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🍳 Granny’s Kitchen

A beloved culinary staple in Cherokee, North Carolina, Granny’s Kitchen has been serving authentic, home-cooked Southern comfort food for decades. Famous for its generous buffet-style dining and warm mountain hospitality, this down-home eatery offers visitors a taste of traditional Appalachian recipes made from scratch every day.

✨ Key Highlights & Dining Options

🍗 Hearty Southern Buffet

Serves all-you-can-eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The buffet features classic comfort staples such as crispy fried chicken, hand-carved roast beef, country-style steak, turkey with dressing, chicken and dumplings, and pork chops.

🥗 25-Item Salad Bar

Every lunch and dinner buffet includes a fully stocked salad bar featuring fresh greens, homemade pasta salad, potato salad, coleslaw, and their fan-favorite pickled beets.

🍞 Scratch-Made Sides & Breads

Pair your meal with daily rotation sides like mashed potatoes and gravy, spiced apples, fried okra, creamed corn, and fresh-baked rolls or cornbread.

🥧 Homemade Desserts

Save room for dessert—slice options include freshly baked cream and fruit pies, ranging from chocolate and coconut to peanut butter.

📦 Take-Out & Family Packs

Offers convenient individual meals and family-style take-out packs to feed groups on the go.

📍 Visitor Information

🗺️ Location

1098 US-19, Cherokee, NC 28719 (located on US-19, just one mile east of Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort)

🗓️ Seasonal Hours

Open seasonally from mid-March through November.

🍽️ Service Style

Cafeteria-style buffet and take-out service (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner options available Tuesday–Sunday)