The University of Tennessee's Cumberland Avenue corridor, home to Sunspot's multicultural menu and the bars and counters that feed the student crowd.
Sunspot on the Cumberland Avenue Strip near the University, the multicultural Southwestern and Caribbean room since the 1990s, anchors the UT dining scene.
Signature: Sweet potato burrito, Sunspot bowl
Order: The sweet potato burrito with black beans, or the rotating Sunspot bowl of the season.
Tip: UT home football Saturdays run packed; weeknights for the lunch counter, weekend brunch for the patio.
Sunspot on Cumberland Avenue, the multicultural Southwestern and Caribbean room on the UT Strip since the 1990s, anchors Knoxville's student-area dining.
Signature: Sweet potato burrito, Sunspot bowl
Order: The sweet potato burrito with black beans, or the Sunspot bowl of the season.
Tip: UT home football Saturdays run packed; weeknights and weekend brunch are reliably easier.
UT Extension Knox County's canning and preserving workshops, the University of Tennessee outreach program, teaches home food safety and East TN heritage.
Tip: Classes posted seasonally; canning workshops fill fastest during late-summer tomato season.
Sunspot on Cumberland Avenue near UT runs $10-15 lunch plates from the Southwestern and Caribbean menu the multicultural counter has run on the Strip since.
Try: Sweet potato burrito
Tip: Weekday lunch under $15; UT football Saturdays push the prices and wait times up.