8 | Copper Cellar one Chesapeake’s, one Cherokee Grill (a spinoff of the Copper Cellar concept in Gatlinburg, Tenn.) and four of the organization’s newest concept – Smoky Mountain Brewery. “For us, it’s about being home,” Fricks says. “We grew up in this area and the people in the restaurants are from this area. If you’re coming in, you’re getting a taste of what Tennessee has to offer. We’re pretty successful, but we try to stay humble. We live in a glass house and we don’t like to throw stones. “The restaurant business is a hard business and it’s our mission every day to make people happy.” BREWING A WINNER The first Smoky Mountain Brewery was opened in 1996 – also in Gatlinburg – and
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