The Top 10 Restaurants In Maryville, Tennessee

Foothills Milling Company might not sound like a restaurant, but is considered by many as the best place for food in Maryville. Family-owned and run, Foothills boasts an elegant dining room and a menu packed with contemporary Southern cuisine. It’s the ideal spot for special occasions. On the menu are appetizers including goats’ cheese tart with caramelised onions, Gulf oysters with green onion remoulade, and quail with bacon and tabasco grits. And for entrées take your pick from venison with horseradish spätzle, lobster tails with jasmine rice and aioli, and hickory smoked pork shoulder with polenta cake.

In downtown Maryville, Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria is the place to go for craft beers, live music and good pub grub. The beers are brought in from craft breweries as well as the major providers, and you can sample the likes of Brooklyn Brown Ale, Cottonwood Endo IPA, Highland Gaelic Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale as well as Guinness and Bud. And for food to keep you well nourished while sampling the beers there are dishes of small bites like chilli cheese fries, chips and salsa, smoked sausage and pimento, or larger plates of shrimp and grits, spanakopita, or one of the over 15 pizzas.

The origins of the Aroma Café go back to the Cuban community in Miami, from where the owners came to Maryville and set up the café to serve up Cuban cuisine, including their now famous Cuban sandwich. You can pick up food from the café if you order in advance or sit down to eat. The menu has a Fullness Factor built in so you can match the dish to how hungry you’re feeling. The Cuban Sandwich is made with pork, ham, cheese, mayo, pickles, and potato stix, but you can get grilled chicken or steak ones too, washed down with authentic Cuban coffee or soda.

Los Amigos has now been serving up some of the very best Mexican cuisine in East Tennessee for over 20 years. The owners Hector and Gloria Gomez hail from Guadalajara originally and have been providing authentic Mexican cuisine since 1988. The restaurant has been featured in the local press and broadcast media several times, with an award for the Best Mexican in the Region from Knoxville’s WATE-TV. On the menu are tempting dishes including lobster Puerto Nuevo, chilli Verde steak, shrimp rancheros, ahi-tuna salad, baked tilapia, mahi mahi cooked à la Mexicana and Mexican classics like fajitas and nachos.