If you’re visiting Gatlinburg, Tennessee, you’ll want to check out Ole Red — owned and operated by country music star Blake Shelton.
I recently had the chance to visit the place and I had a great time — plus the burgers are amazing!
Environment
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The entire restaurant is very open, giving diners a beautiful view of the place.
“We’re more than a place and, hell, we’re more than a restaurant,” says Blake Shelton’s Ole Red Restaurant website. “Ole Red is a full country experience that will make you feel better with 100% live music, scratch-made food and drink specials…all inspired by the boss himself: Blake Shelton.”
Front and center, there’s a stage where some local artists come in and play. When we visited Friday afternoon, Carson Peters, who received the Four Chair Turn for his performance of Don Williams’ “Tulsa Time” on “The Voice” blind auditions in 2021.
“We hate to brag (yes we do), but Ole Red has music,” the website says. “And we mean good music. Get up close and personal with the country stars of tomorrow and today at Ole Red, where the hottest talent comes to play and where you’ll find the biggest sounds on the small stage. Grab your drink, put on your dancing shoes, and cozy up to the stage and say you heard it when.”
The drinks
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To start, I ordered the Warden, which is bourbon, peach, iced tea, and fresh lemon juice. This drink is dangerous! It tastes like peach tea, and you can barely taste the alcohol. Try not to smoke this one!
The second drink I tried was the Dirty Tractor — consisting of Ole Smoky Salted Watermelon Whiskey, fresh lime juice and ginger ale. This one was definitely sweeter than I expected, but still delicious!
Food
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Both my husband and I ordered the Oklahoma Onion Burger — I got it with a Beyond patty because I’m a pescatarian.
Both our burgers were cooked perfectly and seasoned well. The bun is soft and the toppings are all fresh, but what makes this burger stand out is the beer onion!
The fries were also seasoned well and came out hot and crispy, although there was nothing special about them. They’re not bad, but they’re not memorable.
Blake Shelton has other locations throughout the United States, including in Nashville, Tennessee (as well as the Nashville airport), Orlando, Florida, and Tishomingo, Oklahoma, which is Shelton’s hometown and where he currently lives with his wife Gwen Stefani.
A new location, Ole Red Las Vegas, is also opening later this year. “If you’re going to do something here, you have to do it big,” Shelton said in a press release via the Ole Red website. “Every time I’m in Vegas, I want country music and Ole Red is the cure for that.”
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