Travel Lens
One town split by a state line, with Southern and Appalachian cooking on both sides of State Street.
A farm and vineyard dining room cooking rural Southwest Virginia food. Come for brunch and order the biscuits and gravy.
Memphis-inspired barbecue with live blues bands. Order a barbecue platter of ribs or pulled pork and finish with banana pudding.
Farm-to-table Southern cooking, made to order. Order the Champagne pork, pan-seared medallions in champagne cream.
A seafood market and restaurant that began with six quarts of oysters in 1978. Order the shrimp po’boy and save room for chocolate cake.
A Bristol staple since 1988, serving Greek and Italian food. Order the Greek sampler platter, or the gyro platter.
Pan-Indian cooking from a clay tandoor oven, plus a lunch buffet. Order the tandoori mixed grill with basmati rice.
Barbecue smoked on site in restored greenhouses on Vance Street. Order the pulled pork and start with the house Pork Bite.
A downtown bakery open since 2008, where doughnuts are the house specialty. Order a dozen and add an apple fritter.
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