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Our Favorite Restaurants
Most of these are downtown but a couple are close to the house.
Great diner style restaurant with great burgers and homemade desserts.
38 locals recommend
Litton's Market, Restaurant & Bakery
2803 Essary DrGreat diner style restaurant with great burgers and homemade desserts.
Best barbeque in Knoxville offering daily specials as well as beer and wine.
43 locals recommend
Sweet P's Barbecue and Downtown Dive
410 W Jackson AveBest barbeque in Knoxville offering daily specials as well as beer and wine.
Fine dinning with a southern flair. Owner, Joseph lynn, is a world renowned James Beard award winning chef.
29 locals recommend
J.C. Holdway
501 Union Ave SWFine dinning with a southern flair. Owner, Joseph lynn, is a world renowned James Beard award winning chef.
Emilia
16 Market SquareBest Italian in Knoxville.
Nama Sushi Bar - Downtown Knoxville
506 S Gay Stsolid sushi
Neighborhoods
Bicyclists, runners and walkers enjoy the charm of this scenic tree-lined boulevard with its rolling hills and quaint older homes, some dating back to the 1920's. Sequoyah Hills is acclaimed for its breathtaking spring landscapes and is a featured tour during the Dogwood Arts Festival. Divided into three sections each with its own parking, Sequoyah Hills Park features 3 sport fields, a playground and exercise yard, and two blueway accesses to the Tennessee River. Just around the corner, there are 2 other parks to visit in the neighborhood — Talahi Park is to the west as you wind along the boulevard trail and Whitlow Logan Park is a couple of streets southwest.
Sequoyah Avenue
Sequoyah AvenueBicyclists, runners and walkers enjoy the charm of this scenic tree-lined boulevard with its rolling hills and quaint older homes, some dating back to the 1920's. Sequoyah Hills is acclaimed for its breathtaking spring landscapes and is a featured tour during the Dogwood Arts Festival. Divided into three sections each with its own parking, Sequoyah Hills Park features 3 sport fields, a playground and exercise yard, and two blueway accesses to the Tennessee River. Just around the corner, there are 2 other parks to visit in the neighborhood — Talahi Park is to the west as you wind along the boulevard trail and Whitlow Logan Park is a couple of streets southwest.
South Knoxville is quickly becoming an outdoor oasis. We call it the Urban Wilderness and it's got everything an outdoor enthusiast could want. Here are few links to some of the awesome stuff it has to offer.
Ijam's Nature Center - https://ijams.org/
Suttree Landing Park - http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/parks/south/suttree-landing-park
Bakers Creek Preserve - http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/trails/south/baker-creek-preserve
Alliance Brewing - https://alliancebrewing.com/
8 locals recommend
South Knoxville
South Knoxville is quickly becoming an outdoor oasis. We call it the Urban Wilderness and it's got everything an outdoor enthusiast could want. Here are few links to some of the awesome stuff it has to offer.
Ijam's Nature Center - https://ijams.org/
Suttree Landing Park - http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/parks/south/suttree-landing-park
Bakers Creek Preserve - http://www.outdoorknoxville.com/places/trails/south/baker-creek-preserve
Alliance Brewing - https://alliancebrewing.com/