Unique RTE destination in Farragut, TN

[El Toro]

Restaurant Linderhof has long been one of my favorite German restaurants. The recipes are authentic and the ingredients are hand selected based on quality. It is a bit pricey, but there are items on the menu, like the large selection of sausages, that are modestly priced. As an example, I rode over there today and had a wurst plate with a bratwurst, a thuringer wurst, spaetzle, pickled red cabbage, sauerkraut, and bread. The bill was $14.50 plus tax and tip.

They're open from 2pm Eastern time on Saturdays and Sundays, so it's possible at this time of year to go for a late lunch after riding the Dragon or other nearby popular loops and still be back on the road well before dark.

If you want less common specialties, like bauernschmaus, schweinhaxen, furstenteller, every kind of schnitzel, you won't be disappointed. They also have an excellent beef tenderloin and excellent salmon.

The dining room is decorated to mimic Veruchter Ludwig's taste, with Bayrischen Blau as the theme color.

They're located at 12740 Kingston Pike, which is really Hwy 70 in Farragut. This is quite close to I-40 exit 369. You get off, go south, up the hill to Kingston Pike where you turn left. It's not too far down the road on the right. It's in a little shopping center which includes addresses 12800 to 12700 and is not actually visible from Kingston Pike.

 

[El Toro]

I should add a line. I-40 exit 369 is the first exit (or last ext) in the 75-40 common segment. Northbound 75 you will get off at the very next exit after the merge. Southbound 75, it is the last exit before the split back into separate 40 and 75 routes.

So this makes Linderhof a great stopping point for folks traveling on 75 between Lexington and Atlanta.

Also, Linderhof is open other days of the week too, but at 4pm Eastern.

 

[SmashVol]

Good to hear as I will be heading through that way before too long. Need to see my aunt and cousins.

 

[Uncle Hud]

Thanks, El Toro! My half-German wife may be interested.

 

[El Toro]

When I was teaching, I would often have students from Germany in my classes. This always gave me a chance to exercise my German language skills, and the students were typically positive about this sort of interaction.

At the end of the term, I would take them over to Linderhof, and we would enjoy a celebratory feast prepared by Gunter, the owner/chef.

The students were always quite excited and appreciative. Gunter would interact with them as a native who had emigrated to the US.

The students always remarked on the authenticity of the recipes. Gunter had some true "home cooking" items, like abgebreunter leberkaese. "Just like Mama used to make for us after school, fried egg and all."

Gunter passed on some years ago. But before he died, he sold Linderhof and his recipes. The menu is not as extensive as it was in Gunter's heyday, but it is still extensive, and from the items I've tried in recent years, the recipes remain true to Gunter's original intent.