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These Restaurants Serve Classic Southern Dishes with a New Flair

There was a time when Southern dining in the Smokies meant a particular, down-home type flavor. But whatever it was, it was made the way your grandma – or somebody’s grandma – made it.

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If you have the time and the means, we recommend you try all three of these, but if you can only choose one....

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