Dashboards and Saddlebags the Destination Magazine™ Issue 010 January 2012 | Page 24

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Big Flavor
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Little Switzerland
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erched at the head of the
Diamondback is The Chalet
Restaurant. Just off the Blueridge
Parkway on the mountainside
overlooking Table Rock and Lake
James. This would be a most ordinary restaurant if you were in
the Swiss Alps!
The Chalet Restaurant is part
of the Switzerland Inn Resort.
Resort is not officially in the
marketing for The Switzerland
Inn, but what would you call
a facility with a hotel, a lodge,
and suites with amenities such
as a swimming pool, hot tub,
and tennis courts? Along with

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those amenities Switzerland Inn
offers 2 galleries, a fitness center,
a general store, an ice cream
shoppe, a Christmas store, and
has a concert hall on site.
The Chalet Restaurant has 3
indoor dining rooms, and a richly
decorated European bar called
the Fowl Play Pub. In addition
to the inside service. The Chalet
offers additional seating with an
outside dining area and bar.
What you are looking at are
some of the features on the lunch
menu. The Chalet prepares lunch
from 11:30 until two, so plan

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