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Top 10 Mac & Cheese in Knoxville

The Brass Pearl - This Market Square seafood restaurant and oyster bar offers an elevated version of this down-home comfort food with their lobster mac and cheese. The little cups created by orecchiette pasta hold chunks of butter poached lobster and Tillamook cheddar and smoked gouda cheeses…

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Top 10 French Fries in Knoxville

July 13 th is National French Fry Day, and if you are celebrating this golden event in Knoxville, we’ve piled high ten great places to fill that savory, salty craving. Penne for Your Thoughts - This favorite food truck at the Central Filling Station - Tennessee's first full-service food truck park -…

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10 Instagram Worthy Nature Shots in Knoxville

The Holston River begins in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows for 274 miles through Virginia into Tennessee and historically, the river had great strategic importance for commerce in the Tennessee Valley. Today you can enjoy the river at Holston River Park in East Knoxville. This…

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Bike Boat Brew & Bark Gift Guide

June is that sweet spot in between Spring and Summer where the weather is just right. The days grow longer, the season gets warmer, and our Southern city comes alive under the sunshine. The first Saturday in June marks Knoxville’s annual Bike, Boat, Brew, & Bark Festival down at Volunteer Landing…

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Meet Zoo Knoxville’s Newest Residents!

In honor of Endangered Species Day, meet Zoo Knoxville’s Newest Residents! Six new residents joined Zoo Knoxville in 2022, representing two species currently on the critically endangered list, a species heading towards the endangered list and a species that has been removed from the endangered…

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