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Traveling To Smokey Mt. National Park

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Has anyone had experience eating in the area?

We will be camping and therefore cooking a lot of my meals but a meal out several times while there would be nice. We will be staying in Townsend, TN for hiking in the park (about 18 miles from Gatlinburg) but going to Gatlinburg so my SD can go shopping and thought that would be a good time to eat out too.

I have an online site with listings of resturuants but if anyone already had experience, that would narrow down my search.

Also, due to space limitations, we are NOT taking too much food except for some of my snacks and plan on shopping locally. Thanks...

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Has anyone had experience eating in the area?

We will be camping and therefore cooking a lot of my meals but a meal out several times while there would be nice. We will be staying in Townsend, TN for hiking in the park (about 18 miles from Gatlinburg) but going to Gatlinburg so my SD can go shopping and thought that would be a good time to eat out too.

I have an online site with listings of resturuants but if anyone already had experience, that would narrow down my search.

Also, due to space limitations, we are NOT taking too much food except for some of my snacks and plan on shopping locally. Thanks...

I see this was posted awhile back but I was wondering how eating in gatlinburg went? My son is celiac and we are going to gatlinburg next month and I am worried about places to eat. I will be taking alot of his food but I am sure there will be times that we are out and will need to grab something to eat. Any info you have will be great.

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We went during last spring break and ate breakfast and lunch in the room or picnic with gluten-free food I brought in a cooler. For dinner, we went to the Wendy's in downtown Gatlinburg and my son had the baked potato uncut and wrapped in foil. I brought pure butter for him to put on top and he got a Frosty and was very happy:)

kabowman Explorer
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We camped and hiked and ate our food almost exclusively. However, we spent one day shopping in Gatlinburg and ate at Texas Roadhouse for lunch. With all my problems, I didn't even try anything else but a few did look promising.

mcsteffi Rookie
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Thanks for the help. This will be my first trip since finding out my son has celiac and I am freaking out a bit. He is two so he can be a bit picky with his food! We are staying in a condo that has a full kitchen so I am going to pack a cooler of his food but I know everyone will want to eat out at least once. Guess I just need to do some homework. Is there a McDonalds there that you remember?

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I went to mcdonlds.com and found one in Gatlinburg at:

745 PARKWAY

GATLINBURG, TN 37738

Sorry I don't remember too much about the acutal town.

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There's an Outback in Sevierville, outside of Gatlinburg. I haven't eaten there but I notcied it while driving by on our last trip.

Are you planning on going to Dollywood during your visit? :)

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We are going in March to Knoxville, Bristol & Pigeon Forge so this is some good information. Been doing lots of research since this is our first real trip since hubby was diagnosed. He has been having lots of problems so we are both very cautious & worried. :huh: Still about 2 months till we leave so I can still do lots of reading....may be cross-eyed by then :lol:

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My hubby and I lived in Knoxville, TN all four years of college (graduated in 2002) and we honeymooned in the Smokies in 2001 therefore we are quite familiar with the Knoxville/Sevierville/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area. HOWEVER, when we lived there I was not yet diagnosed with celiac. We will be going on a second honeymoon in August to that area and I will be doing a lot of researching into the restaurants but right now I don't know much.

I'll share what little I do know now though....If you come through Sevierville on your way in to Pigeon Forge there are several grocery stores throughout and there is a Super Wal-Mart with a chick-fil-a right in front of it. Across from the Wal-Mart/Chick-fil-A is a Texas Roadhouse and I'm assuming that you can special order a meal that would be safe. When ordering steak or chicken I always ask for no marinade/no seasoning and request that it be grilled on foil (you can tell at a glance whether or not it has been prepared the way you asked). As far as the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg areas...there is an Outback near the end of the main strip in Gatlinburg and the McDonalds mentioned in another post is about in the center of Gatlinburg and will be on the right (assuming that you are coming into town from Pigeon Forge). There is a Hard Rock Cafe just as you enter the Gatlinburg main strip, but I haven't checked into their gluten-free options yet.

As far as Knoxville goes, whew...it mostly depends on which part of town you'll be staying or planning to visit. There are so many options and so many different restaurants there that it shouldn't be too difficult to find plenty of options. In my opinion, West Knoxville will probably be your best choice though (look for Kingston Pike addresses). I will try to post information on here as I find it in preparations for our trip in August. If you have specific questions about the area, you can email me....I'll try my best to help however I can.

I hope my babbling has helped somewhat...I'm getting so excited thinking about all of this....I absolutely LOVE Knoxville and the Smokies!! Good vacation choice!

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