Places to Eat in Dollywood

25 lb. Apple Pie at Dollywood
25 lb. Apple Pie

Updated 9/2023: What’s the best food at Dollywood?  While many will immediately say Aunt Granny’s Restaurant, Dollywood apple pie or cinnamon bread, there are numerous dining options offering everything from a quick bite at a variety of concession stands to full southern meals at buffet or family-style restaurants.  You can choose to sit indoors, outside, or take your snacks on the go! Here’s a line up of places to eat:

Aunt Granny’s Restaurant:  Home cooking family style
Blue Ribbon Cones:  Softserve ice cream cones
Cinnamon Bread at The Grist Mill:  Bread, cookies, jelly and jams
Country Cookers Kettle Corn:  Kettle Corn, Tumbled Kettle Corn, beverages
Crossroads Funnel Cakes:  Deep fried and customizable toppings
Dippin’ Dots:  Flash frozen ice cream
Dogs N Taters:  Foot-long corndogs, curly fries, hot dogs
Front Porch Cafe:  Family style dining with Vegan and Vegetarian options
Grandstand Cafe:  Quick bites including Chicken tenders, fries, hot dogs and nachos
Granny Ogle’s Ham ‘n Beans:  Sit down, southern dining
Grist Mill & Cinnamon Bread: Cinnamon bread, cinnamon bread with toppings, cookies, beverages
Hickory House BBQ:  Smoked Turkey legs, Chicken tenders, fries, BBQ sandwiches
Iron Horse Pizza:  Flatbread pizzas and salads
Lumber Jack’s Pizza:  Temporarily Closed.  Pizza, sandwiches, salads
Market Square Big SKILLETS:  Steak or sausage sandwiches, varies by season
Market Square Potatoes:  Sliced and topped potato, varies by season
Midway Market:  Snacks, popcorn, cotton candy
Miss Lillian’s BBQ Corner:  Temporarily Closed.  Smoked Turkey legs, BBQ sandwiches, beans, potatoes
Miss Lillian’s Smokehouse:  All-You-Can-Eat buffet with pulled Pork and Chicken, southern side dishes
Mr. Jerry’s Sit-N-Sip Refreshments:  Icees, poporn, cotton candy
Pawpaw’s Roadside Market:  Deep-fried Pork rinds, cotton candy, popcorn, kettle corn, beverages
Pork Rinds:  Deep-fried Pork rinds
Red’s Drive-In:  Burgers, fries and shakes
Showstreet Frozen Lemonade:  Get a refillable mug!
Showstreet Ice Cream:  Ice cream and homemade candy
Showstreet Snacks:  Popcorn, cotton candy, drinks
SkyView Snacks:  Traditional snacks, fruit cups, snack bars
Splinter’s Funnel Cakes:  Deep fried and customizable toppings 
Spotlight Bakery:  Dolly’s famous 25-pound apple pie, rolls, pastries, muffins, cupcakes
Sweet Shoppe Candy Kitchen:  Fudge, caramel apples, variety of homemade candies
Sweets and Treats:  Old-fashioned floats, hot dogs, pretzels, ice cream, beverages
The Dog House:  Classic hot dogs with all your toppings
Till & Harvest Food Hall:  Variety of vendors with beverages, snacks and full meals
Valley Theater Concessions:  Popcorn, kettle corn, giant pickles, glazed nuts, beverages

Dollywood restaurant menus may vary by season or time of day.  See full descriptions and operation dates on the Dollywood website. If you’re looking for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Dining in Pigeon Forge, check out the holiday buffet menus at Song & Hearth Restaurant.

Want Dollywood’s famous cinnamon bread without having to go to the park?  Visit Dreammore Resort’s Pantry, just inside the lobby, where freshly baked bread is ready between 7:30-8 a.m. until sold out.

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