Festival-style eating: Foothills Fall Festival features 32 food vendors
By Matthew Stewart | (matts@thedailytimes.com)
Foothills Fall Festival patrons should bring their appetites, because they’re sure to find a dish to satisfy their palates.
Thirty-two food vendors will be present at this year’s festival, and some vendors will be located in more than one location. Food vendors will be located in all three festival areas: Adventure Land, ArtWay and Theater in the Park.
Eleven vendors will be located in Adventure Land, which runs between The Daily Times and Blount County Public Library to the Alcoa city limits. They are:
• Cherry Hill Farm — apple cider donuts and caramel apples in a cup;
• Dino’s Concessions — funnel cakes, cotton candy, hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, fruit smoothies, tea and lemonade;
• Family Promise of Blount County — hot dogs, snow cones, cotton candy, popcorn, lemon shake-up and nachos;
• Hawaiian Ice Cream Man — packaged ice creams;
• Maryville-Alcoa-Blount County Parks and Recreation Commission — soft drinks and water;
• Mother Shuckers/B & D Concessions — half-pound boneless pork sandwiches and roasted corn on the cob;
• Mountain Snow — snow cones, lemonade, popcorn and cotton candy;
• Pizza Hut — pizza;
• Rocky Top Concessions — hot dogs, nachos and lemonade;
• Sherri Monday — cotton candy, drinks and nachos;
• Smoky Mountain Kettle Korn — kettle korn.
Artway Vendors
Seven vendors will be located in ArtWay, which runs along Broadway Avenue on both sides of the street between Cates and Cusick streets. They are:
• Chadwick’s Churn — homemade ice cream;
• Funtime Foods — funnel cakes, polish sausage, fajitas, Tennessee taters, lemonade, candy apples and caramel apples;
• Maryville-Alcoa-Blount County Parks and Recreation Commission — soft drinks and water;
• Mother Shuckers/B & D Concessions — half-pound boneless pork sandwiches and roasted corn on the cob;
• Piggs R Us BBQ — barbecue, ribs, ribeye steak and chicken on a stick with saratoga swirls;
• The Original Hawaiian Ice — gourmet shaved ice;
• TJ’s Restaurants — kettle corn, cotton candy, dill pickles and lemonade.
Concert vendors
Nineteen vendors will be located in the parking lot behind the Theater in the Park concert venue. They are:
• B.T. Biz — homemade ice cream bars and chocolate and strawberry funnel cakes;
• Bread Of Heaven — pulled pork, ribs, baked beans and various sides;
• Burton’s Hot Corn on Wheels — roasted corn, fried tomatoes, pickles, sweet potato chips, tea and lemonade;
• Calhoun’s — nachos, pork sandwiches, ribs, hot dogs, wings, french fries, sweet tea and lemonade;
• Coco Bongos — iced drinks;
• Country Cabin — Bavarian nuts and ice cream;
• Dippin’ Dots — Dippin’ Dots ice cream, yogurt and flavored ice;
• Evelyn’s Catering — loaded baked potatoes with barbecue, barbecue plate, turkey legs, chicken salad plates and tea croissant with fresh fruit;
• Granny’s Taters n Onions — taters and onions, apple dumplings, fried snacks, pintos and corn bread;
• Greek Foods — seafood quesadilla, chicken quesadilla, london broil sandwich, vegetable quesadilla and chicken kabob;
• Katie’s KupKakes — assorted cupcakes;
• Maryville-Alcoa-Blount County Parks and Recreation Commission — soft drinks and water;
• Mother Earth Meats — bison hot dogs, fried corn on the cob, free range chicken, bison tenderloin, lobster bisque and sweet tea;
• Mother Shuckers/B & D Concessions — half-pound boneless pork sandwiches and roasted corn on the cob;
• Penny’s Candy Wagon — cotton candy, candied and caramel apples, snow cones, popcorn, nachos and cheese and hot dogs;
• Petro’s Chili & Chips — Petro’s chili and chips, tea and lemonade;
• R&T Vendors — blooming onions, corn dogs, stir fry and lemonade;
• Smoky Mountain Kettle Korn — kettle korn;
• Valley Farms — fried ribbon fries, beans, greens and corn bread.




