Friday, October 3, 2014

Mellow Mushroom ~ Pigeon Forge, TN

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This first photo isn't mine...it's from the Mellow Mushroom Website.  But the other photos I took while on vacation.  This is the Mellow Mushroom location in Pigeon Forge, TN, and we stopped by while on vacation last week.  I think they had 3 locations in the area...this one, one in Gatlinburg next to Ole Smoky Moonshine, and one at The Island in Pigeon Forge, too!

First...I have to talk about the decor in this place.  It's so cool!  There are lights, mushrooms, tye dye stuff, hippie stuff - pretty much everywhere. 

These are some of the lighted tree decorations they had in the middle of our section.  I took some pics of the walls but they didn't turn out that great.  There was a HUGE painted wall that went from one end of the booth seating area to the other that was hippie and groovy but still a tribute to Pigeon Forge and the Smoky Mountains. 

They had this crazy stone fireplace that had some sort of mystical cartoon character mounted on it (thank GOD it wasn't a real deer - blah!) and candles and trinkets on the shelf below and then...look at the fireplace!!!  Instead of 'fire' it's a slew of Lava Lamps!  How groovy is that!?

There was plenty of parking outside, a lot of seating inside, a bunch of eye candy to look at inside and out and we haven't even talked about the food yet!

We will get to that in a moment...but first...I just had to show you another shot of this 'fireplace' of Lava Lamps...


I'm pretty sure that The Mellow Mushroom has 3 locations in the area of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.  At least that is how many I saw while we were out and about.  This one was in Pigeon Forge - stand alone.  There is another one in Pigeon Forge within The Island that I wrote about on my Travel Blog...then there is another one over by Ole Smoky Moonshine in Gatlinburg.

 Here's a photo of some of the mushrooms that were throughout the restaurant, too!  Of course when I added this to my InstaGram I had a few funny yet crude comments about what they looked like!

But...Mellow Mushroom's InstaGram 'liked' them so that's cool.  It was actually really neat because a lot of the pics I took and put on InstaGram I had the official place 'like' my photos!


Anyways...on to the food, right?  Dale ended up getting wings that were twice baked (not fried).  For those of you who are new to my blog - my husband is NOT vegan/vegetarian.

I, however, found out that they do vegan pizzas!  YAY!  They use Daiya Cheese!  They make their own vegan and gluten free crust from ancient grains.  I'm not Gluten Free but I enjoy eating Gluten Free foods from time to time.  There were other vegan options on the menu but I didn't really want to think about it and wanted to take some of the pizza back to the Cabin for later so this is what I went with.

It was the Veggie Pizza with the Vegan AND Gluten Free Crust.  Yes..Vegan Daiya Cheese.  The sauce was pretty good...but my favorite part of the pizza was the tomatoes!  They were AWESOME! 

The pizza - overall - was quite good.  I'm glad I was able to get it.  Very happy they offer it!  I do like the Vegan Pizza at Pizza Plant in Williamsville (Buffalo, NY, area) better, tho.  If you are veg - where is your favorite vegan pizza located?  Which eating establishment outside of the home, that is!?

10 comments:

  1. I actually been there! I love all the funky Mellow Mushrooms! We have one in Charlotte with a Hippie Bus in the middle of it you can eat in! New follower from Made in a Day! Thanks so much for joining the October Hobnob! Welcome!
    Kim

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    1. Thanks so much for the visit and follow and comment! I'll be over to visit you soon! The hippie sounds awesome! I'll have to keep that in mind if we ever visit Charolette! Thanks for letting me know about it!

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  2. I've made focaccia, which is vegan (with veggies on top), but I honestly have never had a vegan pizza anywhere else. Trader Joe's sells one, but it's not that great in my opinion. I ♥ homemade best!

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    1. Homemade is the BEST...but...when we are out and about....it can be more challenging for sure! Focaccia sounds awesome right about now!!!!!

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  3. Oh wow, what a fantastic Post and the pictures are wonderful and what a great recipe and ideas. mmmm Thank you so much for joining us. I really need to get the world out that I now have a recipe linky. I need to build up my recipes for the winter and the hubby and grandkids now that I'm home all the time to enjoy my cooking once again. WOO HOO Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend. Following you.

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    1. Thanks for the kind words!I hope to link up to your recipe linky! Thanks! Thanks for the follow, too! I'll be frequenting yours as well!

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  4. "...I had a few funny yet crude comments about what they looked like!" Muahahahaha!!!! Naughty, naughty, you! That mushroom place, the building sure has a quaint design!

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    1. teehee - It wasn't me!!! It was my silly InstaGram followers LOL

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  5. What a cool place, I wanna go now! Love the decor and the vegan pizza options.

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    1. I think they are franchising out - I hope more of them pop up soon! :)

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