Category: Local Dining

Soak up some rays and enjoy that summer breeze in Blue Ridge at these awesome waterfront restaurants. Sip on fruity cocktails and look out over the water as you enjoy your delicious meal with a view!

How about these hot summer days!? You can cool off in the waters of Lake Blue Ridge or inside the cabin with the A/C cranked. But we’ve found the best way to beat the heat on a hot summer’s day is with a scoop of ice cream! And who doesn’t love ice cream!? We have many great spots in North Georgia where you can grab the perfect scoop or snow cone. Check out our list of 11 area ice cream shops where you can cool off from the summer sun in the sweetest of ways!

Blue Ridge and the surrounding areas are home to dozens of wonderful restaurants and eateries, including a few great lunch spots. If you’re craving burgers, sandwiches, soups, or salads these 13 North Georgia Lunch Spots have just what you need to power up for the rest of your afternoons adventures.

Desserts and sweet treats are good anytime, anywhere, and in any season. But the Valentine’s Day season is almost upon us and there’s no better time for all that sugary goodness than now! So, put the veggies aside, cheat on your diet for a day (we promise we won’t tell), and treat yourself & your favorites to all the delicious desserts and sweet treats our little mountain town has to offer while you are on your Escape to Blue Ridge!

Fine dining is different at every restaurant, but there is something magical about having a fully prepared gourmet meal in the privacy of your luxurious mountain cabin. Lucky for us, so many of the finest award-winning international chefs have found their way to the Appalachian mountains, tired of the hassle of metropolitan restaurant life, and a few special ones chose to settle right here in Blue Ridge to share their talents.

S’mores. A favorite dessert for families and a fun time sitting around the firepit. A little graham cracker, a little marshmallow, a little chocolate is an amazing combination for the perfectly crafted s’mores, BUT how do you take your s’mores to the next level?

Cozy up this fall with a nice warm beverage from one of our local coffee shops. A delicious latte or cappuccino is just the pick me up you need on those chilly fall mornings.

In Blue Ridge there are amazingly diverse, reasonably priced, restaurants designed with families in mind. It’s not all just chicken fingers, tater tots, and buffet lines. Dining out with children, especially if you’re on a budget, is tough. But if you approach things differently, and look at it more as a family outing, you will be much more satisfied, and to be honest, so will the kids.

When visiting a new town, you always want to be “in the know” of the very best places to eat. After all, breaking bread with family & friends, savoring tasty new flavors, and experiencing the delicacies of the area is what vacation is all about! We hope from your cabin stay to your full bellies that your Escape to Blue Ridge experience is everything you could wish for and more. And we hope you never run out of delicious places to eat, so here are some of our favorite local restaurants.

Fine dining is different at every restaurant, but there are common threads woven through all of them. First, there is a Chef-inspired menu, with his or her signature, stamped on each offering. Unlike casual restaurants, fine dining service usually includes eating utensils that are a matched set, and have more weight than your summer camp mess hall offered you. Generally, there is a linen napkin to lay across your lap, water served in a glass vessel sans the local bank logo and the table legs hav