American Cuisine

Four rooms with almost nothing in common. Dave & Buster’s puts 40,000 square feet of arcade and wall-to-wall sports screens behind a menu built for sharing. Junction 35 runs a working still next to its kitchen inside Tanger Outlets, smash burgers, slow-smoked barbecue and shrimp and grits, walk-in only.

Aubrey’s is the east Tennessee original: local sourcing, fresh fish daily, house-made pasta and a proper gluten-free menu. Graze Burgers does all-natural beef six ways downtown, with a full bar, live music and a patio that welcomes the dog.

Between them: a birthday party, a distillery lunch, a Sunday dinner, and a burger on a patio.

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