Linger Lodge Restaurant & Bar
Gamsky taxidermy room — fried alligator bites, frog legs, Linger Lodge Bloody Mary. Linger Lodge Restaurant is the Braden River taxidermy dining room Frank Gamsky started filling in 1968, after the Parvin family's 1945 fish camp. Official about-us still names fried alligator bites, fresh frog legs, and the Linger Lodge Bloody Mary; the house menu PDF prices a River Sampler Platter of fried green tomatoes, frog legs, and gator bites.
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Gamsky taxidermy room — fried alligator bites, frog legs, Linger Lodge Bloody Mary
A wooden plaque in the house reads "Linger Longer" — Lewis says people stay because the river makes them slow down.
A Braden River lodge where taxidermy watches you eat — squirrels playing basketball, jackalopes, a thirteen-foot gator — on screened decks over blackwater.
Food: Alligator bites if you want the house wild card; the River Sampler (fried green tomatoes, alligator, frog legs) or River Platter (alligator, frog legs, catfish) for the full lodge plate. River Bottom Pie for dessert — Oreo crumbs, coffee ice cream, fudge.
Drink: A Bloody Mary is on their own specialties list. Happy hour Wednesday–Friday 4–7.
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