7 editor picks in Knoxville.
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.
7 street food places in Knoxville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Knoxville · Street Food across every city.
Try Fresh-churned ice cream cones
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.
Try Falafel sandwich
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.
Try The Petro: chili over Fritos
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.
Try Pizza by the slice
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.
Try Specialty hot dogs
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.
Try Rotating food-truck plates
Saturday food trucks at Market Square Farmers Market, the May-October rotating truck roster alongside vendor stalls, runs Saturday mornings on the plaza.
Try Rotating food-truck plates
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.
