Have Big Fun in the Small Town of Smithville

With luxurious creek side accommodations, an historic mill and Smithville’s premier fine dining kitchen, Evins Mill is going to be one of your favorite lodging spots. This 40-acre property is ideal for romantic couple’s weekends, friend getaways and group retreats including weddings. From the covered decks and shaded walkways to the flowing creek, rest and relaxation can easily be found. Add the dining and you’ve got yourself a basecamp to enjoy all of Smithville and Center Hill Lake.

Located right outside of town, Twisted Oaks is a great spot for lunch, dinner or late night. Now, the local debate goes like this: is Twisted Oaks a bar with good food, or a restaurant with a good bar? You be the judge. Either way, the restaurant has American classics while guests can shoot pool, watch a baseball game, play a life-sized Jenga and rock out to live music on Saturday nights.

Step back in time to the 1950s for this classic pharmacy and soda fountain spot, Webb's Pharmacy, Gift Shop and Soda Fountain. Classic diner food with a real-deal soda fountain makes Webb’s a timeless piece of nostalgic Americana. Ice cream in waffle cones, grilled cheeses and hamburgers, your choice of soda floats and hearty soups are set against the backdrop of an actual pharmacy, the way it used to be.

The Twisted Oar, located at Hurricane Marina, is your lakeside hangout for the summer. After a day on Center Hill Lake, grab a table on the patio. Dig in to chili cheese fries, fish tacos, pizza and wings and grilled salmon. 

Directly across Nashville Highway from Twisted Oaks is the Bert Driver Nursery, which is a surprising spot for a beer garden and tap house. The Burlap Room at Bert Driver Nursery is also in a former drive-in theater. This spot is a hangout with a local selection of craft brews, an air-conditioned tap room and an excellent fire pit in the beer garden.

The Appalachian Center for Craft is an art, design and craft school within the Tennessee Tech University College of Fine Arts. Students, makers and artists-in-residence display their works on these grounds. Art exhibitions and workshops ranging from blacksmithing, glass blowing, clay and wood are just a few examples of the artistic talents found here.