The Tomato Head Happy Hour Slice is a pizzeria budget eat in Market Square, Knoxville.
The Tomato Head on Market Square since 1990 runs $4-7 happy-hour pizza slices Sunday through Thursday 16:00-18:00 at the downtown plaza counter.
Tip: Happy hour slices Sun-Thu 16:00-18:00; the rest of the day pizza-by-the-slice runs $6-7.
Address: 12 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902
Soccer Taco on Market Square's south end runs $10-15 taco plates with three tacos and rice, a Mexican counter staple on the downtown plaza any night.
Try: Taco plate
Tip: Three-taco plate stays under $15; late-night kitchen runs Friday and Saturday.
Petro's Chili and Chips on Market Square, the Knoxville chili-on-Fritos concept born at the 1982 World's Fair, runs $6-10 Petros downtown daily.
Try: The original Petro
Tip: The $6 original Petro is the cheapest sit-down meal on Market Square.
Stock and Barrel on Market Square runs $13-16 weekday lunch burgers, the bourbon-and-burger counter's most-affordable window on the plaza Monday through.
Try: House burger
Tip: Weekday lunch 11:00-14:00 is the easiest counter; weekend dinners drift higher.
Litton's Market on Essary Drive in Fountain City since 1946 runs $8-13 burgers, the family-run counter that pairs the famous burger with award-winning.
Try: Thunder Road burger
Tip: Closed Sundays; weekday lunch is the easiest budget window Cash is faster than card.
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.
Soccer Taco on Market Square's south end runs $10-15 taco plates with three tacos and rice, a Mexican counter staple on the downtown plaza any night.
Try: Taco plate
Tip: Three-taco plate stays under $15; late-night kitchen runs Friday and Saturday.
Petro's Chili and Chips on Market Square, the Knoxville chili-on-Fritos concept born at the 1982 World's Fair, runs $6-10 Petros downtown daily.
Try: The original Petro
Tip: The $6 original Petro is the cheapest sit-down meal on Market Square.
Stock and Barrel on Market Square runs $13-16 weekday lunch burgers, the bourbon-and-burger counter's most-affordable window on the plaza Monday through.
Try: House burger
Tip: Weekday lunch 11:00-14:00 is the easiest counter; weekend dinners drift higher.
Pete's Coffee Shop on Union Avenue, the downtown diner since 1986, runs $8-12 breakfast platters voted Best Breakfast in Knoxville seven years running.
Try: Diner breakfast platters
Tip: Closes 14:00 daily; the under-$10 breakfast plate is the workhorse.
