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WATERFRONT DINING
Dining at Wildwood’s Lakeside Restaurant is an experience you’ll savor. Wildwood is one of those rare enchanting places along the Cumberland River where you can pull in with your boat, yacht, cabin cruiser, pontoon or jet ski as well as by car or bike and enjoy a fine dining experience right on water’s edge. We feature cozy outside and inside dining. Come and enjoy our waterfront restaurant with a full bar, the unforgettable shoreline bonfires, our spectacular marina as well as live music on the weekends. Lakeside at Wildwood is a culinary boat ride with an amazing river view.
Our Executive Chef Evan Babb brings with him a passion for high quality, authentic, and fresh ingredients. Treat yourself! Experience some of his tasty lakeside dishes and his ever-changing, delicious, contemporary southern cuisine. We pride ourselves in the service you would expect from a place as memorable as Wildwood Resort and Marina. Our entire staff here considers each other as family and when you dine at Wildwood, you’ll feel the love in each delicious morsel. There’s no question you’ll leave longing to return and with a sunset memory to always remember.
MEET OUR CHEF
Chef Evan Babb was Georgia’s 2019 Culinarian of the Year. He brings with him a passion for high quality, authentic, and fresh ingredients. Come experience his delicious, contemporary southern cuisine. Chef Babb oversees the menu concepts and is expanding the restaurant’s “farm to fork” inspired menu. There is usually a new special he’s trying out every week.
When he’s not in the kitchen you can find the chef in the woods. In 2019 Chef Babb became certified in mushroom foraging and uses his skill to harvest mushrooms, ramps, and more in the Cumberland foothills around Wildwood Resort.
Originally from the foothills of the Appalachia Mountains in North Georgia, Chef Babb was taught at a young age to live in harmony with respect to the animals and plants of the forests and farms that provide sustenance for a healthy life. Evan tries to keep these traditions and respect for ingredients in mind with every menu item he creates.