Restaurants we'd send our parents to, breweries we'd send our brother-in-law to. Filtered by quadrant where it matters — sun on the dock at six, dinner by seven.
A local institution on Slab Town Road in Cashiers, eight miles south of the lake — creative and classic wood-fired pies, taken seriously enough to have a devoted following of its own.
A hickory-wood-smoked barbecue spot on US 64 West in Cashiers, from the same owners as Slab Town Pizza — closed for the off-season, typically reopening in spring, so check current status before planning around it.