Townsend, Tennessee,
billed as the "Peaceful Side of the Smokies",
has a lot to offer the traveler who visits the Smokies.
A major gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, Townsend also offers the easiest access to Cades
Cove, which happens to be the most popular attraction
in the most popular park. A lesser known fact is that
Townsend also happens to be the home of the best trout
farm restaurant in the Smokies area.
The Tuckaleechee Trout
Farm Restaurant, owned and operated by Larry and  Sue
Smith, simply serves good food, with good service, at
a good price. You can order fresh-caught trout from the
menu or catch your own from their spring-fed ponds (the
spring pumps 1,000 gallons per minute), and the staff
will prepare your fresh-caught trout for you.
The trout is fried
or broiled to your taste and served with fresh vegetables
(in season) and the best hushpuppies we've ever had. We
always save  room
for some of their blackberry cobbler with vanilla ice
cream (they also have other fresh fruit cobblers).
We prefer the trout,
but the Smiths also serve steak, chicken, and fried shrimp
dinners. They even have hamburgers for those who haven't
discovered the pleasure of fresh trout. |
