Riegeldale Tavern is a restaurant located in Trion on Old Highway 27 in Northwest Georgia, United States. It is surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains along with the Chattooga River. [1]
Riegeldale Tavern is a restaurant located in Trion on Old Highway 27 in Northwest Georgia, United States. It is surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains along with the Chattooga River. [1]
In 1912, Benjamin D. Riegel, owner of the Trion mill, [2] came up with the idea of the tavern. He wanted a place where traveling tourists coming through the area could have an eating place. His wife also wanted a place where friends and guests could mingle with one another. [1] Riegel talked to his son-in-law, Clarence Jones (an architect), about building a place to sell their products and at the same time, an eating place for guests and tourists. [1] The building itself was constructed in 1936 within six weeks, with the gardens being completed in the spring of 1937. [2]
Jones visited Europe and several other countries for the design of the tavern. The architecture consisted of four dormer windows on each side with sloping roofs that had gabled ends. [3] [4] The back porch was made of sandstone. On the outside, there was a lamppost near the entrance at the driveway. [5]
The tavern's food has won several awards. One of the awards is Who’s Who in Ford Times published by the Ford Motor Company in the mid-1900s. The most delicate meal served was The Ole Tavern Baked Eggplant. [6] Duncan Hines, a restaurant-reviewer, [7] wrote a paragraph on the tavern in the 1959 edition of his Adventures in Good Eating travel-guide. He wrote that they had "sizzling steaks, homemade bread, waffles and country ham." [8]
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