Smoking Mikes Meats is a great place to enjoy delicious foods. This location is off the "beaten…read morepath" so you have to know where you're going to get to this hidden gem off Price Road. The staff are always polite and helpful with their menu. The restaurant is not large but it has enough room for large groups and celebration parties. Keep up the great job SMM! It's easy for me to award you a 5 star rating on every visit that I have had.See you soon!

If you're cruising through Georgia and your stomach starts calling for real-deal BBQ, do yourself a…read morefavor and stop at Smoking Mike's Meats. This place is a hidden gem with flavors that punch way above their weight. The brisket? Absolute perfection--tender with a smoky bark and that beautiful pink smoke ring that tells you it's been done right. The pulled pork was juicy, not dry or stringy, with just enough seasoning to shine even before adding sauce (which, by the way, is tangy and bold). The baked cheesy potato casserole was next-level comfort food, and the slaw gave a fresh, crisp balance to the plate. Every bite felt like it came straight from the pit to the plate with love and care. You can tell they take pride in their smoke game. This is exactly what BBQ should taste like. We'll definitely be back. Five stars all the way.

This is a great place for lunch. They have an array of offerings, including burgers, chicken,…read morebarbecue, and salads. You can also pick up local meats here, which I love. I have bought their bacon and roasts. Both were great. Service is always friendly and competent. This is a family-run restaurant, so they have a vested interest in your satisfaction. But you get the feeling they're just that kind of people. Visit soon! I think you'll like it.

Had a brisket plate on a Saturday afternoon. Brisket was excellent. The sweet potato fries and…read morebaked beans I had with the brisket were very good, too. Very casual spot with pleasant, helpful staff and delicious food.

What a treat coming back to visit family, renting and Airbnb just a few homes over from this gem…read more We are from SoCal, or for easier location - San Diego, California where stores like this are in abundance, everywhere, from small mom-pop shops like Cream of the crop in Oceanside, CA to Frazier farms or Lazy Acres for bigger chain. Yonger is a rare shop, in my humble opinion, for east coast since healthy choices both in markets and eateries are like trying to find a needle in a haystack so my heart happy knowing this exists here not far from where we stayed at just minutes from our children's maternal great-grandparents home. So many wonderful options and staff was friendly from the time we walked in to the moment of checkout. I highly recommend this shop to anyone who's looking for more sustainable items or at least a healthier choice here and there.

What an amazing store! A hidden gem for sure! Amazing products without the bad ingredients you find…read morein your standard foods/products at other places! The gentleman working was so helpful, had lots of great snacks for us to try! Such an amazing selection of products. I really wish more stores could follow the lead of Yonder! Stop in if you're ever passing through Franklin! We will be making trips from Spartanburg

Stopped here during a Saturday drive in the mountains. Food was awesome! I hat the half chicken…read moremeal with baked beans and coleslaw. Money on all items. Service was quick and always there for you.

This is our third Haywood Smokehouse location, all different inside, but all have great food. We…read moregot the Brisket platter which comes with 2 sides you can choose, and substitute one side for Brunswick Stew for a dollar, which is what we opted for. They ask you how you like your Brisket lean or with fat too. There's a choice of great barbecue sauces that they bring to your table. Food was great, especially the burnt ends baked beans. The Brunswick stew was a nice substitute side, flavorful and came with crackers. Brisket was tender and tasty as usual. We'll always come back to one of the locations.

This new Sav-Mor Foods location opened early April 2018 in the same spot as an Ingles that closed…read morein Westgate Plaza. It is part of a chain that operates stores in NC, SC and TN. They do NOT have a website. They ARE owned by Ingles yet Ingles makes no mention ANYWHERE on its website that they exist. I went to the Grand Opening and there were management folks all over like at an Ingles opening but to a lesser scale. They promote themselves as a discount store. There is also a chain in the regions called Sav A Lot, and this is not them. There is also a Sav Mor in Alabama and I dont believe this is them either. Northern California has a chain called Sav,Mor Foods and this is not them. This chain uses a dot between Sav and Mor and this chain here in NC SC TN uses a dash -. If you look around the store you can find a few bargains but nothing to get excited about. Opening week had nice Pineapples and Cantaloupe for $1.50 each. Canned vegetables, not a name brand were 39c can. The help in the store is 100% new. NONE of the Ingles help stayed on to work here. The workers will readily tell you yes this is owned by Ingles. You will also see Laura Lynn products throughout the store. The yellow shelf labels are just like Ingles. However you cant scan your Ingles card. They have no such card. They also DONT have bakeries, delis, or you scan. Only regular human checkers. They do have an area of Hispanic/Mexican foods. Whats also different is you will find a few things that a regular Ingles would never carry. One odd one is a flat of No Name No label Cat food in monster cans. Most cat foods I thought were small cans the size of tuna cans or smaller. These are BIG cans. Must be some monster cars around these parts! (photo posted) 12 unmarked cans sealed on a flat for $4.17. Thats less than 35c a can! I dont think it gets any cheaper than that! These can sizes really puzzle me though. I wonder what this stuff is really used for? Another thing you can get here is some of the less fashionable parts of the animal in the meat dept. They had pork tails, pork stomach, pork ears, pork neck bones, pork feet, beef tongue,beef feet, beef tripe. Some people use some of these things for bone broth which is now in fashion for health. They dont have a website so you cant look at a flyer online. In the store they have a small 8 1/2 x 11 sheet with specials at the door. The help was friendly and I wish them success in Franklin.

I just moved to this area. I found this store quite by accident and I am glad I did!!! The…read moreproduce is fresh, the meat is beautiful and the store is so clean. Service is great, prices are unreal. Love it and will be a regular customer. Typical Southern hospitality Gotta Love It !!!!!!!!!!

Fat Buddies is located in an old shopping center building, and is a favorite of locals. They…read morealways seem to be busy. The owner is great, very involved in the community, and helpful with groups who utilize the restaurant for meetings. I do wish they were more aware of, and educated about, food sensitivities. I have ordered salads with No croutons several times, and had the salad delivered With croutons. Because I have a severe intolerance to gluten, this is a problem. Also, it would be great if they had gluten-free bread or buns.

If you like bone dry, tasteless brisket with a side of surly checkout folks, you're in luck!…read more Bought a half pound of brisket (I specified a fatty cut) and my wife got a brisket sandwich (upgraded side to sweet potato tots from fries for an extra $1) - at least on the menu. My very thin sliced brisket (who does that?) did have a tiny little bit of fat (as well as a gang of big, ugly veins most places cut out,) but it was attached to shoe leather. My wife's sandwich was equally dry and unseasoned, but those tots were pretty good, so that's something? It was a pay at the counter place, so when I pointed out they had made a mistake and charged $2 for the tot upgrade, I got a "Oh, that's a typo on the menu" in response. Yeah, until you print new menus, fix it please. That entailed a wait for a more senior person, who treated me like I was stealing from them because I expected not to lied to. The server was polite. Look, I'm not expecting every BBQ joint to be JD's Smokehouse in Rutherford College, NC. That place is the holy grail. I do expect a little pride and effort from a small town BBQ, and maybe not a shakedown at the register. Still searching for a passable joint in this area, but I'm 3-0 so far. Avoid this place, they ain't your buddy.

Ingles has the lock on grocery stores in Macon County, and particularly, Franklin…read more That being said, they do a pretty good job of providing groceries that allow you to make the meals to which you are accustomed. They have good supplies of gluten-free items, and their Harvest Farms sirloin steaks are deliciously tender. I use them often as a Personal Chef. They offer a good selection of produce, dairy and personal care items, as well. Their restrooms are always clean, aisles are fairly wide, and they keep a supply of buggies ready for you. Plus! There is a Starbucks inside. Yum!

For the Deli. Got a sub to take back to the hotel room. Selections were adequate. Plenty of…read moretoppings. Footlong less than 8 dollars. Really good.

We joined some friends for Happy Hour and appetizers on Christmas Eve, our first visit. Most of the…read morepeople in our group had eaten there several times before and talked about how good it was. We sat down a little after 2pm and ordered drinks. They have a decent wine list on a table card with 15-30 reds on one side with whites on the other. They also had a separate seasonal cocktail menu. I had a glass of red wine and my partner had beer. Other people in our party ordered cocktails which looked very good. I ordered the Truffle Potato Wedges and the Calamari. The calamari was PERFECTLY cooked! Tender, not chewy at all. It was topped with sweet Thai chili sauce, amazing. The Parmesan Truffle Wedges were good but not very hot. My partner ordered the Appalachian Waldorf Salad which he enjoyed. I got to taste the Onion Blossom and the Crab Dip, both of which were very good. Overall the food was enjoyed by everyone. The service on that day was very slow but since it was Christmas Eve I'm guessing they were short staffed because it wasn't busy at all. Some of our party commented that the service had been slow on previous visits so it might be hit or miss. The service staff were very nice, checked on us regularly making sure we had what we needed. We will try them again.

I don't know which is better the food or the service I love the outdoor patio! Open every day but…read moreTuesdays.