Hochatown restaurants with a view: patios, water, and pines

'View' gets thrown around loosely here. The real ones: Rolling Fork Takery's picnic tables sit right on the Mountain Fork River — trout water, cypress trees, the works.\n\nMountain Fork Brewery's back patio faces pine forest with a firepit in cold months. Not a lake view, but the closest thing to eating in the woods.\n\nAbendigo's Grill patio is the classiest dinner setting in the area. String lights, oaks, quiet. No water view but the ambiance beats every 'lake view' claim on Highway 259.\n\nSkip anywhere that advertises 'panoramic view' from a strip mall along 259 — that's parking lot, not view.