Tennessee serves up more than hot chicken and barbecue. Across the state, certain dining rooms come with side orders of the supernatural.
I’ve chased ghost stories through smoky kitchens and candlelit dining rooms, and let me tell you, nothing pairs with a perfect steak quite like a shiver down your spine.
These ten restaurants have earned their reputations one unexplained footstep at a time, and locals keep coming back for the food, the atmosphere, and maybe a brush with something they can’t quite explain.
1. Bridgeman’s Chophouse at The Read House – Chattanooga
Slip into the chandelier glow and white tablecloth hush, and you can almost hear the whisper: Room 311 is just upstairs. Dinners here feel classic – prime steaks, towers of chilled shellfish – while the hotel’s most famous story lingers like a draft at your ankles…