Experience the finest among North Carolina Vacation Rentals in Highlands NC at The Lakehouse on Lake Glenville in Cashiers

Tucked in a 100-year old train depot, between Cashiers and Lake Toxaway, is one of my favorite dinner spots – the Brown Trout Mountain Grille. Here, the Appalachian cuisine is complimented  by the burnished Chestnut wood walls and a fire burning in the river rock fireplace. It is often my first choice when I am at the Lakehouse and want to spend a relaxed evening at dinner with friends.

A Brief History of the Brown Trout Mountain Grille…
In the heyday of the early 1900′s when flappers filled the dance halls, Henry Ford’s Model T’s filled the streets and the Rockefellers, Firestones and Vanderbilts dominated the American landscape, a Blue Ridge Mountain paradise was born.

With their hoop skirts, hunting rifles and knickers, travelers from Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and New York rode the rails from Asheville through the foothills and up the Continental Divide to experience a unique lifestyle that offered a delightful contrast to the big city hustle to which they were accustomed. The last stop on this enchanting journey was at the old train depot that is now the home of the Brown Trout Mountain Grille. It was from here, by horse drawn carriage, that visitors were transported with their wooden steamer trunks to the famous Lake Toxaway Inn across the road. The natural beauty of the majestic setting had been discovered and America’s “Little Switzerland” holiday venue was born.

Brown Trout Mountain Grille, Highway 64 between Cashiers and Lake Toxaway, 828-877-3474.