Where to eat in Knoxville Tennessee
Appalachian cooking, East Tennessee barbecue, and a revived downtown market square.
Knoxville sits at the edge of the Appalachians, and its cooking reflects that rather than the Memphis or Nashville traditions further west. Soup beans and cornbread, country ham, sorghum, and the produce of the surrounding mountain farms.
East Tennessee barbecue is pork-led and generally sauced more lightly than Memphis, sitting somewhere between the Carolina and Tennessee styles.
Market Square downtown has been the city’s commercial heart since the 1850s and now holds a good run of independent restaurants and a strong seasonal farmers’ market. The Old City holds most of the newer bars and kitchens. The Smokies are an hour away, and the drive out is worth combining with the eating.
Downtown Knoxville offers a wide variety of mouthwatering dishes under a backdrop of city charm.
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