Knoxville's alternative weekly newspaper, Metro Pulse, released their winter 2010 "Yummm! Guide to Knoxville Area Restaurants" a little over a week ago. It's easy to forget how many restaurants this town has and, thus, how many I've not visited, until you see them in one huge list. So, for one of my new year's resolutions, I have picked 25 "new-to-me" Knoxville-area restaurants to visit in 2010.
(It's important to note, however, that I have actually been to a couple of these previously, but I feel like they're worth re-visiting for one reason or another. I'll point these out.)
First up are the 10 restaurants I've promised to visit from the Knoxville News Sentinel's Grub Scout's top 10 Knoxville restaurants of 2009. These include:
1. Cafe 4*
2. Le Parigo
3. R.T. Lodge
4. Dancing Bear Lodge
5. Apple Cake Tea Room
6. 501 Arthur
7. Coolato Gelato
8. Dead End BBQ
9. Longhorn Steakhouse
10. Echo Bistro & Wine Bar
In addition to these 10 restaurants, I've picked the following 15 restaurants from the Metro Pulse's restaurant guide:
11. S&W Grand**
12. Steamboat Sandwiches
13. Bonefish Grill***
14. RouXbarb
15. Seasons Cafe
16. Ho Ho
17. Pizza Palace
18. Chandler's
19. Sunspot
20. La Rumba
21. Altruda's
22. Red Onion Pizza
23. Savelli's
24. T. Ho Bistro / The Pint House
25. Fleming's Prime Steakhouse
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Notes:
*Cafe 4 - I have been to Cafe 4 previously, but I plan to re-visit solely to complete the Grub Scout's list in its entirety.
**S&W Grand - I have been here a couple of times already; however, it is a very new restaurant and I think I want to start giving new restaurants at least 6 months of being open before I write an official review.
***Bonefish Grill - I went here once with a large group and don't really remember the food, but ever since then I've heard great things, despite the fact that it's a chain.
501 Arthur is great. I highly recommend the Tomato Bisque Soup. I had that with grilled cheese and have craved it ever since.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when you go to T.Ho, have the egg rolls. MUST MUST MUST. My cousin's best friend's family owns that place - They have a patent on those things. The Pint House is a nice little hole in the wall place too. Call me when you go; it's right near my house.