Last week we took a day trip to Lynchburg, TN the home of the Jack Daniel's Distillery. While that is the destination for many when visiting Lynchburg, we chose to make reservations for a lunch meal at Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House. The home was build in the 1820s and became a boarding house in 1908. She died in 1983 just before her 102nd birthday. Her family converted the boarding house into a restaurant where meals are (pre-Covid) served family-style with 10 diners along with a hostess who dines with you and entertains with stories of the history of the area.
The menu changes daily. Here is the menu board on the day we visited.
Diners can choose between the meat options and then choose which vegetables to add to their meal. A vegetable plate is also offered. If you are like us and realize it's impossible to choose, they have you covered! How about a sample of ALL the goodness!
The chicken was perfectly fried, crunchy, and well seasoned. The pork roast was tender and the gravy was the perfect accompaniment. The okra was exactly as I fry it at my house: cornmeal battered and definitely cooked in a cast-iron skillet. The mac and cheese, while technically not a vegetable in other parts of the country, is a mainstay of meat and threes in the South. This version was super creamy and rich with cheesiness.
The black eye peas were cooked with pork and were well seasoned and these mini cornbread muffins were delicious.
When the menu tells you that the fried apples include Jack Daniel's, they're serious! The collard greens didn't have that bitter taste that's sometimes obvious with this kind of greens. These were tender and well-cooked.
At this point, we were stuffed, but wait there was dessert! Classic pecan pie with Jack Daniel's flavored whipped cream was the ending this meal deserved.
If you plan on visiting, check out their Facebook page to view the weekly menu and to make reservations. There's a neat gift shop on site and the downtown square is within easy walking distance with a number of shops worth visiting.
It all looks delicious.
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