Knoxville Restaurants

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#682
Got to check out Chez Guevara last week. Definitely the best Mexican I've had in Knoxville so far (I haven't been to that many places yet). Chips and salsa were great, and you get red and green - both delicious. I got the Elvis burrito - pretty good, could have used just a little more seasoning. Some of the black beans in the burrito came out while it was cooking, and left a thin burnt layer around it, but it wasn't a big deal.

It was a good experience, the waitstaff were busting ass the whole time I was there. From what I've heard, I'm expecting La Parilla to be better, but for now I would take to my mom to Chez if she came to visit Knoxville (my mom loves Mexican food).
 
#683
#683
BigSteve09 said:
I miss Chandler's, Dead End, Aubrey's, Nama, Copper Cellar, and (as much as I hate to admit) Hibachi Factory delivery.

Add Wasabi to that list as well. And that Brazilian steakhouse. Taste of Thai.

Now that I think about it, Knox had a pretty decent lineup of delicious fattening stations.
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I forgot to add Chez Gueverra, along with the nasty but delicious Sitar.

Like I said, lots of good restaurants near you if you live in Knox


What's the pizza place over in East Knox off Magnolia? It was good.

Also, the hummus at Half Barrel :rock:
 
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#684
Chris4Vols22 said:
Got to check out Chez Guevara last week. Definitely the best Mexican I've had in Knoxville so far (I haven't been to that many places yet). Chips and salsa were great, and you get red and green - both delicious. I got the Elvis burrito - pretty good, could have used just a little more seasoning. Some of the black beans in the burrito came out while it was cooking, and left a thin burnt layer around it, but it wasn't a big deal.

It was a good experience, the waitstaff were busting ass the whole time I was there. From what I've heard, I'm expecting La Parilla to be better, but for now I would take to my mom to Chez if she came to visit Knoxville (my mom loves Mexican food).
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I like La Parilla, but I don't think its better than Chez. Push at best, prob slight edge to Chez imo. La Parilla is just really convenient for me.
 
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#685
BigSteve09 said:
I forgot to add Chez Gueverra, along with the nasty but delicious Sitar.

Like I said, lots of good restaurants near you if you live in Knox


What's the pizza place over in East Knox off Magnolia? It was good.

Also, the hummus at Half Barrel :rock:
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The Pizza Palace
 
#686
#686
coug said:
The Pizza Palace
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Pizza Palace is decent. Not anything special. They are big on their own onion rings, and all I heard going in there was that they were famous for their onion rings and their onion rings were on food network blah blah blah.

Worst onion rings I've ever had in my life. I really do not understand how anyone could even eat them, much less recommend them. And it's hard to screw up onion rings.

Speaking of pizza, the wife and I tried a place out on Chapman recently called "I love NY Pizza". If that place represents what New York pizza is supposed to be then I'm not interested.
 
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#687
chatt-townVOL said:
Pizza Palace is decent. Not anything special. They are big on their own onion rings, and all I heard going in there was that they were famous for their onion rings and their onion rings were on food network blah blah blah.

Worst onion rings I've ever had in my life. I really do not understand how anyone could even eat them, much less recommend them. And it's hard to screw up onion rings.

Speaking of pizza, the wife and I tried a place out on Chapman recently called "I love NY Pizza". If that place represents what New York pizza is supposed to be then I'm not interested.
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At Da Vinci's tonight, I had a New Yorker say our pizza was really good, and our calzones are the best he's had outside of NYC. That was not the first time I've had Northerners say that.
 
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#688
Chris4Vols22 said:
At Da Vinci's tonight, I had a New Yorker say our pizza was really good, and our calzones are the best he's had outside of NYC. That was not the first time I've had Northerners say that.
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He probably saw that you were carrying and was trying to be nice.
 
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#694
Chris4Vols22 said:
At Da Vinci's tonight, I had a New Yorker say our pizza was really good, and our calzones are the best he's had outside of NYC. That was not the first time I've had Northerners say that.
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Da Vinci's is the real deal. When you were talking about giving some kind of a discount to VN members a while back my wife and I tried the one off Papermill. Great pizza. I would put it right there with the best in Knox. Yours is the one in the old city right?
 
#695
#695
chatt-townVOL said:
Pizza Palace is decent. Not anything special. They are big on their own onion rings, and all I heard going in there was that they were famous for their onion rings and their onion rings were on food network blah blah blah.

Worst onion rings I've ever had in my life. I really do not understand how anyone could even eat them, much less recommend them. And it's hard to screw up onion rings.

Speaking of pizza, the wife and I tried a place out on Chapman recently called "I love NY Pizza". If that place represents what New York pizza is supposed to be then I'm not interested.
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I thought the onion rings held up to their hype personally. Maybe you caught them on a bad day. They need to get with the times though, the cash only rule is lame.

Pleasantly surprised by this, the Smoky Mountain Brewery has very good onion rings.
 
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#696
coug said:
I thought the onion rings held up to their hype personally. Maybe you caught them on a bad day. They need to get with the times though, the cash only rule is lame.

Pleasantly surprised by this, the Smoky Mountain Brewery has very good onion rings.
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Well we went with another couple who were only there for the second time. The first time they went they ordered a large order of the onion rings and both of them could only stomach one. They warned us not to fall for it. I got a small order because I figured they were exaggerating, and I agreed with them. They weren't exaggerating at all, those onion rings literally had no flavor. I only ate one and my wife ate half of one and we were done.
 
#699
#699
Well today is the the day. Blackhorse Pub and Brewery will officially open at 11 am, in the shops at western plaza, on Kingston Pike. Stop by some time and give it a try.
 
#700
#700
Get the beer cheese for an appetizer, and the Heart Attack Pizza, and Barnstormer Red to wash it down
 
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