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Casual, walk-in
The Porch Grill
Lunch · Wed to Sun · 11:30a to 3p
Casual lunch off the back porch. Smashed burgers, smoked wings, cast-iron cornbread, a short cocktail list, ice-cold beer. Walk in muddy, eat with the helmet still on the table.
The Forge
Three rooms.
One building.
Three rooms in one building. A porch grill for trail riders, a bar that holds a wood-fired hearth, and a dining room that runs a prix fixe on Friday and Saturday nights.
Named after the iron-working shop that used to stand on the same footprint a hundred years ago. We kept the chimney, built the rest fresh, and put a wood-fired hearth where the forge used to sit.
Chef in residence runs a seasonal menu pulled from North Georgia and Western North Carolina growers. The mountain trout is local. So is everything on the cheese board.
Three rooms
Different room.
Different game.
The porch is loud and casual. The bar is warm and slow. The dining room is reservations only and takes its time. Pick the room, the food follows.
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Bar + live trail cams
The Hearth Bar
Bar & small plates · Thu to Sun · 4p to 11p
Wood-fired hearth in the middle of the room and a wall of screens above the back bar streaming live from the trail cams. Watch your buddy clear the switchbacks while you finish a whiskey flight. Full bar, regional whiskey list, in-house shrubs, hearth-fired small plates.
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Reservation only
The Dining Room
Prix fixe · Fri & Sat · two seatings, 6p & 8:30p
Four-course prix fixe from the chef in residence. Seasonal menu printed the day of. Reservations required, two seatings per night, the second runs slower for guests who want a long evening.
The Hearth Bar
Whiskey on the bar.
Trail cams on the wall.
Wall of screens above the back bar streams live from twelve trail and station cameras. Half sports bar, half ranger station. Watch your group climb the switchbacks. Wave at the trail cam, your buddy in the bar waves back. The drink program is real: regional spirits, in-house shrubs, six rotating drafts. Open Thursday through Sunday.
Regional whiskey list
Forty pours, weighted toward North Georgia and East Tennessee distilleries. Flights of three by region.
House cocktails, seasonal
Rotates four times a year. Shrubs and tonics made on-site. Featured cocktail printed on the menu, three others by request.
Beer
Six rotating drafts, all within a hundred miles. Cans for the porch.
Non-alcoholic
Two zero-proof cocktails on the menu year-round. House-made tonics, sodas, and a real coffee program.
Reservations
For the dining room.
The porch grill and bar are walk-in. The dining room runs prix fixe Friday and Saturday with two seatings.
Prix fixe
Four courses
$95/person, four courses. Wine pairing optional, $48/person. Reservations open 30 days out.
Buy out the room
Private dining
The dining room seats 38 and can be bought out for parties of 24 or more. Saturday slots fill 60 to 90 days ahead.
Policy
Cancellations
48-hour cancellation. Inside 48 hours we hold the deposit and credit a future booking within 90 days.
Make a weekend of it
Dinner is better
after a hundred birds.
Book a cabin Friday, shoot Saturday morning, prix fixe Saturday night. We'll line it all up so nobody has to drive after the wine pairing.