Where to
Eat
Shop
Visit
Groceries:
The Pig in Monteagle: Don’t depend on the produce and most food but you can get the basics.
Food City in Cowan/Winchester: Large, newer grocery store. Options but still not great on produce.
Kroger in Winchester: A step down from Food City and a few miles further into Winchester.
Farmer’s Markets:
Sewanee: Saturday morning on highway 41 to the west of downtown. Limited but you can get backed goods and seasonal vegities
South Cumberland Farmer’s Market: Order over the weekend and pick-up at the downtown community center on Tuesday from 4-6 p.m.. This is where you find the best produce. It is seasonal and limited. Do your shopping on Saturday morning online before things sell-out.
Moonies: For the vegetarian and vegan, this is your spot for supplies. A small market on the way from Monteagle to Sewanee, they have a small selection of local produce and lots of interesting vegetarian dry goods. They also have gelato.
The Market: Downtown Sewanee. A place for beer and a reasonable selection of ice cream and gelato.
The Seafood Place: This quirky seafood source in Tullahoma is worth the drive. They also have a truck that comes up and sells from the Mountain Goat Market most Saturday mornings. You can call them during the week and order things to be delivered to the pick-up spot on Saturday morning. You won’t go wrong with their options. Incredible crab cake sandwiches… in middle Tennessee!
Chattanooga has two Whole Foods and a Trader Joe’s. Use the downtown Whole Foods- the one out by the Mall is small and not well stocked.
Huntsville also has Whole Foods, Fresh Market and Trader Joes.
Nashville has it all.
Wine and Liquor:
Lots of options in Huntsville and Nashville but if you are coming through Chattanooga, things are more limited. Try Imbibe http://www.imbibechattanooga.com/
Ordering food:
Up In Smoke BBQ: 10 W Main St, Monteagle, TN 37356. This is a simple little place but if you give them advance notice, they can provide large quantities of BBQ basics.
Lunch: This is a new spot but there is a catering component.
Natural Bridge Catering: This is one of the few caterers in the area.
Going Out To Eat:
Shenanigans: A Sewanee Staple, bar food
Stirlings’ Coffee House: The owner of Arcadia founded this as a student so we are biased. Bagels, sandwiches and salads and great coffee. There is no website but the instagram feed is linked.
Lunch: New spot in downtown Sewanee and worth supporting
Sewanee Inn: The Shake Rag Pub is 200 yards through the woods from Arcadia. Bar food and a center for local community.
Luminer: New dinner and brunch spot in downtown Sewanee behind “The Market” on the north side of highway 41.
High Point in Monteagle: Club Food. Good, pricy. A little dull but the atmosphere is fun.
Mountain Goat Market: Sandwiches and pizza and really crazy lines. This place always seems overrun. Make sure you don’t go on a busy weekend at a regular time. Ordering ahead can be good.
Pearl’s: This place has had more owners and chefs than anyone can count. Right now, it has a mediterian theme. There is a facebook page.
Events
Lessons and Carols Weekend: While the fog and cold weather have rolled in, Lessons and Carols is one of the highlights of the year. Keep an eye on the linked website for information about tickets.