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Wednesday, November 11, 2026Nov 11

Countryside Cafe has your craving for home-cooked food covered

Blackened trout at Countryside Cafe. / Photo by Mark Gilliland
Blackened trout at Countryside Cafe. / Photo by Mark Gilliland Blackened trout at Countryside Cafe. / Photo by Mark Gilliland
photo Banana pudding at Countryside Cafe. / Photo by Mark Gilliland

Countryside Cafe has been in business since 1990 with the same owners, same great food and even some of its original staff. With so many classic dishes, they make sure to keep the staples that locals have come to love.

“We have strawberries coming in from out-of-town now that are very tasty, but soon we will have local berries to make all our delicious desserts,” says owner Marlene Geren, noting some of the Ooltewah restaurant’s options include strawberry pie, strawberry cobbler and its famous strawberry shortcake.

“We also use fresh berries to make our strawberry spinach salad for those eating healthy,” she adds.

Friends and families can come in and pick from a wide selection of entrees, vegetables and desserts and still enjoy a delicious meal with any diet restriction.

photo Fresh strawberries are used in strawberry shortcake, strawberry pies and cobbler at Countryside Cafe. / Photo by Mark Gilliland

“All of our vegetables are considered vegetarian because we do not use any meat products in our cooking process,” Geren points out.