Puleo's Grille - Merchants

South Press

➤ 3615 Chapman Hwy, 37920, Knoxville, US, West Knoxville, United States

Menu • Food • Coffee • Bagels • Karaoke

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"It was great to find this place! I had just finished a long morning of hiking and walking around South Knoxville, and I wanted something quick and healthy for lunch. Being a part of the LGBTQ+ community myself this place truly appealed to me. I walked in and was at first surprised to find so many youths hanging out there, but then it dawned on me what a wonderful gesture that is for youths of all background to have such a safe space in Knoxville, which is known to be a more conservative city. Not long after entering I was greeted in a friendly manner. I placed an order for an LGBT (lettuce, guacamole, bacon, tomato) sandwich and a matcha latte. I then sat in a comfy booth. My drink arrived fairly quickly. I have never had a matcha latte before and quickly found out it wasn't my cup of tea (pun intended). I don't blame the cafe for this, as I wanted to try new things while on vacation! The sandwich arrived, and it was served on a warm, flaky, buttery croissant. It was DELICIOUS! The cafe itself is clean and inviting. It is also huge. I didn't feel like I needed to rush out of there and took my time planning out my next stops for my trip. I will return here the next time my travels take me to Knoxville!"

Potchke

➤ 318 N Gay St #103, Knoxville Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews, United States Of America, West Knoxville

Menu • Soup • Meat • Coffee • Breakfast

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"Not the matzo! Overall I love potchke and have had great food there, but I’ve also had some so so food too. Last time I went I had the matzo ball soup and a tomato pie babka. The soup, at $12 wasn’t even a full bowl of soup! It was half full at best with one big ball of matzo. Overall the flavor was a little bland to me. While the tomato pie babka was really tasty, I didn’t realize I was going to get only a 1/2 babka that had been sitting on top of the case for everyone to breathe on all day! I think they could have done better, given that I’ve had better from them before."

Cru-Bistro and Wine Bar - Downtown

➤ 141 S. Gay Street Knoxville, TN 27902, 37902-1005, United States

Menu • Meat • Pizza • American • Barbecue

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"We got there at 12:15 we didn’t get out food until 2pm, then they told us “the coffee here is terrible so go next store to jacks and get a coffee or lattes there” jacks was great btw. The service was terrible, the food was subpar and then the service was horrible. Don’t come here for brunch. No idea if dinner is better but brunch today was horrific in all aspects. We also were berated by a homeless man in the restaurant while we were sitting waiting for our meal. Overall -10/10."

Tupelo Honey

➤ 1 Market Square Southwest Knoxville, TN 37902, 37902-2130, United States

Menu • Meat • Beer • American • Barbecue

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"My wife and I were visiting Knoxville, Tennessee and stayed at a hotel in the Market Square area downtown. We decided to try out this restaurant for dinner and it was fantastic."

The French Market Creperie

➤ 412 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902, 37916, United States

Menu • Vegan • French • Coffee • European

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"Final Update (July 27, 2024): THEY PUT BACON IN MY VEGETARIAN CREPE. I am still traumatized and queasy from my breakfast this morning. I ordered a scrambled egg, spinach, tomato crepe, which is vegetarian, as I am a Muslim and do not eat meat outside. Most of the meal was fine, until the last bite. I felt a crunch that it should not have and did not have until the last bite. It's also definitely not the crust of the crepe itself as I was eating the crust together with the center nearly all the time. I was trying to figure out what this crunchy thing could be. Then I remembered reading somewhere BACON is crunchy and savory. A nearby waitress noticed my face go pale and asked if everything is okay. I asked about this crunchy, savory thing I tasted in the last bite that felt very weird, out of place, and asked if it could be BACON. She saw some leftovers in my plate and said it does look like that. I could not believe it. In all my years in USA, I have never had such a horrible experience with MEAT being contaminated into some VEGETARIAN dish. This is literally deserving of a lawsuit. The problem with crepes is you cannot open and see everything to ensure they didn't contaminate with some BACON before eating as that defeats the purpose of a crepe. I urge all vegetarians and Muslims to AVOID this restaurant like the plague. They have no standards of cross contamination if they cannot even keep pigs and dogs away from vegetarian dishes in the kitchen. I also just saw the latest edited response from the owner to my review and see they are accusing me of lying. How disgusting and unethical. I don't care if it's the first and last time you served a group at 3:45 pm in 15 years. You just had to check your CCTV footage and confirm several of us were waiting outside while this group barged in and ordered at 3:45 pm that day. If you need even more help, it was a group of young children, probably some school or high school, with a few older teacher-aged people. Now go find the footage and I hope you recant your accusation of me lying. Absolutely despicable. Only thing I agree with the owner on is the Strawberries and cream was good. But who knows, it might contain meat too, if you aren't looking. Old review I ordered the Bavarian cream since it looked simple and focused on the vanilla flavor. But it felt really disgusting in terms of texture. I was afraid it might have gelatin when I Googled the ingredients upon that feeling of disgust. I asked the staff for the ingredients and they brought a big bucket and showed me the ingredients. Thankfully, it didn't have gelatin. But I'm guessing the reason it tasted so bad was it was some wholesale cream sold at Costco or Restaurant Depot. Update 1: Made it 3* because the service was good and they replied they buy from a bakery, which is better. For me, personally, though, the food just did not taste good so I cannot give it more than 3*. I'm happy others seem to like it though. Just the Bavarian creams I've had in other places were better suited for my taste buds. Another issue I cannot increase the stars for is that the shop was supposed to be closed 3-4 Saturday and many of us waited outside in the sun whils a big group of people just walked in at 3:45ish and took a long time to order, which wasn't over even when I entered at 4pm as the first batch or customers."