My family and I have eaten here many times and the food and service has always been excellent. Anytime a family member comes to town, we always make a point to bring them to the Appalachian. My sister will be visiting shortly and "the girls" always do lunch here. Don't stop what your doing here. It's great!

Wonderful food and wonderful service. The salad alone is worth the trip -- my husband I were agreed that it was the best salad we had ever eaten. He had an amazing dish with shrimp, scallops and salmon -- the salmon was like butter, it was so tender and delicate. My plate of shrimp with pasta was also one of the best I've ever had. If we are ever in the Cartersville area again, we will definitely stop by.

- One 5 differnet visits they claimed to be out of bread.

- On a visit with 10 family members, my father's steak came out during desserts. That was after notifying the staff 3 times that it was dragging.

- On another visit, the waitress deliverd my steak to the table only to spill the au jus from the plate all down my shirt and crotch. Then she dropped the plate in front of me and ran away...and never came back...Idiot!

- On our last visit, the jacka$$ owner tried to start a fight with me becuase I politely complained about ONIONS in a REUBEN. Who on this earth puts Onions on a Reuben? He got nose to nose with me and started raising his voice asking me if I had a problem. He then started this dance like a lunatic and started yelling at me about Murphy's Law and his bread oven.

- I have heard many many people complain about this guy and the service. I wish he would close up shop and leave town....Jerk!

- STOP giving this guy business!!!!

The Appalachian Grill is a quaint restaurant in Cartersville, GA . It is a very busy restaurant and people do not like the fact that they do not take reservations or seat incomplete parties. The reson for this is they cannot hold the tables open. The restaurant only seats 88 people and if they held tables, then the servers would not be able to turn that table over in an adequate amount of time, and since MOST servers rely on thier tips to pay bills and only make $2.13 an hour surely you can understand this. With that said, there are, however many flaws. The Appalachian Grill received a health score of 69 when inspected July 25, 2007 with three category I violations, five category II violations and two category III violations. They were, however given a chance to rectify the situation and received a rating of 98. I can tell you, from personal experience, that I would not eat there again as I know how the food is prepared. First, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and grits are portioned during the day using plastic containers, When the food in the container is used it is put through the dishwasher, but not necessarily clean the containers are usually greasy or dirty and not wiped out which I personally feel is gross, then the container is reused to portion these items the next day,. Second, the meals that have pasta on them are heated up with the appropriate sauce in the microwave in the same plastic containers that are used for portioning. Third, the ribs are cleaned in the same sink that is used for dumping mop buckets and frozen food is thawed out in the same sink. Fourth, As food is done it is put on a shelf, called a window, under heating lamps until all the food on that ticket is done and can be served all at the same time. If there is an entre that is just waiting on fries and there are old ones in the window, the old ones are flashed in the oil so that food can go out. I, for one will not be eating at The Appalachian Grill any longer.