As you can tell, I’m very fascinated with restaurants I cover in the Lakeside Chowdown that used to be other restaurants. Once again, today’s subject follows the trend. A long time ago, this little place by the Sanders Ferry harbor used to be Steamboat Bill’s, a lovely little restaurant that had some very fine fried mushrooms and seafood. It was there for many years until it eventually closed. (The owners MAY be the ones behind Moby Dicky’s now, but I don’t know for sure. If I find any conclusive evidence supporting or disproving it, I’ll definitely edit this post.)
After Steamboat Bill’s closed, some other restaurant came in, lasted a year maximum as I recall, and was eventually once again replaced by a sports bar called Piranha’s. Piranha’s had some excellent Philly Cheese Steak- it was really some of the best in town. The problem was that the place was way too loud. The music was blaring, the TVs were at maximum volume, and everyone in the building was shouting and cheering at whatever game was on. At its busiest, you couldn’t even hear the sound of your own voice. There’s a chance it may have caused noise complaints, because it later closed down.
That brings us to today’s subject: Sanders Ferry Pizza and Pub. My first exposure to the food here was actually at last year’s annual Taste of Hendersonville, a local event where restaurants from all over- both local and chains- come together at the Streets of Indian Lake shopping district for a big gourmet sample smorgasbord. Sanders Ferry Pizza and Pub had some pizza slices there… and I wasn’t impressed. To me, it tasted like cheap frozen cafeteria pizza.
The moral of today’s entry is about how sometimes, if you disregard the past and give places like this a second chance, you may really find something special.
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