A Dopo is a new, highly anticipated restaurant in Knoxville serving up a unique style of pizza with a sourdough wood fired crust. One of our last date nights out before the baby arrived, we were determined to try A Dopo shortly after they opened their doors. We had been hearing so much about the…
Knoxville Eats: Kaizen Izakaya
Some of the best Asian food in Knoxville is found in this small, discreet building on a side street in downtown Knoxville. Kaizen Izakaya, referred to as just Kaizen, is located on Clinch Avenue in downtown Knoxville in a small building that was previously the home of Le Parigo. Other than a few Japanese lanterns…
Knoxville Eats : Pretentious Brewing & OliBea Bar Snack Preview
Something wonderful is happening. Something….magical. Pretentious Glass & OliBea are becoming best buds and it’s an excitingly wonderful thing for Knoxville. Two creative minds, who happen to be neighors in the Old City, have come together to bring us a future in two things a lot of people love: Food & Beer. I recently had…
Knoxville Eats: TATA Creole Corner Pop-up
Local chef, Bruce Bogartz, new pop-up restaurant TATA Creole Corner is bringing a missing ingredient to the Knoxville food scene if only for a short while. And we got to try out the food at friends & family night before opening! After leaving Primo in the Sunsphere. Bruce decided his next endeavor needed to have…
Knoxville Eats: Hard Knox Pizzeria
Knoxville has no shortage of pizza places, especially local joints known for everything from new york style to homemade ingredients to wood-fired pizza. Hard Knox Pizzeria is one such local joint dishing up handcrafted wood-fired pizzas with artisan flavors and the finest ingredients. And honestly, we think they have some of the best pizza in…
Knoxville Eats: M3 Food Truck & Old City Wine Bar
Knoxville has truly seen a resurgence in it’s downtown as well as it’s food scene in the last 5-10 years. I’ve always been amazed at the sheer number of restaurants our small city contains, but in the last few years we’ve grown from a town full of chains to a town full of local eateries,…
Knoxville Eats: OliBea
A great way to start your Saturday is with a delicious, fresh breakfast at OliBea in the Old City district of downtown Knoxville. They are open for breakfast and lunch hours only, but it’s SO worth the trek downtown for their fabulous fare. We headed into downtown early one Saturday morning for a nice breakfast…
Knoxville Eats: Primo Italian
Let’s just go ahead and get this out of the way: Dining at Primo is an experience. We recently celebrated eight years of wedded bliss, and decided that dining at Bruce Boggartz’s newest endeavor would be worth an anniversary dinner. Fun anecdote before we begin: Bruce used to work with my Dad way back when…