True food lovers don’t just eat while traveling; they travel to eat, said BonAppetit.com. So when we looked to rank the best hotels in America, we considered only places “where the meals are more indulgent than the beds.”
Blackberry Farm Walland, Tenn. “There might be more elegant resorts in the U.S., but there are none so satisfying, so relaxing, and so utterly delicious” as this refuge in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Joseph Lenn’s “mesmerizing take on Southern” classics extends from the pimiento cheese set out for your arrival to the artfully boxed cold fried chicken—“some of the best you’ve tasted”—available for your flight home. 1471 W. Millers Cove Rd., (865) 984-8166
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