This is a blog of my five-week exploration of culinary experiences in North Carolina. Baaswell Sheep is accompanying me and offering his own commentary on the trip, although he refuses to go into any place that serves lamb chops.
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My companion continued with his remote work today, but he got over to an interesting place for dinner. Unfortunately, we once again forgot to snap a picture of breakfast at the inn (he's definitely not a morning person), but maybe tomorrow … we'll see.
My companion had seen this place in it's old location last year and has been back in Blue Ridge a couple of times since they moved to a bigger space just down the street from the Blue Ridge Inn, but for various reasons never got over there until today. It's an interesting mix of a bar and restaurant with about thirty pinball games and a handful of 80s/90s era arcade games (Centipede, Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac Man, etc.). The pinball games range from a few classics from probably the 1960s or 70s to some 80s/90s units and some early to mid 2000's units with early flat panel displays in the backboards. Those newer ones had a lot of fancy features, which made it hard to understand how to play them, so my companion found he preferred the classic games that were more straightforward. As far as the food, they claim to have the best smashburger in north Georgia, so he gave it a try and got me a chips and salsa. Being a regular at good Mexican restaurants, the salsa seemed a bit bland, but the chips were good, and my companion said the burger was pretty decent, though he prefers being able to get healthy toppings like lettuce and tomatoes.
Please note that all restaurant and product names are used simply for referential purposes and links provided as a courtesy. Reviews are the sole opinions of the reviewer: no restaurant has paid to be listed here, and no restaurant is being explicitly endorsed. In other words, go out there, try them all, and form your own opinions!
My companion had seen this place in it's old location last year and has been back in Blue Ridge a couple of times since they moved to a bigger space just down the street from the Blue Ridge Inn, but for various reasons never got over there until today. It's an interesting mix of a bar and restaurant with about thirty pinball games and a handful of 80s/90s era arcade games (Centipede, Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac Man, etc.). The pinball games range from a few classics from probably the 1960s or 70s to some 80s/90s units and some early to mid 2000's units with early flat panel displays in the backboards. Those newer ones had a lot of fancy features, which made it hard to understand how to play them, so my companion found he preferred the classic games that were more straightforward. As far as the food, they claim to have the best smashburger in north Georgia, so he gave it a try and got me a chips and salsa. Being a regular at good Mexican restaurants, the salsa seemed a bit bland, but the chips were good, and my companion said the burger was pretty decent, though he prefers being able to get healthy toppings like lettuce and tomatoes.
