The Tomato Head Happy Hour Slice is a pizzeria budget eat in Market Square, Knoxville.
Editorially verified June 5, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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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.
TryTaco plate
TipThree-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.
TryThe original Petro
TipThe $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.
TryHouse burger
TipWeekday 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.
TryThunder Road burger
TipClosed 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.
TrySweet potato burrito
TipWeekday 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.
TryTaco plate
TipThree-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.
TryThe original Petro
TipThe $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.
TryHouse burger
TipWeekday 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.
TryDiner breakfast platters
TipCloses 14:00 daily; the under-$10 breakfast plate is the workhorse.
