Complimentary Dinner

If you're recently engaged and earnestly researching venues for the special day, we invite you to consider the tranquil charms of Evins Mill, including...

• scenic sites for outdoor or covered ceremonies
• beautiful backdrops for wedding photography
• cascading waterfalls & forested bluffs
• historic yet elegant log lodge & gristmill
• intimate spaces for group gatherings
  
• delightful "farm to table" cuisine/full bar
• professional yet amiable event facilitation
• bluff-view, creek-side lodging
  
• 60 miles east of the Nashville Airport
• ideal for events of up to 125 guests
  

Schedule a site visit by January 31, 2012 and stay for hors d'oeuvres and a four-course dinner for half-price - or $45 for two guests. If you secure the Inn for your wedding, we will apply the discounted price of dinner to your wedding and voila - a complimentary meal! And if you find that Evins Mill does not meet your particular needs, you've enjoyed a wonderful meal at a wonderful price.

For more information on hosting your wedding at Evins Mill, please visit our web site. Or call 615.269.3740 (nashville) or 800.383.2349 (toll free) to schedule your appointment and receive an estimate and menu.

Photograph by Visions by Valeisha.

New Year's Day Brunch

If late night revelry on New Year's Eve is not your style - or even if it is, consider joining us between 10:00 and noon on Sunday for a leisurely yet celebratory New Year's Day Brunch. As with all our brunches, Chef Evans is preparing a bounteous spread, including...

• scrambled eggs & omelet-to-order station
  
• pancakes with all the toppings
• Tennessee roasted chicken
• grilled southern raised catfish
• bacon, sausage & Tennessee country ham
• buttermilk biscuits & saw mill gravy
• creamy cheddar grits
• home fried potatoes
• slow cooked turnip greens
  
• black-eyed peas
  
• sliced tomatoes and southern fried apples
• selection of cold cereals
• fresh fruit
• muffins, toast & bagels with cream cheese
• croissants & sweet pastries
  
• fruit yogurt
• variety of juices & low fat milk
• coffee & hot beverage selection

Brunch is $35 per adult guest and half price for children between the ages of six & twelve. Come early or stay late to enjoy real wood burning fireplaces, brisk hikes to Carmac Falls and football games galore.

New Year's Eve Jubilation

We invite you to celebrate the advent of a new year in the festive yet intimate setting that is Evins Mill. Guests may arrive on Friday, December 30 to enjoy...

• light hors d'oeuvres & a four-course dinner
  
• a hearty breakfast & omelet station
  
• and a picnic box lunch
  

...and stay through Sunday to enjoy New Year's Eve & New Year's Day festivities. Guests may also arrive on Saturday to enjoy those same festivities, which include...

• heavy hors d'oeuvres & a five-course dinner
  
• live piano music & roaring fireplaces
• enhanced turn-down service
  
• and a sumptuous New Year's Day Brunch

Non-alcoholic beverages & light snacks are available throughout the weekend.

• The weekend package is $477 to $569 for two guests depending on the room.
  
• The New Year's Eve package is $265 to $325 for two guests depending on the room.
  
• The New Year's Eve dinner-only package is $60 per plate.
• The New Year's Day brunch-only package is $35 per plate.
  

Chef Evans will be preparing a sumptuous menu on Saturday, featuring...

Appetizers

• Noble Springs goat cheese dip with pita chips
• Laurel Creek Farm’s handmade sausage with grilled red cabbage
• Fresh veggies with creamy fresh pesto dip
  

Soup

• Local turnips and pumpkin with lentils and red quinoa
• Served with local baked whole wheat rolls
  

Salad

Fresh grapefruit with mixed greens, candied almonds, red onion and a creamy watercress dressing

Sorbet

"Mystery" sorbet (sounds good for I do not know yet; I want to come up with something new but have not got it yet)

Entrées

• Tennessee pastured beef tenderloin, oven roasted with our millstone dry rub and served with a Nashville whiskey cream. Accompanied by grilled onion and roasted garlic potato gratin.
• Tasmanian wild king salmon filet, well seasoned and grilled and served with a chutney of Benton’s bacon, sour apples and dried fruit. Accompanied by grilled onion and roasted garlic potato gratin.
  

Into the Night Dessert Buffet

• special drinks and champagne a flowin’
• Rice pudding
• Belgian chocolate truffles
• coconut macaroons
• stuffed apricots
• homemade kettle corn
  

Evins Mill or Bust!

Starting on Thursday, October 27, 2011, the first 100 callers to reference and purchase an "Evins Mill or Bust!" gift certificate for a one night stay at regular rates between December 1 and April 30, 2012 will receive a second night stay for free.

Valid with any room, an "Evins Mill or Bust!" gift certificate also includes appetizers & a four-course dinner the first night and a hearty breakfast the following morning for two guests. Depending on the room, the package price is $268.80 to $336.00, tax included. With it, the next night stay with breakfast is on the house, which with tax represents a $179.20 to $246.40 value depending on the room reserved, or at least a 40% discount for a two-night stay.

A few helpful hints...

• Offer expires on April 30, 2012.
• The free night stay must immediately follow the first night stay.
• Dinner must be enjoyed on the day/evening of arrival.
  
• While dinner is available over the free night stay, it is not included.
  
• Reservations may not be made more than three months in advance.
• Offer is not valid on Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve or the weekend before Valentines.
• The Inn is closed on Christmas & Christmas Eve.
  
• Offer may not be used in tandem with other offers.
  

To get your "Evins Mill or Bust!" gift certificates, call 615.269.3740 (nashville) or 800.383.2349 (toll free), ask for William Cochran and shout "Evins Mill or Bust!"

Thanksgiving ~ Thu, Nov 24 '11

Give your chef a break this Thanksgiving by allowing our chefs to do the heavy lifting. For overnight guests and day-trippers alike, Thursday will feature a traditional Thanksgiving spread at either 12:00 or 6:00 p.m. Overnight guests will be treated as always to a big breakfast Friday morning and a picnic box lunch either on the day of arrival or depature. The weather is sure to be crisp, the fires will be roaring - and the cuisine will be abundant, including...

• roasted turkey w/ fresh cranberry relish
• pit ham carving station
• sage dressing
• mashed yukon gold potatoes
• sweet potato casserole
• fresh steamed asparagus
• cream style corn
• deviled eggs
• baked apples
• tossed salad w/ basil vinaigrette dressing
• carrot, raisin salad
• fresh fruit salad
• fresh baked bread & rolls
• panoply of pies
• hot apple cider & fresh ground coffee
  

For day-trippers, Thanksgiving dinner is $50/person - or come for the early seating to enjoy the same menu for $45. The overnight package for two guests includes one night's stay, Thanksgiving dinner, a hearty breakfast and a picnic box lunch either on the day of arrival or day of departure, and is $285 to $345 depending on the room reserved.

Call 615.269.3740 (nashville), 800.383.2349 (toll free) or 615.597.2088 (smithville) to learn more or make reservations.

Labor Day Cookout ~ Sat, Sep 3 '11

Labor Day is one of the most popular weekends to enjoy Center Hill Lake - and Evins Mill. To mark the holiday, the Inn is hosting its annual Labor Day Cookout from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 2nd. Appetizers are available as early as 6:00 p.m. Whether you're staying at the Inn or not, guests as always are invited to arrive with an appetite, as the menu is expansive...

Entrees

• Grilled Tennessee Pastured Pork Chops from Wedge Oak Farm
• Grilled Tennessee Pastured Poussin Chickens from Wedge Oak Farm 
• Grilled Jumbo Shrimp

Sides

• Baked Sweet Potatoes
• Garden Vegetable Ratatouille
• Fresh Baked, Local Whole Wheat Rolls & Cornbread
• Home Grown Tomato, Mozzarella Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Grilled Onions & Chilies
• Vegetable Slaw
• Marinated Cucumber Salad
• Heirloom Beans Slow Cooked with Benton’s Bacon

Dessert

• Baked Apples w/ Local Honey Caramel, Streusel Topping & Vanilla Ice Cream

Beverages

• Tea, Coffee, Lemonade & Ice Water

The Labor Day Cookout is $50.00 per guest and $15 for kids six to twelve. Sodas, bottled waters & alcoholic beverages are available but not included. Call 615.269.3740 (nashville), 800.383.2349 (toll free) or 597.2088 (smithville) to learn more or make reservations.

Stonehaus Wine Tasting ~ Sat, Aug 27, '11

Stonehaus Winery, based in Crossville, Tenneessee, is hosting a wine tasting at Evins Mill on Saturday, Aug 27. Beginning at 6:00, Rob Ramsey, owner of Stonehaus, will discuss the history of wine making in Tennessee and sample many Stonehaus wines, including some of his newest sparkling wines, a crisp Pinot Gris and a fruity Muscadine to name only a few.

The tasting will be accompanied by an assortment of appetizers and continue through a four-course dinner, served at 7:00 and prepared by our own Chef Evans, who has tailor crafted a menu to compliment the tasting...

• Locust Grove sheep's milk cheese board with homemade bread & butter pickles
• Chilled summer garden prepared with Stonehaus Pinot Gris
• Heirloom tomato, mozzarella salad
• Tennessee Pastured Flank Steak with Evins Mill dry rub & Moonlight Cabernaet butter sauce OR Tasmanian Wild King Salmon
• Stonehaus Muscadine Sorbet with local, ripe fruits & candied almonds
  

The Wine Tasting Package includes...

• Saturday night lodging
• appetizers & four-course dinner
  
• wine tasting
• a hearty breakfast with omelet station
  
• a picnic box lunch
  
• non-alcoholic beverages

and is available at the regular price of $265 to $325 for two guests depending on the room. Wine tasting and dinner-only reservations are also available at the regular price of $50/plate. In short, the tasting is gratis.

Call 615.269.3740 (nashville), 800.383.2349 (toll free) or 615.597.2088 (smithville) to learn more or make reservations.