Blue Ridge Area Restaurants & Dining

Get a taste of the North Georgia mountains with these popular places to eat close to our Blue Ridge cabin rentals. Enjoy delicious southern-style food, fresh farm-to-table ingredients, locally-caught seafood, sinful sweets, and more. To help make finding the perfect place to eat easier, our team has created this list of recommended area restaurants, cafés, breweries, taverns, and markets.

Big Bear Bar & Grill

Enjoy mouthwatering burgers, savory steaks, and craft brews at Big Bear Bar & Grill. Perfect for a laid-back meal after a day exploring the North Georgia mountains, this cozy spot offers a menu full of local flavors and friendly service. Whether you’re looking for a casual dinner or a lively place to unwind, Big Bear Bar & Grill is a top pick for visitors to the Ellijay area.

Black Bear Bier Garten

Get on down to the Bier Garten for German-style specialties and 19 craft and imported draft beers. Their soft pretzels are imported from Germany. Choose from nine varieties of sausages including six types of wild game sausages. They offer live music from local artists on select nights.

Angry Hops Brewing

Angry Hops was created by 2 guys who have a love for craft beer, and their amazing wives who support them. They met while working at another local brewery. One day they decided to take the leap and start their own brewery down the road in Blue Ridge, GA. Before AHB Alan was the head brewer at two other local breweries. Joe was a river guide on the Ocoee and construction worker. Once they started working together everything just clicked. They have a love for the traditional styles of beer. But they also plan on pushing the envelope on the popular styles like IPAs, stouts, and sours. So check out Angry Hops Brewing. We’re positive we have a beer for you!.

Black Sheep Restaurant

Order up locally sourced, New Americana-style entrees at this restaurant housed in the historic Butt house. Black Sheep Restaurant offers new southern comfort food in an upscale yet casual fine dining setting.

Blue Jeans Pizza & Pasta

Blue Jeans Pizza & Pasta offers traditional hand-tossed New York-style pizza and fresh pasta made daily. Other made-to-order menu items include crisp salads, burgers, wraps, and hot and cold subs.

Blue Ridge Mountain Bar-B-Q

Blue Ridge Mountain Bar-B-Q offers great southern-style hickory-smoked pork, yard bird (chicken for non-southerners), beef, and mouth-watering ribs. Their delectable meats are smoked slowly to perfection and come with your choice of fixin’s like Brunswick stew, baked beans, coleslaw, French fries, fried okra, onion rings, pork rinds, salads, and a kickin’ smoked chicken salad.

Cantaberry Restaurant

Serving a variety of meals that are simple, homemade, and good, Cantaberry offers locations in both Ellijay and downtown Blue Ridge. Bite into gourmet sandwiches, savor flavorful homemade soups, or crunch fresh salads. Don’t miss their bakery case with tempting daily desserts like brownies, cheesecakes, pies, and more.

Chester Brunnenmeyer’s Bar & Grill

A Blue Ridge favorite! Dine on high-quality, seasonal fare in a rustic setting. This restaurant features flavorful entrees, an impressive wine list, signature cocktails, and regionally crafted beer.

Cucina Rustica

Dine on upscale Italian country cuisine in the beautiful North Georgia mountains. A sister restaurant to Harvest on Main, Cucina Rustica serves traditional Italian entrees, wood-fired pizzas, family-style pasta, and beer and wine.

Fightingtown Tavern

This sports tavern is a fun hangout for locals and visitors. It’s a laid-back, welcoming place to have delicious, fresh, regionally sourced comfort food with a big twist. Everything is made from scratch. Enjoy entertainment like live music, darts, shuffleboard tables, and billiard tables – or catch the big game on TV.

Fine Dining Chefs

For a unique and memorable dining experience, Fine Dining Chefs is the top-rated catering company in the region. Whether you need an intimate dinner, a team-building sushi class, or catering for a large wedding, they are guaranteed to impress both clients and guests with their exceptional service and culinary expertise.

Harvest on Main

Harvest on Main is located in a rustic lodge complete with a fireplace in the heart of historic downtown Blue Ridge. Enjoy global cuisine with a southern twist and daily specials made fresh with ingredients straight from the farm.

La Pizzeria

La Pizzeria at Cucina Rustica is a casual dining alternative to the more upscale atmosphere found Wednesday–Saturday at Cucina Rustica. Perfect for families, La Pizzeria serves authentic New York-style pizza, calzones, wings, subs, draft beer, wine, and more. They host shuffleboard leagues, bocce tournaments, and dart nights.

Masseria Kitchen & Bar

At Masseria, a sister restaurant to Harvest on Main, you’ll find handmade pizza and pasta alongside oven-roasted chicken, fish, and vegetables. They use locally sourced ingredients to complement their Mediterranean-style dishes.

Monte Alban

A local hotspot! Satisfy your hunger with Mexican lunches and dinners with familiar favorites like tacos, burritos, and sizzling fajitas. The service is friendly and fast whether you dine in or carry out.

Trailer Drive-In

This shiny silver 50’s-style diner adorned with red neon signs is the home of the famous Quickie Country Breakfast. The biscuits are enormous, moist, and tasty. The diner is across the street from the Swan Drive-In Theatre and offers walk-up orders, a drive-thru, and some limited outdoor seating. Make sure to come early as their popular biscuits usually sell out by noon.

The Trailer - Drive Thru & Walk Up Service

The Vine Wine Bar & Bistro Restaurant

The Vine is a wine bar and bistro showcasing Georgia wines from exceptional local wineries and vineyards such as Wolf Mountain Vineyards, Montaluce, Habersham Winery, and The Cottage. They also feature several West Coast and international varieties.

Toccoa Riverside Restaurant

The Toccoa Riverside Restaurant offers casual waterside dining along the scenic Toccoa River in the Aska Adventure Area just a few minutes from downtown Blue Ridge. Score a table by the river and dine on fresh North Georgia trout and other favorites.