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Street food in Knoxville lives at counters, food trucks and the rotating stalls of Market Square. The Saturday food trucks on Market Square sit alongside counter formats like Yassin's Falafel House downtown and Curious Dog in the Old City. The Crafty Bastard truck rotation adds a brewery-linked option to the mix.

Cruze Farm Ice Cream Downtown ★ 4.4

Street food · $

gay-street · 445 S Gay Street, Suite 105, Knoxville, TN 37902

Cruze Farm Ice Cream on South Gay Street, the family dairy's downtown counter, slings cones of buttermilk and rotating East Tennessee dairy ice cream daily.

Yassin's Falafel House Counter ★ 4.7

Street food · $

downtown · 333 W Depot Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917

Yassin's Falafel House at Marble City Food Hall, Yassin Terou's downtown Knoxville counter, runs falafel sandwiches and shawarma plates for the lunch crowd.

Petro's Chili and Chips ★ 4.0

Street food · $

market-square · 29 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

Petro's Chili and Chips on Market Square, the chili-on-chips concept born at the 1982 World's Fair Knoxville, runs the original Petro signature bowl downtown.

The Tomato Head Pizza Counter ★ 4.3

Street food · $

market-square · 12 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

The Tomato Head pizza counter on Market Square since 1990, Mahasti Vafaie's longest-running downtown spot, sells pizza by the slice and happy-hour slices.

Curious Dog Counter ★ 4.3

Street food · $

old-city · 200 W Jackson Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902

Curious Dog on West Jackson, the brothers Weidenhamer's hot-dog counter in the historic JFG building, runs 30+ specialty dog builds for the Old City crowd.

Market Square Saturday Food Trucks ★ 4.2

Street food · $

market-square · Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

Saturday food trucks at Market Square Farmers Market, the May-October rotating truck roster alongside vendor stalls, runs Saturday mornings on the plaza.

Crafty Bastard Food Truck Rotation ★ 4.2

Street food · $

old-city · 6 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917

Crafty Bastard at Emory Place hosts nightly rotating food trucks on the brewery patio, the Old City taproom's calling card alongside the rotating tap list.

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