Food & Beverage Guide
We assigned each listing to the primary category we believe best suits the main dishes served at the location. For example, The High Test Deli & Sweet Shop is in “Cafés and Coffee” because in our opinion, the main focus is the deli. Also, our listings are all about local eateries and do not include national chains.
Heavenly Fudge on Everett Street has been handcrafting fudge and chocolates using copper kettle recipes since 1976. Bonus: ice cream!
A family-owned Mexican restaurant in Bryson City that has been serving authentic, scratch-made cuisine for more than ten years. Order the Chori Pollo.
Cardinal Coffee is a fair-trade espresso bar and community gathering spot housed in a restored 1900s farmhouse just outside of downtown Bryson City.
Bryson City Bakery bakes all of its pastries from scratch daily, laminating its own dough for croissants, morning buns, and cardamom buns. Great coffee!
Mountain Perks Espresso Bar & Café serves a full espresso and Frappuccino menu, creative wraps, bagel specialties, quiche, soups, salads, and more. Enjoy!
Box Car Café & Cones serves hand-pattied burgers, hot dogs with homemade chili and slaw, thick milkshakes, and hand-dipped ice cream in a 1950s-themed diner.
Authentic Mexican cuisine with a riverside patio overlooking the Tuckasegee River, a broad menu and a full bar with margaritas that must be mentioned.
More than twenty years in the heart of Bryson City, Pasqualino's delivers classic Italian dining with candlelit ambiance, full bar, late hours, and a gluten-free program.
Go-to spot for pizza, pasta, and a cold beer since 1990. Sit on the porch to eat. Full bar, generous portions, and a menu that covers everyone in the group.
Bryson City's original downtown craft brewery pours a rotating tap list from a two-level taproom with a rooftop deck overlooking the Smoky Mountains.
La Dolce Vita is a house-roasting café and bakery on Everett Street serving creative signature lattes, house-baked bagels and biscuits, and loaded brunch plates.
Authentic Mexican cuisine on Everett Street with fresh-squeezed margaritas, bold flavors, and some of the best salsa in Bryson City. Open late seven days a week.
Step inside a piece of Bryson City history at this craft brewery and restaurant along the Smoky Mountain Railroad, pouring 14 house beers and full meals.
A Bryson City institution serving made-to-order deli sandwiches and hot pressed specialty subs. Hard Top frozen ice cream sandwiches voted Best in NC!
Bryson City's most beloved breakfast spot, ranked among the top restaurants in town. Please come hungry, come early, and expect to leave feeling like family.
A lively bar and grill right across from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad with a covered outdoor deck, pool tables, live music, and some of the best wings.
Wize Guyz Grille on Main Street serves Angus burgers, wings in fourteen sauces, pizza, pasta, and a full bar from a spacious downtown location with a patio.
The Chocolate Shoppe in Bryson City offers handmade chocolates, fresh-made fudge, caramel apples, brittles, specialty popcorn, & hand-dipped ice cream.
A family-run winery tucked into the hills above Bryson City, pouring handcrafted award-winning wines from a converted barn with stunning mountain deck views.
Heavenly Fudge on Everett Street has been handcrafting fudge and chocolates using copper kettle recipes since 1976. Bonus: ice cream!
A family-owned Mexican restaurant in Bryson City that has been serving authentic, scratch-made cuisine for more than ten years. Order the Chori Pollo.
Cardinal Coffee is a fair-trade espresso bar and community gathering spot housed in a restored 1900s farmhouse just outside of downtown Bryson City.
Bryson City Bakery bakes all of its pastries from scratch daily, laminating its own dough for croissants, morning buns, and cardamom buns. Great coffee!
Mountain Perks Espresso Bar & Café serves a full espresso and Frappuccino menu, creative wraps, bagel specialties, quiche, soups, salads, and more. Enjoy!
Box Car Café & Cones serves hand-pattied burgers, hot dogs with homemade chili and slaw, thick milkshakes, and hand-dipped ice cream in a 1950s-themed diner.
Authentic Mexican cuisine with a riverside patio overlooking the Tuckasegee River, a broad menu and a full bar with margaritas that must be mentioned.
More than twenty years in the heart of Bryson City, Pasqualino's delivers classic Italian dining with candlelit ambiance, full bar, late hours, and a gluten-free program.
Go-to spot for pizza, pasta, and a cold beer since 1990. Sit on the porch to eat. Full bar, generous portions, and a menu that covers everyone in the group.
Bryson City's original downtown craft brewery pours a rotating tap list from a two-level taproom with a rooftop deck overlooking the Smoky Mountains.
La Dolce Vita is a house-roasting café and bakery on Everett Street serving creative signature lattes, house-baked bagels and biscuits, and loaded brunch plates.
Authentic Mexican cuisine on Everett Street with fresh-squeezed margaritas, bold flavors, and some of the best salsa in Bryson City. Open late seven days a week.
Step inside a piece of Bryson City history at this craft brewery and restaurant along the Smoky Mountain Railroad, pouring 14 house beers and full meals.
A Bryson City institution serving made-to-order deli sandwiches and hot pressed specialty subs. Hard Top frozen ice cream sandwiches voted Best in NC!
Bryson City's most beloved breakfast spot, ranked among the top restaurants in town. Please come hungry, come early, and expect to leave feeling like family.
A lively bar and grill right across from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad with a covered outdoor deck, pool tables, live music, and some of the best wings.
Wize Guyz Grille on Main Street serves Angus burgers, wings in fourteen sauces, pizza, pasta, and a full bar from a spacious downtown location with a patio.
The Chocolate Shoppe in Bryson City offers handmade chocolates, fresh-made fudge, caramel apples, brittles, specialty popcorn, & hand-dipped ice cream.
A family-run winery tucked into the hills above Bryson City, pouring handcrafted award-winning wines from a converted barn with stunning mountain deck views.
Heavenly Fudge on Everett Street has been handcrafting fudge and chocolates using copper kettle recipes since 1976. Bonus: ice cream!
A family-owned Mexican restaurant in Bryson City that has been serving authentic, scratch-made cuisine for more than ten years. Order the Chori Pollo.
Cardinal Coffee is a fair-trade espresso bar and community gathering spot housed in a restored 1900s farmhouse just outside of downtown Bryson City.
Bryson City Bakery bakes all of its pastries from scratch daily, laminating its own dough for croissants, morning buns, and cardamom buns. Great coffee!
Mountain Perks Espresso Bar & Café serves a full espresso and Frappuccino menu, creative wraps, bagel specialties, quiche, soups, salads, and more. Enjoy!
Box Car Café & Cones serves hand-pattied burgers, hot dogs with homemade chili and slaw, thick milkshakes, and hand-dipped ice cream in a 1950s-themed diner.
Authentic Mexican cuisine with a riverside patio overlooking the Tuckasegee River, a broad menu and a full bar with margaritas that must be mentioned.
More than twenty years in the heart of Bryson City, Pasqualino's delivers classic Italian dining with candlelit ambiance, full bar, late hours, and a gluten-free program.
Go-to spot for pizza, pasta, and a cold beer since 1990. Sit on the porch to eat. Full bar, generous portions, and a menu that covers everyone in the group.
Bryson City's original downtown craft brewery pours a rotating tap list from a two-level taproom with a rooftop deck overlooking the Smoky Mountains.
La Dolce Vita is a house-roasting café and bakery on Everett Street serving creative signature lattes, house-baked bagels and biscuits, and loaded brunch plates.
Authentic Mexican cuisine on Everett Street with fresh-squeezed margaritas, bold flavors, and some of the best salsa in Bryson City. Open late seven days a week.
Step inside a piece of Bryson City history at this craft brewery and restaurant along the Smoky Mountain Railroad, pouring 14 house beers and full meals.
A Bryson City institution serving made-to-order deli sandwiches and hot pressed specialty subs. Hard Top frozen ice cream sandwiches voted Best in NC!
Bryson City's most beloved breakfast spot, ranked among the top restaurants in town. Please come hungry, come early, and expect to leave feeling like family.
A lively bar and grill right across from the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad with a covered outdoor deck, pool tables, live music, and some of the best wings.
Wize Guyz Grille on Main Street serves Angus burgers, wings in fourteen sauces, pizza, pasta, and a full bar from a spacious downtown location with a patio.
The Chocolate Shoppe in Bryson City offers handmade chocolates, fresh-made fudge, caramel apples, brittles, specialty popcorn, & hand-dipped ice cream.
A family-run winery tucked into the hills above Bryson City, pouring handcrafted award-winning wines from a converted barn with stunning mountain deck views.

