pizza in East Tennessee, we once again made the trip to Pero’s!  We really haven’t had a really good pizza since we moved here from East Tennessee…but we’re always hopeful!

This is the front dining room at Pero’s On The Hill.  In the background, you can see the center of the pizza production…the pizza dough press and the pizza oven.  The pizza toppings are lined up behind the counter.  Sam is the pizza master here at Pero’s although our very helpful and efficient waitress, Britney, is also a pizza chef.

Laurie ordered this ‘little’ 10-inch pizza.  She had it topped with tomato sauce, cheese, green olives, pepperoni and the house sausage. ($9.75) It was much larger than 10 inches!  The crust was perfect, crispy and thin!  She rated this as the best pizza she’s had in East Tennessee since we moved down here 4 years ago…

Pizza’s at Pero’s On The Hill come in 3 basic sizes…10, 12 and 14 inch.  Toppings include: onions and green peppers; ground beef; Italian sausage; sun dried tomatoes; grilled chicken; fresh tomatoes; mushrooms; gyro meat; spinach; bacon; house sausage; jalapeno; feta cheese; artichokes; pepperoncini; anchovies; green olives; meatballs; pepperoni; ham; pineapple; black olives, and capers. 

You guessed it!!  For me it was all about that 10-inch Carnivore Pizza. ($12.85) This meat lover’s dream is topped with Pero’s terrific marinara meat sauce, pepperoni, Italian Sausage, house sausage, ham, ground beef and bacon…with cheese!  As loaded as this pizza was, I was pleased and surprised that the crust held up almost until I finished devouring this meaty challenge.  I must admit that all of this meat was a little overwhelming, even for a carnivore like me.  It was a very good pizza and I concur with Laurie…this was the best pizza we’ve had in East Tennessee.  Next time I’ll stick with my usual though…pepperoni and Italian sausage. ($8.75)

The menu at Pero’s On The Hill includes many American, Greek and Italian favorites in addition to a long list of sandwiches and the pizza…which comes with red, white or pesto sauces.  Pero’s is open daily for lunch and dinner.  The restaurant is located at 7706 South Northshore Drive in Knoxville Tennessee.  Phone: 865-694-6900.  Pero’s On The Hill’s website is at http://www.perosonthehill.com/.

Just click on any of the pizza photos in order to get a closer look at all that goodness! 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out our latest pizza adventure in East Tennessee…

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

A ‘Peaceful’ Sunday at Home…

This past Sunday wasn’t going to be peaceful no matter what!  With 9 members of Laurie’s extended family visiting on Tuesday…all of them for the first time…we figured that Sunday would be the first of two days of leisurely housecleaning and yard work…

It just didn’t work out that way!

We are technically challenged, that’s for sure!  Our friend Joel came by to program our new Charter controller.  We couldn’t understand the directions and figure out how to do it ourselves…sad, we know!  After spending 2 minutes completing what we couldn’t, Joel then showed me how to handle a problem on my desktop computer. 

Joel is also one of our ‘cat sitting’ friends.  In preparation for our summer vacation, Laurie started walking him through her exacting instructions for taking care of our cat, J.D.  But, as we walked  through our master bedroom and bath to one of the ways to get to our screened in porch at the back of the house, we discovered a ‘little’ problem!

As we came through the bathroom to the screened in porch, we all noted this awful “dead rat” odor!  It was the dreaded propane smell that we’d been warned about if we ever experienced a leak...  It smelled so bad that our cat J.D. wouldn’t even go out on the porch!  And he really loves that porch!  We use propane for our dual-fuel HVAC unit, our water heater, fire place and for our outdoor grill.  Unlike J.D., our immediate thought was ‘will we blow up with our house?’ 

So…we put out an emergency call to our propane provider.  After warning us about the cost of an emergency call on Sunday, Mike (Tellico Propane) made the drive to our house.  After checking and rechecking, he found that the regulator on the tank was the culprit.  Then the real fun began… As you can see above, our 500 gallon tank is buried and the control valve is inside that protective dome shown above.

Note: The photo shown above was taken the next morning after the digging, transplanting and filling in was completed…and all of our ‘evil’ thoughts had dissipated.

While Mike went to get parts, we scrapped off all of the mulch around the dome and loaded it in a wheelbarrow.  Then we cut down the landscape grass next to the dome and Laurie dug up, divided & replanted 36 hostas!  Did I mention that the humidity was through the roof!  Sweat was pouring down…

This was the culprit…the regulator valve for our propane tank.  Mike needed to remove the dome so he could get to this unit, and then have the room to use the proper tools to remove it and tightly replace it.  The clay was packed around the dome and then Mike discovered that the dome had a welded piece holding it on the top of the tank.  Thanks to his persistence and desire to please the customer, after a long time and a lot of sweat, he finally popped the weld joint and was able to replace the control valve.  Then it was time for me to help fill in the hole and then replace the mulch…

But wait!  That wasn’t the end of our ‘easy paced’ stress-free housecleaning Sunday…

See that dome out in a corner of our backyard… That’s our tank that works in conjunction with our local sewage system.  See the dirt spot near the tank in the pine straw!  We’d had about 4” of rain the previous day and our downspouts are buried… Water was just bubbling up like a little spring from that spot and we assumed that it was just the rain water draining off the land from all the recent rainfall.  Mike from the propane company checked it out and told us that it was sewer water!

Too bad that we didn’t take a picture while the water was still bubbling up!  It did look like a pretty little spring…  In any case, another emergency Sunday call was made, this time to the local water utility!  He confirmed the problem, turned off the system and scheduled a crew to dig up the pipe and fix the problem.  It was later discovered that a seal had been blown and it had been leaking for some time.

The upshot of all this was that no housecleaning or yard work was accomplished… We ended up scrambling on Monday in order to get everything done in time for our family visit… Such is life…but thanks to our local utility and especially to Mike from Tellico Propane, our Sunday surprises were resolved and all was well when the company arrived.

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Thanks for stopping by and sharing our stress filled Sunday with us!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave and Laurie

Breakfast at Tellico Grill - Loudon TN

As I’ve mentioned many times previously, we love to eat breakfast out…and we’re always looking for a really good place to start our morning with a hearty meal.

We were happy to hear that Tellico Grill in Loudon Tennessee had started serving breakfast!  We’d been here a couple of times for lunch or dinner and the food had been pretty decent… We were hopeful indeed!

This is an old photo from very early spring… Tellico Grill is located at 222 Ritchie Road in Loudon Tennessee.  Phone: 865-458-2210.  The Grill is on Facebook and they now have a website too... http://tellicogrill.com/

With late spring now in force, we thought that it would be appropriate to share this very appealing outdoor dining space with those who live near or might pass through the area around Loudon, Lenoir City or Tellico Village Tennessee.

Here’s an updated view of the interior of Tellico Grill around the front counter and hostess station.  Note: One waitress told us that the owner is considering removal of those uncomfortable bench seats in the booths and along the walls. (We would endorse that idea!)

Here is the breakfast menu at Tellico Grill.  It’s not very extensive but the prices are reasonable and it does cover all the basics…including the currently popular and trendy waffles and fried chicken. (I like waffles and fried chicken…but not at the same time!)

Laurie ordered ‘Faldo’s French Toast’…flavored with a touch of cinnamon and vanilla, sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with butter and syrup.  Laurie added the optional fresh fruit and Cool Whip. (Total = $7.45) She enjoyed her French toast but the application of the Cool Whip left didn’t help the presentation aspect of her meal…

Despite the fact that in general the menu seems reasonably priced, $7.45 seems a bit much for what she received.

I stuck with a standard breakfast…two eggs over easy the local farm raised sausage patties, crispy hash browns and toast. ($5.95) The eggs were fine and the hash browns were perfect.  I didn’t care for the flavor of the sausage…but that could be personal preference.  The patties were a little overcooked.  The toast was fine but I could only find a speck of butter on one piece. (Perhaps it was an attempt to help me with my cholesterol?) They did have my Tabasco in stock for this visit!

In summary, our breakfast was OK.  However, breakfast at the nearby Toqua Grill/Clubhouse is better and if we wanted to drive a little bit, the best breakfast that we’ve found in this area to date is at the Midway Restaurant in Alcoa Tennessee.

A few locals have given us some feedback on the Tellico Grill.  Some really like the food and have had good service… Others have complained about the service.  Still others feel that the prices on the new lunch and dinner menu are too high.  We’ve even heard a couple of negatives re: food quality.  We haven’t had dinner at the Grill since the new menu published, so we’re reserving our judgment until we give it a try.  We are hoping for the best!

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Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

Dining Out: Greek-Italian-American!

While perusing our ‘Lifestyle’ discounted dining options, which expires on May 31^st, I decided to go on-line to check out a casual restaurant that was a bit off our normal route to run errands.  I discovered a menu that included Greek, Italian and normal non-ethnic American cuisine. 

We’ve been looking for Greek and Italian food ever since we arrived in East Tennessee… While we’ve found good Italian pasta, (See Willie’s Restaurant at: http://bigdaddydavesbitsandpieces.blogspot.com/2013/05/willies-restaurant-rebooted-seymour-tn.html), up until now we’ve struck out as regards Greek cuisine.  

So, on a very recent drive to Knoxville to run some errands, we deviated from our normal route and we ended up here, at Pero’s On The Hill on South Northshore Drive in Knoxville.  As usual for us, it was a bit after lunchtime… 

This is just one view of the facilities and dining areas at Pero’s.  Note the counter seating right in front of the pizza oven!  Customers can sit at the counter and watch their pizza being made.  We watched Sammy Peroulas, (hence the name Pero’s), forming a couple of great looking thin pizza crusts.

This is one view of the back dining room at Pero’s On The Hill.  Pero’s is truly a big restaurant with lots of seating…

This is the bar that’s located in the back dining room at Pero’s On The Hill.  We noted that a jazz group performs at Pero’s every Friday night from 6:30 PM until 9:30 PM. 

This is the front dining room where we had our lunch at Pero’s.  Our waitress, Briteny, was very helpful and informative.  She was the pizza maker but has now moved up to a waitress position… Briteny is a big cheerleader for the owners, Sammy Peroulas and Chandler Goff, as well as for the restaurant itself! 

If the weather is nice and you like to eat outdoors, Pero’s On The Hill provides this attractive patio area as another dining option.

OK…now onto lunch itself! 

Gyros are one of our favorite foods…and they are not readily available in East Tennessee.  Up until now, the best gyros we’d found were provided at a booth at the Sweetwater Tennessee Flea Market!

The key to good gyros is the Tzatziki Sauce…and the sauce here at Pero’s was as good as any we’d had in Chicago.  It was nice and garlicky with just the right ‘bite’ on the flavor buds!  For my side, I chose the sautéed spinach, also with lots of garlic… It was very good!

Laurie also had the Gyros… Given the garlic in the sauce, it’s almost mandatory that a couple that plans to spend the rest of the day together, has Gyros together as well!  For her side, she ordered the Greek Potato Salad…and it was another winner!

Regarding the gyros meat itself… It was cut or sliced quite a bit thinner than what we were used to in Chicago.  The flavor was there but the thinner slices don’t have the texture that we had grown accustomed to.  Nevertheless, you can be assured that we will partake of this gyros treat again!

This is Pero’s On The Hill’s special $5.00 weekday luncheon menu!  What a deal!  Our Lifestyle discount didn’t apply to this special menu…but for this price, who cares? 

The regular menu includes such items as Spanakopita, Tiropita, a Hummus Plate, Greek Fries, Greeksadillas, a Greek Salad, Greek Burger, Pasticcio and Souvlaki, all topped off by Baklava.

So… Sammy aka Sam came over to our table to ask us how we liked our lunch.  He may have noticed that we were taking photos and raptly watching him make thin crust pizzas.  He mentioned that he has a Carnivore pizza that’s topped with their great spaghetti meat sauce.  I told him that it would be hard to top the meat sauce at Willie’s in Seymour.  He muttered something about my ‘throwing down the gauntlet’ and headed for the kitchen.  He came back with a cup of warm meat sauce and 2 spoons!  The sauce was so good that we forgot to take a photo until it was too late.  I had to concede that his meat sauce was at least as good as Willie’s…

The menu at Pero’s On The Hill includes many American and Italian favorites in addition to a plethora of sandwiches and pizza with red, white or pesto sauces.  Pero’s is open daily for lunch and dinner.  The restaurant is located at 7706 South Northshore Drive in Knoxville Tennessee.  Phone: 865-694-6900.  Pero’s On The Hill’s website is at http://www.perosonthehill.com/.

We did return to try the pizza…and that visit will be featured in an upcoming blog to be published in the next few days.

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Thanks for stopping by and helping us with our search for quality ethnic dining in East Tennessee!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave

Creamery Park Grill – Knoxville TN

Following our safari adventure northeast of Knoxville at Circle G Ranch, (For more on that experience, see last Friday’s Blog), it was time for lunch.  I had another ‘Lifestyle’ 2 for 1 discount that we could use.  Another plus is that our restaurant of choice was a bit out of our normal range on the far north side of Knoxville…and we seized the opportunity as this dining spot was almost on our way home.

This is a street view of the Creamery Park Grille in the Fountain City neighborhood of Knoxville.  This restaurant has been around since 1994, so next year it will have been in business for 20 years…no mean feat in the restaurant business!

The first settlement at the site that is now Fountain City was Ft. Adair, a post built in 1791 to protect settlers and trappers from the Cherokee Indians.  A settlement grew up around the fort and it was called Grassy Valley.  In 1828, a grandson of John Sevier, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sevier), built the Fountain Head Methodist Church which in turn was followed by the Fountain Head Revival Campground… These revivals would draw up to 2,000 people.  In 1885, the campground was relocated and the land was sold to a developer.  A 50-room hotel was built and the town continued to grow.  But when a post office was established, the name ‘Fountain Head’ had already been taken by another town, so ‘Fountain City’ was chosen instead.

Here’s a view of the sidewalk and the covered outdoor tables for those who don’t mind eating next to a roadway and parked cars. 

Trip Advisor gives Creamery Park Grille 4.5 out of 5.0 possible points.  Eighteen patrons rated this restaurant either excellent or very good…while 1 rated it average and another diner gave it a poor review. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g55138-d414100-Reviews-Creamery_Park_Grille-Knoxville_Tennessee.html. 

This is the interior of the restaurant.  It isn’t a big place, that’s for sure!  But, it is cozy and to some degree it feels like someone’s home, certainly not like the well-known restaurant that it is…

After 3 years of significant resistance, Fountain City was annexed by Knoxville in 1962 as that city focused on expanding its tax base.  At the time, Fountain City was the largest unincorporated suburb in the USA.  At the ceremony marking the actual annexation, Fountain City’s leaders staged a mock funeral and surrendered a symbolic sword to the mayor of Knoxville.

Laurie ordered the Beer Battered Cod Plate, which came with 2 sides ($10.99) For her side dishes, she chose coleslaw and the Cheesy Potato Casserole.  She loved the fried cod, the coleslaw was very nice and the potatoes were excellent!

The menu includes a number of starters such as soup, quiche, sweet potato French fries, spring rolls and onion rings.  There are also 6 salads to choose, which can be ordered as a half-sandwich/salad combo. 

I ordered the Chicken Fritter Platter, which came with one side ($9.99) Basically, this consisted of 4 chicken ‘tenders’, breaded and deep fried and cup of coleslaw.  The chicken was accompanied with mustard sauce.  The breading was nice and crisp and the portion was plentiful…but the chicken lacked any definitive flavor.  For my taste, it was just OK…

The menu at Creamery Park Grill also includes a number of sandwiches.  These include hamburgers, grilled chicken, Triple Grilled Cheese, a Crab Cake Sandwich, and a choice of egg, tuna or a Chipotle melt.  Platters and other items include a BBQ platter, crab cakes, shrimp and grits, a pasta dish and a Mongolian pork chop. 

This is another photo of the restaurant…looking back toward the windows where we were sitting.  The black board adds a little more of that ‘homey’ feel to the ambience. 

The price was right, we liked the warm and casual ambience of the place, the service provided by Andrea was very pleasant…and as noted previously, our food ranged from excellent to good…very competent. This restaurant prides itself in serving as many items made with local products and/or ingredients as is possible. 

Creamery Park Grille is located at 114 Hotel Avenue in Knoxville Tennessee.  Phone: 865-688-4607.  For more information, including a look at the menu, just click on the following:  http://www.creameryparkgrille.com/Creamery_Park_Grille/Welcome.html.

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Thanks for stopping by and sharing our lunch with us!

Take Care, Big Daddy Dave