Restaurants with Healthy Menu Options in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Emily Harmon
If you are a frequent visitor of the Smoky Mountains, TN area of Gatlinburg you realize that this area is known for down-home, southern cooking. In Gatlinburg you will find many restaurant buffets, family-style large portion eateries, pancake houses, and your typical fast food and other chain restaurants. But what's out there for those of us visiting Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains that want to eat healthy meals? Plenty! Here is your useful guide to healthy eating when visiting the Smoky Mountains and Gatlinburg, TN.

Lineberger's Seafood Company. This Gatlinburg restaurant is located at 903 on the parkway in the downtown area of the city. You can find healthy eating at Lineberger's Seafood Company in Gatlinburg. Menu options include steamed oysters on the half shell, a spinach salad, grilled tuna, swordfish and salmon, steamed crab legs, and a cocktail shrimp salad. A dinner and lunch menu is available at Lineberger's Seafood Company in Gatlinburg and entrée prices range from $8.95 (at lunch) to about $33.95 for surf and turf.

The Pear Tree Café. Also located on the parkway, at 423 Parkway in downtown Gatlinburg, the Pear Tree Café offers plenty of healthy dining choices for visitors of the area. Menu items include a spinach and strawberry salad, an asparagus salad with pecans, and a veggie burger. These healthy eats in Gatlinburg are all served in a no frills dining room at reasonable prices ranging from about $5.95-$7.95.

River Terrace Restaurant. Located at 240 River Road in Gatlinburg, the River Terrace Restaurant offers many healthy food choices for diners in Gatlinburg. The healthy options found on the River Terrace menu range from a grilled vegetable salad with zucchini, asparagus, tomato, and corn to a fresh fruit platter with cantaloupe, honeydew, strawberries, and grapes. Diners looking for healthy eating options in Gatlinburg may find just the right food at the River Terrace Restaurant. Prices range from $5.95 to about $15.95 at this establishment.

Veranda Restaurant. This restaurant serving healthy eating options in Gatlinburg is found at the Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies. On the menu at the Veranda Restaurant diners looking for healthy eats will find a low-carb wrap served with cottage cheese and tomato instead of fries, a barbequed scallop salad, and a fresh fruit bowl. These healthy restaurant options in Gatlinburg range in price from about $6.95-$9.95.

These restaurants will give healthy eaters looking for some tasty but waistline friendly food in Gatlinburg, TN some great options. While renting a condo or cabin and cooking for yourself may be the best option for truly healthy eating, many Gatlinburg restaurants offer healthy choices as well. Try out these healthy eating options the next time you visit the Smoky Mountains and Gatlinburg, TN.

Published by Emily Harmon - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle

I am a happily married mom of an elementary school aged boy and toddler girl. I work full time in the education/library field and part time as a crafter/artisan.  View profile

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  • jcorn5/8/2008

    Yum....will eating at one of these places reduce my chances of getting a muffin top? I loved your recent article on that topic, too :)

  • Kristie Leong M.D.5/8/2008

    This is just perfect for me! My husband and I play on visiting Gatlinburg soon and we always seek out healthy restaurants. You've saved me a lot of research. Thank you!!

  • C. Jeanne Heida5/7/2008

    What a great assortment of restaurants ~ between all these restaurant & winery guides, I'm ready to take a serious vacation back east :)

  • Charlie K5/7/2008

    I was hungry before I started reading this. Now, I'm absolutely starved!

  • Pearlygates5/7/2008

    sounds great!

  • Mags5/7/2008

    These sound like great places!

  • Sonya Covert5/7/2008

    yummy, sounds great

  • Nikki5/6/2008

    I'm emailing this to my daughter. Her and her husband go to this area a lot.

  • PenPress5/6/2008

    thanks for the info........................

  • Lenora Murdock5/6/2008

    Great choices...but I have to visit the Apple Barn at least once.

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