Oliver Royale is a newer restaurant in Market Square where you will find flavorful dishes with perfectly executed ingredients and delightful southern flair. Our experience here for brunch was top notch! We have a semi-monthly date night on the calendar. Yeah, we keep it real like that. We schedule it so that in some form…
Knoxville Eats: Grujo’s German Fast Food
We are the kind of foodies that have to create a list of the area restaurants we want to try just to keep up with the ever growing number of new food purveyors in east TN. Knoxville is known as having one of the highest ratios of restaurants per capita so there are constantly plenty…
Knoxville Eats: Holly’s 135
Let me preface this review by saying that Holly’s 135 is now closed, but you can experience the expert cuisine of Ms. Holly Hambright at two other locations around town: Holly’s Gourmet Market and Holly’s Corner, so I felt it still warranted a review. Okay, now to get down to it and talk about Holly’s 135…
Knoxville Eats: Makers Donuts
Knoxvillians are guilty of pandemonium over new restaurants. It’s true – we seem to love food and flock in droves to anything remotely interesting in terms of new cuisine – even new chain restaurants! Do you guys remember when Chuy’s arrived in town and you couldn’t get in the door without a 2 hour wait…
Knoxville Eats: Dead End BBQ
I have to admit right out of the gate that I am extremely picky when it comes to barbecue. If I am going to eat it, it better be done right – which means not fatty or chewy, but tender and juicy, full of flavor before you pour any sauce on, just slightly fall of…
Knoxville Eats: the Orangery
We’ve been penny-pinching like crazy lately saving up towards a down payment for a house. For our 4th anniversary we decided not to get each other anything. However, being the foodies that we are, we still sprung for a lavish dinner out. After much online menu perusing, we settled on The Orangery…
Knoxville Eats: Surin of Thailand
First off, let me say, please forgive the iPhone pictures. I was too afraid to look like a tourist in my own city to whip my big ol’ Nikon camera out. So anyway, onto the important schtuff… Surin of Thailand is a newer Thai restaurant in Knoxville’s Bearden district. Situated across from Deane Hill Drive next…
Knoxville Eats: The French Market
I have been to France – only once so far in my lifetime. It was in high school before I really appreciated the “finer” things. Needless to say, I did not get to enjoy true French cuisine, let alone a delicious classic like a crêpe filled with strawberries and cream. So when I discovered that…