Best Places to Eat in Blue Ridge, GA

Scattered throughout Fannin County are great places to eat! Combined with a small-town setting and the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains, food in and around Blue Ridge, Georgia, just tastes better. A lot of restaurants take inspiration from Appalachian culture and source fresh, local produce from North Georgia farmers. You’ll find great options in Blue Ridge, Ellijay, McCaysville, Morganton, and beyond.

Classic Blue Ridge restaurants (many right on Main St) include slow-cooked barbecue, fresh trout, and fried apple pies. Looking for variety? Try Polish, Italian, European, Mexican, and more Southern flavors! Be it breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack time, or cocktail hour, here’s where to eat for great food in Blue Ridge, GA.

Breakfast + Brunch

Piping stacks of pancakes, hen fruit just the way you like, buttered waffles, omelets, country ham, sausage sandwiches…Blue Ridge has everything you want for breakfast!

Amy’s Place
Blend Superfood Cafe & Market
Bumblebee’s Cafe
Iron Bridge General Store & Cafe
Mesquite
Pete’s Place
Royal Waffle King
Serenity Garden Cafe
Trailer Drive-In

Lunch
Roll up your sleeves for a yummy lunch in Blue Ridge, GA — featuring hickory-smoked bbq, Mexican favs, fresh pizza, chicken salad, tacos, hot wings, Cuban food, comfort foods, handcrafted sandwiches, tossed salads, Polish pierogies, and freshly caught trout!

Blue Jeans Pizza & Pasta
Blue Ridge Mountain Bar-B-Q
Burra Burra on the River
Carroll’s Barbeque
El Rio Mexican Restaurant
Flying Trout Restaurant
Margo’s Gourmet Polish Kitchen
Mercier Orchards
Rum Cake Lady: Cuban Cafe
Sublime Roots
Twisted Tomato

Dinner
After hiking in the Chattahoochee National Forest, exploring Blue Ridge Adventure Park, or riding horses, you’ll be hankering for a good meal, with great options for entrees, appetizers, desserts, and drinks. Dinner options in Blue Ridge, GA, include pasta, fried calamari, crab cake, pan seared chicken, meatloaf, filet mignon, hearty burgers, shrimp and grits…you name it…all with plenty of Southern charm for a great dining experience! Many offer outdoor seating as well, so you can enjoy an al fresco meal on a nice day.

Black Sheep Restaurant Bar & Patio
Boat Dock Bar & Grill at Lake Blue Ridge Marina
Cantaberry Restaurant
Chester Brunnemeyer’s Bar & Grill
Circle J Family Steakhouse
Cucina Rustica
Cucinella’s Pizzeria
Harvest on Main
High Ridge Peddler Steakhouse
Masseria Kitchen & Bar
Misty Mountain Hops
Monte Alban Mexican Restaurant
Whiskey & Water — Seafood & Bourbon Bar

Appalachian Treats
Got a sweet tooth? Pair your picnic in the park or after-dinner walk with a mouthwatering dessert, like homemade fudge, cupcakes, or ice cream at the many sweet shops in downtown Blue Ridge. Or grab tea and cake or a European coffee drink with a chocolatey truffle!

Das Kaffee Haus
Happy Bear Ice Cream & Treats
Mona Lisa’s Dessert House
Moobears Ice Cream
The Chocolate Express
The Little Bakery
The Sweet Shoppe
Three Sisters Fudge
Tupelo Tea

Adult Drinks
Ah, just what you need after a long day playing in Blue Ridge — a craft beer, a glass of wine, or a shot of moonshine! Along with pubs and bars, there are 3 craft breweries in town, wineries spread across North Georgia (Wine Country on the East Coast), and a handful of moonshine distilleries in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Black Bear Bier Garten
Fightingtown Tavern
Georgia Wine Depot
Grandaddy Mimm’s Distilling Co.
Grumpy Old Men Brewing
The Blue Coyote
The Boro Inn: Irish Pub

Homemade Meals at the Cabin
While dining out in downtown Blue Ridge is great, sometimes it’s just nice to enjoy homemade recipe or order takeout at your North Georgia cabin rental. With scenic views of mountains, trees, or a river, mealtimes are extra special.

At Georgia Cabins for YOU, you can count on a fully equipped kitchen — with appliances, cooking tools, pots and pans, dishware, cutlery, glasses, mugs, and more — to help prepare yummy dishes you crave on vacation. Grab fresh ingredients from the local farmers market and whip up a 4-course feast if you like!

Many of our properties even feature a grill and picnic or outdoor dining table so you can host a cool mountain cookout with friends and family. Toss steaks or veggie burgers on the grill, pass around chips and treats as starters, and enjoy a flavorsome meal in nature together.

Along with cooking, you can save leftovers you make or reheat yesterday’s steak dinner in town for lunch. Some of our properties even have wet bars so you can mix up cocktails for a nightcap!

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