The Everett Hotel

Where to Eat and Drink Near Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Eater

"Just 13 miles southeast of the park, the Everett Hotel & Bistro in charming Bryson City feels (and tastes) like an upgraded campground cookout. The warm, rustic decor is outfitted with polished wood paneling, candelabras, landscape portraits, and antlers. It looks like an upscale mess hall, albeit a mess hall with a full bar and leather chairs. Ingredients are sourced as locally as possible, and the house specialty is trout, available as trout cakes with remoulade, or pan-seared in a cornmeal crust with red quinoa and baby spinach. Other Southern-tinged specialties, all of which are available for takeout, include she crab soup, grilled Springer Mountain Farms chicken with fig chutney and prosciutto, and the open-range meatloaf, a carnivorous feast made with four locally sourced meats: Creekstone beef, Durham Ranch bison, Border Springs lamb, and K&B Meat’s pork sausage. The Bistro also has breakfast (complimentary for hotel guests) and a drink list emphasizing wine and North Carolina beer." - Matt Kirouac