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    Dancing Bean Coffee House and Bakery

    4.8 (23 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Noah L.

    Nice and quaint coffee shop on the parkway. They have a nice range of familiar drinks and specials, at an affordable price. Staff were friendly and very quick.

    Lavender iced latte
    Laura H.

    The coffee from here is incredible. Strong flavor, doesn't taste burnt, variety of creams and syrups. We've always been delighted to stop in on our trips and take in the beautiful valley view while sipping on our coffee!

    Nice new addition to Townsend with great atmosphere
    Tammy J.

    As locals, we are excited to have a new option in Townsend, and this place fits in perfectly. They have unique food offerings perfect for a quick / light breakfast. We had the wrap, egg "tart" (more like a fritatta), yogurt with granola, the chicken burratta panini, and biscuits with jam. Most of their food could be good for breakfast or lunch, which is convenient. The tart, panini (though it wasn't pressed), and wrap were good. The biscuits were good but would've been better hot, and the jam was odd--peach onion. I get the sweet / savory thing and usually love it, but this combo was a miss. The yogurt was amazing with great flavor. We tasted their gluten free chocolate cookie samples and they were great, too. Large selection of other baked goods looked great but we didn't try them this time. The service was quite off. I would've given three stars if they weren't new and hopefully just working out kinks. Much of our food never came so we had to go ask for it, only to find it was completely forgotten and not being prepared at all. There was a strange interaction about getting a cup of tea, which also never came. The young lady at the register said she was new but she kind of seemed new to the world in general. (She asked if we wanted a tea bag or the entire box when we ordered tea.) But she was polite and will learn I'm sure. Unfortunately the other employee must have been new or very inexperienced to restaurants as well. Hopefully that all improves because we'll definitely go back.

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    Fresh coffee, quick service and a nice atmosphere. Made every day of the visit a little better v

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    Friendly staff and cute little sitting area by the fire. The GF cookies are delicious.

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    Apple Valley Cafe - Bacon, avocado and egg and cheese sammich

    Apple Valley Cafe

    3.8(206 reviews)
    2.5 km
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    Pancakes are excellent. Having maple syrup available would have made the pancakes even better…read more Sausage patties were good. Having a local source of meats would have made the dining experience even better. The dining room had the right touch of country. The ordering process is efficient with orders taken at the counter and food is delivered to your table. Customers are expected to bus their tables to disposals near the entry way, not unlike a fast food establishment. Like almost all establishment today, A tipping screen is built into the payment process. My tipping rule is - If I have to stand at a counter to order, I do not tip.

    Walk in, take a deep breath, and order your food at the counter. Yes, you want the fried apple hand…read morepie. You'll get it before anything else. That's okay. Sit down. Pray over your food, and then enjoy every single bite if your hand pie before your food comes. Feel free to order another after your meal. Nice salads and sandwiches. Great service. The only ding in the service is that they wouldn't give me the recipe for the hand pies! I explained that they were the closest thing to my Great Aunt Ruby's hand pies I'd ever found and I needed that recipe. I explained that I was from Utah and would never be back again to enjoy their hand pies. I told them it was important to my family history to be able to make their recipe. No, ma'am. I could not talk them into divulging their recipe. I'm sad that u will never be that way again. If they put out a recipe book, I will be the first to order it.

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    La Dolce Vita Bakery - Half order biscuits and gravy with coconut refresher

    La Dolce Vita Bakery

    4.5(144 reviews)
    39.1 km
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    This is the fluffiest biscuit. I'm so glad I came for my little brunch snack on my walk. I got the…read morehalf order of biscuits and gravy, it was perfectly seasoned with a little bit of spice and the biscuit was fluffy and perfect- I could eat 10. I got the coconut refresher, not too sweet and still had caffeine. They have topo Chico, my favorite sparkling water, so they got bonus points for that. They have a pastry window(?) that had a decadent looking, huge, slice of blueberry coffee cake and a cheesecake I would have tried if I was in the mood for sweets. I saw a couple enjoying it and letting the staff know the coffee was delicious. The tables are spacious, there were only around 6 people when I went and the atmosphere made it easy to ignore the other people and write this. But other "strangers" began conversations so it is still inviting. The music is acoustical versions of modern songs. I saw a staff cleaning the counters around the place while I ate so they definitely keep it clean. The gentleman who took my order was friendly and not overbearing. Overall perfect place to sit and read on my break from a gloomy day. Only note would be that I wanted my food for here and they made it to go.

    Coffee? Delicious! Biscuit breakfast sandwich? Delicious!…read moreBuuuut what really made me love this place was the friendliness of the people working. I actually went on two different days, one to get breakfast and coffee and another day just for coffee. Both days the place was slammed, but everyone working was still so pleasant and kind. The place itself is cute and clean.

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    Southland Books & Cafe - Vegan challenge 2025: pickle hummus tofu wrap

    Southland Books & Cafe

    4.7(52 reviews)
    21.2 km
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    DELISH!! the setting is the cutest and cozy, it feels comfortable and the staff is very welcoming…read more I love all the sandwiches I have tried here but the Farnsworth was DIVINE!! (try the pimento cheese!!) also the desserts don't disappoint. All homemade goodness!

    First learned of Southland as part of the 2023 Vegan Chef Challenge, however their items were not…read morelisted as gluten free (sandwiches), so we didn't come here. Decided to try this year for the vegan chef challenge just to see if there might be something I could eat or maybe I'd be wild and ask for the sandwich without the bread. Imagine my SHOCK when I saw gluten free bread on the regular vegan menu and asked if the GF bread was also vegan!! (Spoiler alert: it IS!) This now opens up a world of options, and more reasons to come back regularly. They have an EXTENSIVE vegan menu, and both soups offered the day I was there were vegan. The cashier told us there's a pub downstairs, with different vegan menu items. It's attached to a bookstore and has a homey, comfy feel. It's the kind of place you feel you could hang out in all day and no one would complain. The cashier was BEYOND helpful and friendly and made several recommendations for things to try in the future. The only bad thing is I wasted a year not trying this place. I'll need to make up for that!

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    TAP YARD at Tallulah Adventures

    TAP YARD at Tallulah Adventures

    4.5(52 reviews)
    109.1 km
    $$

    Nice place with lots of room for improvement. The setup is really cool, love the layout, the games,…read morethe bar, the views and access to the park. Service was (shy of one saving grace) meh and food was just meh. The menu had several items listed that really could bring this place up a notch. Hubby ordered the duck Cuban which was really good. I had the chicken quesadillas, nothing to write home about. My girlfriend got the Philly and said it was good. I love the brand of chips they serve and especially the jalapeño queso chips. They were out of wings. This is a miss considering how this was one of if not the last weekends of the season to see the leaves change colors, it's going to be busy and wings aren't hard to stock nor do they go to waste at a restaurant/bar. They should've been prepared. The setup is you order at the bar, take your drink and a number to your table and they bring your food. Cool. They bring our food out and my gf asks for napkins and they tell her she's gotta go back up to the deck to get them. Huh? Why didn't they just bring them with the food? We have fresh food in front of us and now have to leave that food to get napkins? Here comes saving grace because as soon as that server made it back to the deck, a different server comes out to our table with a caddy of napkins. She was really cool, and much appreciated! They have a target audience (people coming and going to and from the park) so I guess they don't have to deliver stellar food and service but to miss on both is disappointing. People are making memories with their families. And it wouldn't take much to tighten up and deliver amazing food and amazing service instead of just being convenient. I chose the place for our party of 8 and I felt bad. Thankfully I think everyone was too tired and cold to complain.

    We came here after our hike at the gorge for lunch with our three kids. We moved from TX a few…read moreyears ago, where there were often restaurants with play areas outside for kids, and we loved that this setup was here too. It made our time relaxing and gave us time to bond while playing as a family--the kids also played while we enjoyed a beer. Brilliant. The wings are smoked by hand and were a highlight. We also enjoyed the nachos and the power bowl (the chickpeas seemed roasted on site as well). We left with full bellies and happy memories.

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