The Tomato Head signature pizza on Market Square since 1990, with sun-dried tomato pesto, fresh mozzarella, basil and a thin Knoxville-style sourdough crust.
Mahasti Vafaie opened The Tomato Head on Market Square in 1990 and named the signature pie after herself, the pizza topped with house pesto, feta, sun-dried tomatoes and Kalamata olives. The Persian-American counter has run pizza, sandwiches and salads on Market Square ever since, making it downtown Knoxville's longest-running independent restaurant and a Market Square Saturday-morning landmark for two generations of regulars.
2 editor picks for The Mahasti Pizza in Knoxville, ranked by editorial score. All Knoxville signature dishes · The Mahasti Pizza across every city.
The Tomato Head ★ 4.5
market-square · 12 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902
The Tomato Head on Market Square, Mahasti Vafaie's Persian-American pizza and sandwich counter since 1990, is downtown Knoxville's longest-running.
The Tomato Head Bearden ★ 4.4
bearden · 7240 Kingston Pike #172, Knoxville, TN 37919
The Tomato Head Bearden on Kingston Pike at Gallery Shopping Center, Mahasti Vafaie's West Knoxville arm of the Market Square original, runs the same pizza.