10 Best Knoxville Dining Experiences.

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#151
Cheddar's is a chain and that's the food you get. It's good for lunch but not much different than the rest
 
#153
#153
onevolfan said:
I've never eaten at Cheddar's, but have heard a lot of good things about them. One is getting ready to open in Knoxville on Clinton Hwy close to Merchants. Supposedly they have really good food, and their prices are very reasonable.
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cheddars is not good.


to the rebuttal of my regas comment. funnily enough I have also eaten at top restaurants in every single city you mentioned, lol. you suprise me with such a dining background, that you'd still believe Regas was great. (Actually, maybe it WAS great, but I am just too young to remember it in its "hay" day or something).

And Regas as a 5*? Whew. Thats hard to believe on any standard rating system whether it be Mobil, AAA, or the 1-3* Michelin rating system.


(no one needs to say I'm a snob..I get that I am...so thanks in advance.)
 
#154
#154
Cheddars is sort of like O'Charley's. It is definitely better, but still the same class of eatery.
 
#155
#155
it's cheap. think about where they built them. you have to fight the rednecks off with a bat to get a table.
 
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doozer said:
it's cheap. think about where they built them. you have to fight the rednecks off with a bat to get a table.
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I laugh every time I drive past the one in Alcoa and see the dozens of people standing around for a table. It's good......but not that good.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
I laugh every time I drive past the one in Alcoa and see the dozens of people standing around for a table. It's good......but not that good.
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I drove past the one in Knoxville the other day and there was literally a traffic jam in the parking lot. People were stuck sitting in there cars all up and down the parking lot. Someone told me they had to wait 2 hours for a table one evening. It's absurd.
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utvol0427 said:
I drove past the one in Knoxville the other day and there was literally a traffic jam in the parking lot. People were stuck sitting in there cars all up and down the parking lot. Someone told me they had to wait 2 hours for a table one evening. It's absurd.
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Holy crap, that is insane.

They have them out here. I've eaten there a couple of times. I was not that impressed.
 
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#160
VOLINVONORE said:
Regas was the only 5* dinning place in Knoxville for years. I am not sure if there is a 5* in Knoxville now. I ate there over 100 times and we celebrated my Mother's 90th birthday there over 20 years ago. Bill Regas demanded the best of the best for Regas and he got it. One of the top 10 dinning establishment in which I have eaten, including those in NY, Atl, NO, Chicago, SF, Denver, Houston, Dallas, etc. I already miss them.
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not bad for knoxville
 
#161
#161
Regas...good riddance! Every meal I've had there was pitiful.

Cheddars...not a real big fan of any chain restaurant.

Speaking of restaurants with long waits, what's the F'n deal with Wasabi? It blows my mind to drive by on a Friday night and see about 30-40 obese rednecks standing outside waiting. It's not very good and not very entertaining. Anybody know?
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#162
#162
Ah, we decided to go w cheddars tonight. Get here at 5:30 because wife has something at 7. Already a 30 minute wait.

Feel free to make fun of it. I deserve it. This is ridiculous.
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#163
#163
Wait 40 minutes. Go back to ask how much longer. They say at least 10 more minutes. Left and wont be going back.
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tigervol9802 said:
Wait 40 minutes. Go back to ask how much longer. They say at least 10 more minutes. Left and wont be going back.
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Not much they can do about it being busy.

As a rule of thumb, always disregard quoted wait time. Keep in mind that a 16 year old with questionable estimation skills is telling you when a table will be ready while standing at a podium.

+/- 20 minutes the quote time is a better guess.
 
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#165
bamacheats said:
Regas...good riddance! Every meal I've had there was pitiful.

Cheddars...not a real big fan of any chain restaurant.

Speaking of restaurants with long waits, what's the F'n deal with Wasabi? It blows my mind to drive by on a Friday night and see about 30-40 obese rednecks standing outside waiting. It's not very good and not very entertaining. Anybody know?
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mayo sauce is the new crack cocaine for the poor faceless masses.

While drunk at a Wasabi one night, I hypothesized that mayo sauce was the Japanese strategy to lure fat america into an obesity epidemic, making them happy, and immobile. Once immobolized they will soon attack the united states. Its quite diabolical.
 
#167
#167
Went to Savelli's last night. Food was decent, service mediocre, atmosphere poor.

If your dining room is as big as mine, at least make the atmosphere feel like a nice little Italian place. do not play lady antebellum's album in its entirety. the one difference for me from Naples was the fact that you can bring your own wine. otherwise I'd choose Naples every time.
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#168
#168
Did you check their health dep score? They've failed multiple times in the past.
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#169
#169
Please specify. Oh, and I worked at Copper Cellar when they failed a health dept test, for having bottles that weren't labeled, etc. Not always an issue of cleanliness.
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#170
bamacheats said:
Did you check their health dep score? They've failed multiple times in the past.
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Reading back on the first page it looks like you were talking about Savelli's. I didn't see the score, but I wouldn't be surprised at all as the staff didn't seem too on top of things.
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#171
IPorange said:
Sevelli's isn't as good as it was five or six years ago.
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This is interesting- on the back of the menu, it stated that the couple that started the restaurant had divorced, I wonder if that coincided with the downturn.
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#172
Heebs said:
This is interesting- on the back of the menu, it stated that the couple that started the restaurant had divorced, I wonder if that coincided with the downturn.
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It most certainly did.
 
#175
#175
bamacheats said:
Farragut. Across from Watt rd. on Kingston pike. Has a distinct frozen pizza nostalgia to it.

Anyone remember Digenova's? The original in west Knox was incredible! They cut their pies just like Italians, with scissors.
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If you're talking about the original location right off Kingston Pike near Lovell Road, I think in the same shopping center where El Charro is now - yes. It was unbelievable. I went to school with the proprietor's daughter; it was legit in every way you can be legit.
 
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