You guys are awesome and that's coming from a good ol' boy Southern guy. Been going to Gatlinburg since the sixties so I've seen lots of changes. Love your videos.
Loved the video.... felt like I was seated eating dinner with two old friends....the hotel with rushing water took us away from the monotony of the day...sweet smiles always lift the human spirit....good job ...hope we run into you guys one day...your the best....stay out of trouble 😉🤗🤗😘🦆🦆🦆🦆
Love your food reviews. Very informative. My wife and I like that you also give us the cost of the meal. We will heading down there from Pennsylvania after Thanksgiving and you gave us some new places to try. Thanks!
We lived in Bryson City, NC for 21 years and used to go to Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Seveirevillr several times per year. They always gave us the “locals discount”. The Best Italian restaurant was one of our favorite places to eat. The garlic rolls in the oil never used to be complimentary though. But they were to die for. He had opened up another one right in the middle of town along with the original that sets back off the road down by the entry to the park. That round building you were looking at, many, many years ago was a Polly Bergen store. I don’t ever remember a carousel there??? But maybe there was for a short time,, dont remember that though. You should definitely go to themApple Barn to eat if you’ve never been. It is an excellent place to eat. Do you live local? I just found you guys recently. Thanks 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Best Italian restaurant is one of our very favorite, must-go-to places in Gatlinburg. Their Manicotti, Tossed Salad, and Garlic-Butter Rolls are MAGNIFICENT -- especially with a glass of Merlot! A bit pricey, but SO WORTH IT!!!
I loved seeing the rushing water. Those garlic knots and calzone looked so good. They sure know what they are doing. We have a local Italian restaurant that makes their calzones just like that. I am enjoying your restaurant reviews.
my name is paul and my wife is cindy Cardello and we just love your vlogs and follow them all and we just love on how much you guys care for the great smokies to which we hope to make our home one day and we look forward to meeting u both one day keep up the great vlogs
I watched your video. Boy, the Little Pigeon River was high in the stream. The calzone at the Best Italian Restaurant was awesome. I’m glad that it was good. 🙂😉
I don't remember a carousel ever being in there but it was full of shops. They never seemed to very well on that end of town. I guess folks didn't want to walk that far. I started coming to Gatlinburg in the late 70s to early 80s.
We use to call them pizza turn-overs back in the day. We sold a lot of them in the 70's & 80's... We were the only pizzeria in town that sold them... We sold them for $3.95... Those were the fun times in our lives. God really blessed us...
Never stayed at Zoders. Have a small dog that goes everywhere with me and they are not pet friendly. Stay at the Mountain Heritage Inn on River Road. Eat every visit at least once at Best Italian. They have an outdoor patio next to the stream where you can take your pet. The food is amazing!!!!!!! Stay safe and keep the vlogs coming.
We always stay at the zoders but we just went this summer after the pandemic started and we were really disappointed. The pool area was not clean at all, most everything was shut down (breakfast room,) and they were definitely low on staff. We’ll be trying another place next time.
Zoders was my first choice to stay at when i came to Gatlinburg tn in 2010? I love it and still do in 2019. After eating that i think i could take a nap? Dawn looked a little tired?
The best Italian pizzeria is one of my favorite places to eat in Gatlinburg I also have had the calzone salad in garlic knots Simply Delicious had to walk up and down the strip at least three times to walk off that meal fantastic restaurant
We were just there 2 weeks ago but we went to the Best Italian in Elks mall next to Calhoun's. We ordered a Lrg plain cheese pizza, Calzone with pepperoni, 6 beers and Dozen Garlic knots. Paid around $63 before tax and tip. Beer alone was $24 of that $63. I believe the Calzone was $12-$13 not $28. It was just as big but not as puffy as the one in this video. It did have a lot of Mozzarella which was the one complaint from my Wife and my 22yr old son (kind of grossed them out to have too much fat/grease) everything was delicious. We all enjoyed. Searching through reviews a lot of people said they like the Elk's mall location better, never read a review which stated the reverse. I guess the location in the video is right on the strip and might be more expensive due to location but Elk's mall is a U-shaped strip mall and Best is in the back and not as noticeable. It is also on the strip but not standalone. We had leftovers and we were a group of 4 that can chow down. Great experience and definitely will go back if in the area.
You guys should do a food vlog at Frankie's Italian restaurant in Maggie Valley. It's truly amazing and the lunch specials are very reasonable. Thanks for the videos 😊
This was during Hurricane Micheal. Down here in Dothan it was terrible and very scary. We were without electricity for 10 days. There was no where to go to take a bath ect.... never again!!!
That round building was a dress shop called Polly Bergen for many years. I’ve been going to Gatlinburg since the 60s and I don’t remember a carousel being there. New subscriber...loving your channel.
$28 seems pricey for one calzone, two waters, salads and garlic knots... but glad you enjoyed it! :) The river rising because of Michael... WOW... Crazy.
I love Strobolis from North East PA. Rolled up Pizza Sandwich. SALAMI, PEPPERONI, MOZZERELLA.Green Peppers, Onions NO sauce . Yes Will like you said what.you had was a Calzone
I don't like pepperoni or mozzarella and the crust looked burned. I would order the spaghetti and meatballs. The raging River was fun to watch and the motel on the creek I would love to stay at.
I agree with Yankeeinthesouth, there is enough garlic in their garlic knots to keep confederate vampires, back up in the hills where they belong,,,,haahh,haahh. The calzone in the video looks so good, and the portion is worth the money.
Always enjoying binging on the older ones. Thank you God bless
Glad you like them!
Wow the water was high and at the same time relaxing too. Especially at the hotel. Thanks again.
Thanks Lorilea
What a beautiful Village congratulations guys keep it up
You guys are awesome and that's coming from a good ol' boy Southern guy. Been going to Gatlinburg since the sixties so I've seen lots of changes. Love your videos.
Thanks Will & Dawn for çheçking out Zoders för me. Looks great. Has a raquet ball çourt inside as well as a pool with a waterfall
Thanks Lad veges
Best Italian yes sir order of garlic knots to go! Thanks brought back some excellent memories. ......ATB!
Thanks Gray Wind❤👍
Great content you guys make! Keep up the good work!
Will your getting better and better with that camera. You're capturing a lot of good shots.
Thanks Scott
Loved the video.... felt like I was seated eating dinner with two old friends....the hotel with rushing water took us away from the monotony of the day...sweet smiles always lift the human spirit....good job ...hope we run into you guys one day...your the best....stay out of trouble 😉🤗🤗😘🦆🦆🦆🦆
Thanks Darlene
I wish you would do a walk through at Bearskin Lodge On The River.
Thanks in advance.
I would love for you all to do a hotel review of Zoders
Well look into that
Love your food reviews. Very informative. My wife and I like that you also give us the cost of the meal. We will heading down there from Pennsylvania after Thanksgiving and you gave us some new places to try. Thanks!
Thanks for all the river scenes
Thanks Julie
We lived in Bryson City, NC for 21 years and used to go to Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Seveirevillr several times per year. They always gave us the “locals discount”. The Best Italian restaurant was one of our favorite places to eat. The garlic rolls in the oil never used to be complimentary though. But they were to die for. He had opened up another one right in the middle of town along with the original that sets back off the road down by the entry to the park. That round building you were looking at, many, many years ago was a Polly Bergen store. I don’t ever remember a carousel there??? But maybe there was for a short time,, dont remember that though. You should definitely go to themApple Barn to eat if you’ve never been. It is an excellent place to eat. Do you live local? I just found you guys recently. Thanks 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
Thanks Sally
Love your videos ! Glad I found you guys
Thank's so much KareBear😁👍👍
Best Italian restaurant is one of our very favorite, must-go-to places in Gatlinburg. Their Manicotti, Tossed Salad, and Garlic-Butter Rolls are MAGNIFICENT -- especially with a glass of Merlot! A bit pricey, but SO WORTH IT!!!
My favorite too.
I just love watching you two!❤️
Thanks Nita
i was watçhing your Laurrel Falls Hike. I did that two years ago
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We had two days of rain from Michael here in southwest Va we had a lot of rds,flood school was closed for two days
Thanks Jennifer
We like eating at the Best Italian Restaurant when we go and we always get the spaghetti and it is so good. Keep the videos coming!
Thanks Doug6714
Italian food is the best
I loved seeing the rushing water. Those garlic knots and calzone looked so good. They sure know what they are doing. We have a local Italian restaurant that makes their calzones just like that. I am enjoying your restaurant reviews.
Thanks Nancy
Hello guys thanks for posting.
Thanks Brenda
Loved the video!! You 2 have an awesome channel!!!!
Thanks Chelle
The food looked yummmy. The price was good. Thank you for sharing
Thanks Nancy
my name is paul and my wife is cindy Cardello and we just love your vlogs and follow them all and we just love on how much you guys care for the great smokies to which we hope to make our home one day and we look forward to meeting u both one day keep up the great vlogs
Thanks Cynthia
Thanks for taking us along.😁
Thanks T Ray
Cooool. Food review video too! Thanks for sharing!! 👍🙂💜
Thanks Deb
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Paul
Great video. Love the restaurant review. We LOVE the rolls at Best Italian.
Thanks Kenny
We had our anniversary dinner there about three years ago. Very good service, and great food. Huge portions.😋👍❤
❤❤❤ the food reviews !!! Ill keep sharing !!!
Thanks Kathy
Oh wow I really want to stay at sidereal inn I want a balcony room garlic knots look good.;wow Calzone is huge looks good though
Hey ya'll. How is Gatlinburg and pigeon forage like on the week of Thanksgiving. We are going this year from Houston.
Yes! I remember the carousel!! 🤗
I watched your video. Boy, the Little Pigeon River was high in the stream. The calzone at the Best Italian Restaurant was awesome. I’m glad that it was good. 🙂😉
Will be in Gatlinburg tomorrow!!!
Thanks Tina enjoy yourself
I don't remember a carousel ever being in there but it was full of shops. They never seemed to very well on that end of town. I guess folks didn't want to walk that far. I started coming to Gatlinburg in the late 70s to early 80s.
Thanks Dennis
Yes! There was a carousel in the upstairs window. Actress Polly Bergan owned a business in there. I believe there was a fire at some point.
Thanks for sharing gheester60
No carousel yes fire
We use to call them pizza turn-overs back in the day. We sold a lot of them in the 70's & 80's... We were the only pizzeria in town that sold them... We sold them for $3.95... Those were the fun times in our lives. God really blessed us...
Thanks Bobby
That's cool though
Never stayed at Zoders. Have a small dog that goes everywhere with me and they are not pet friendly. Stay at the Mountain Heritage Inn on River Road. Eat every visit at least once at Best Italian. They have an outdoor patio next to the stream where you can take your pet. The food is amazing!!!!!!! Stay safe and keep the vlogs coming.
Thanks Cynthia
We always stay at the zoders but we just went this summer after the pandemic started and we were really disappointed. The pool area was not clean at all, most everything was shut down (breakfast room,) and they were definitely low on staff. We’ll be trying another place next time.
Zoders was my first choice to stay at when i came to Gatlinburg tn in 2010? I love it and still do in 2019. After eating that i think i could take a nap? Dawn looked a little tired?
Thanks Michelle
We love their garlic knots and cheese sticks! That Stromboli was huge!!! U could eat on that for several days it looks like. 😂
Yes the garlic knitted were good the Stromboli it took us 3 says to eat thanks gmed
The best Italian pizzeria is one of my favorite places to eat in Gatlinburg I also have had the calzone salad in garlic knots Simply Delicious had to walk up and down the strip at least three times to walk off that meal fantastic restaurant
Thanks Rick
I love Italian! The calzone salad looks good!
Will do you think that you will get flash floods from ida?
I'm not sure 😕
I gained 15 pounds looking at that food at one point I thought I smelled the garlic from the rolls thanks for giving us another great place to eat.
Thanks Robin
We were just there 2 weeks ago but we went to the Best Italian in Elks mall next to Calhoun's. We ordered a Lrg plain cheese pizza, Calzone with pepperoni, 6 beers and Dozen Garlic knots. Paid around $63 before tax and tip. Beer alone was $24 of that $63. I believe the Calzone was $12-$13 not $28. It was just as big but not as puffy as the one in this video. It did have a lot of Mozzarella which was the one complaint from my Wife and my 22yr old son (kind of grossed them out to have too much fat/grease) everything was delicious. We all enjoyed. Searching through reviews a lot of people said they like the Elk's mall location better, never read a review which stated the reverse. I guess the location in the video is right on the strip and might be more expensive due to location but Elk's mall is a U-shaped strip mall and Best is in the back and not as noticeable. It is also on the strip but not standalone. We had leftovers and we were a group of 4 that can chow down. Great experience and definitely will go back if in the area.
Food looked yum 😊
You guys should do a food vlog at Frankie's Italian restaurant in Maggie Valley. It's truly amazing and the lunch specials are very reasonable. Thanks for the videos 😊
We look into that thanks Kendell
It was one of the best places we ate in Gatlinburg
I hope all is well. We miss seeing y’all tonight
Where is that trout house restaurant??
Its on the North end in the park way. Thanks Suzanne
How much are the rooms on the river ?
Thanks Kent you have to go on trip advisor
This was during Hurricane Micheal. Down here in Dothan it was terrible and very scary. We were without electricity for 10 days. There was no where to go to take a bath ect.... never again!!!
The food looked fantastic!!! 😆👍
Thanks Loran
Yes there was a carousel in that building
That round building was a dress shop called Polly Bergen for many years. I’ve been going to Gatlinburg since the 60s and I don’t remember a carousel being there. New subscriber...loving your channel.
Welcome to our channel thank you Anita
I got to go with mellow mushroom for my calzones.
Thanks Robert
Hi will & dawn
My hubby n I are in Gatlinburg and would love to treat you two to dinner Tomorrow night or Saturday were wanting to go to anakeesta
Thanks Barbara
Did they ever meet up with ya? ‘Twas a nice gesture. 🙂
$28 seems pricey for one calzone, two waters, salads and garlic knots... but glad you enjoyed it! :) The river rising because of Michael... WOW... Crazy.
Thanks Awkward Bob
I love Strobolis from North East PA. Rolled up Pizza Sandwich. SALAMI, PEPPERONI, MOZZERELLA.Green Peppers, Onions NO sauce . Yes Will like you said what.you had was a Calzone
I love a good Stromboli hard to find them thanks Stacy
I don't like pepperoni or mozzarella and the crust looked burned. I would order the spaghetti and meatballs. The raging River was fun to watch and the motel on the creek I would love to stay at.
Thanks Karen
Karen Young it’s a coal fired oven. Pizzas and calzones made in them have a charred look to them because they are supposed to.
i have read reviews about this hotel when i was comparing this one to others in Gatlinburg and some love it and others not pleased by it as well
Thanks Chris
No carousel. I helped with the construction back in the late 70's
Thanks for sharing Mark
Yeah I remember there was a carousel in that building
Bad memory
Can you put the names and maybe the address of the business that you visit I would like to visit them next time in the burg Thank You
The fried ravioli there is awesome.
Thanks feelwill
lort will how the hell did you finish that thing? lol great video saw the river running, wanted to kayka that thing....
Over a couple of days 😁👍
wow that thing is big! that is enough to feed like 6 people
Thanks Chris
Yum!
There was one there
Thanks James
Hey thanks a lot you are both a very cute couple and love your vlogs
Thanks John
I agree with Yankeeinthesouth, there is enough garlic in their garlic knots to keep confederate vampires, back up in the hills where they belong,,,,haahh,haahh. The calzone in the video looks so good, and the portion is worth the money.
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Thanks Holly
National lampoons Christmas vacation...NOT A Christmas story
borrow a chainsaw from the lumberjack show to cut that .. way to hard it sounded
Thanks fadetoblack
Calzones are better
Thanks Mays