Near Lake on Watts Bar Lake

A minimal monthly-rate RV spot across the road from the lake, managed by a residential property company.

Whites Creek Campground on Whites Creek Road in Spring City offers monthly RV rental pads with utilities included and a location just across the road from Watts Bar Lake. No bath house or shower facilities are available on site.

A drive-through coffee and food skewer spot in Rockwood that earns outsized loyalty for a place without indoor seating.

A drive-through coffee and food window in Rockwood open Monday through Saturday (closed Sundays), with specialty hot and iced coffees, dirty sodas, meat skewers, pancake bacon sticks, tater tots, and a staff that makes regulars out of passersby.

A faith-rooted breakfast-and-coffee cafe in Rockwood where everything, including the cheese, is made in-house.

An independent cafe on Roane State Highway in Rockwood, open Monday through Saturday (closing at 1 PM on Saturday) with an everything-to-order breakfast menu, house-made specialty cheese, freshly baked goods, and a full lineup of whipped, cold, and hot coffees.

A homey diner a few hundred feet from the lake in Ten Mile, with fresh-patted burgers, a rotating daily special, and Blue Bell ice cream in old-fashioned glass dishes.

A small, family-owned diner 248 meters from Watts Bar Lake in Ten Mile, open Thursday through Sunday (Sunday noon to 4 PM only), with a short menu of fresh-patted burgers, daily specials, tacos, and a dessert counter featuring Blue Bell milkshakes, banana splits, brownie sundaes, and homemade baked goods.

A downtown Loudon restaurant with large portions, New York-style pizza, and a menu that also covers BBQ, sandwiches, and Italian.

Goodfellas New York Pizza and Grill-BBQ is located in downtown Loudon, close to the waterfront. The menu covers NY-style pizza, BBQ items including brisket and ribs, Italian plates, and a variety of sandwiches. Open Tuesday through Sunday. Known for large portions and a family-owned feel.

A sprawling Loudon restaurant with New York-style pizza at its core, backed by BBQ, a hot bar, and a full menu that gives large groups something for everyone.

Jay's New York Pizza and Grill is on Mulberry Street in Loudon with a menu covering NY-style pizza, BBQ brisket, pulled pork, hot dogs, burgers, pasta, and a rotating daily hot bar. A full bar is available. Open seven days a week.

Spring City's neighborhood taproom, the most socially ambitious place in town, with trivia, live music, pool tables, and a Thursday two-for-one on drafts.

A Spring City taproom on Front St, open Tuesday through Saturday evenings, with roughly 12 local and imported draft lines, canned and bottled beer, pool tables, two dartboards, cornhole, weekly trivia nights, occasional live music and food truck nights, and a small in-house food menu.

A near-lake roadside diner and ice cream stop in Ten Mile that has been feeding the same families across generations.

A longtime diner in Ten Mile on TN-304, open six days (closed Tuesdays), with a kitchen running American comfort food alongside an ice cream counter serving milkshakes, banana splits, and soft-serve cones. Regulars describe it as the community lunch anchor for the area.

A family-run Chinese buffet in Spring City that is cleaner, friendlier, and more carefully managed than its strip-mall address suggests.

A Chinese buffet in Spring City near the lake, open Tuesday through Sunday, with a family that runs the operation personally, replenishes the buffet actively during service, and has built a weekly-regulars base in a town that needed a consistent restaurant.