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General => General Discussion & Topics => Restaurants, BBQ Joints and reviews => Topic started by: ACW3 on November 13, 2013, 07:24:48 PM

Title: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: ACW3 on November 13, 2013, 07:24:48 PM

Four of us stopped here for a late lunch last Thursday afternoon.  This was the top rated place to eat (according to Trip Advisor) in the Pigeon Forge area of TN.  We can see why.  I met the chief cook and bottle washer, Jason Thurston, and spent some time chatting with him.  Our friends ordered the fish tacos.  They tasted as good as they looked.  My wife ordered a beef burrito and she could only eat half of it.  I ordered the pulled pork taco with apple and peach salsa.  It was fantastic!  I would have described the salsa more like a chutney than a salsa for consistency.  I completely zoned out when the food came because I was starved.  Totally forgot to take pictures.  I was offered a sample of one of their new dishes, a beer battered slice of avocado.  OMG!!  It literally melted in your mouth.  I need to try to duplicate this delight.
 
Here are the few photos I did manage to take.

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Art

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: TentHunteR on November 13, 2013, 07:39:16 PM

Quote from: ACW3 on November 13, 2013, 07:24:48 PM

I was offered a sample of one of their new dishes, a beer battered slice of avocado.  OMG!!  It literally melted in your mouth.

Art

Wow that does sound good! Their prices look really reasonable too.

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: sliding_billy on November 13, 2013, 08:09:12 PM

Sounds great.

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: MJSBBQ on November 13, 2013, 09:33:57 PM

I think I remember seeing that place last month. We go through Townsend on the way to the Smokies to do our yearly hiking in the mountains. Next year I will definitely stop in and chow!

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: ACW3 on November 13, 2013, 10:12:50 PM

The Campfire Grill is actually part of a gas station!  I went to a really good French-style restaurant that was part of a gas station in Franklin, NC.  Don't judge the book by its cover.

Art

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: Hub on November 14, 2013, 10:27:20 AM

I'll have two Big Bacon Camp Burgers as an appetizer while I make up my mind on the entree  ;D

Hub

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: TwoPockets on November 14, 2013, 04:19:44 PM

Looks like my kind of place.

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: drholly on November 14, 2013, 05:18:32 PM

Looks and sounds great! Tell me some more about the beer battered avocado, please...

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: nepas on November 14, 2013, 05:33:28 PM

gotta love them small eating joints

Title: Re: Campfire Grill, Townsend, TN
Post by: pz on November 14, 2013, 08:04:29 PM

Looks like my kind of place - there is something warm about yellow/red/orange menus that draws me in