Molly And Kenny’s guidebook
Favorite Restaurants
Favorite restaurants in Oak Ridge and Knoxville
Very popular with the locals! You can watch your pizza being made. Big Ed's may be take out only due to Covid.
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Big Ed's Pizza
101 Broadway AveVery popular with the locals! You can watch your pizza being made. Big Ed's may be take out only due to Covid.
Delicious homemade soups, salads and bread. This is a favorite with the locals.
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The Soup Kitchen
47 E Tennessee AveDelicious homemade soups, salads and bread. This is a favorite with the locals.
Fresh and often local food. Don't miss the pie for dessert. No alcohol is served at this restaurant. The restaurant is in an historic building from the 1940s.
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Dean's Restaurant & Bakery Oak Ridge
239 Jackson SqFresh and often local food. Don't miss the pie for dessert. No alcohol is served at this restaurant. The restaurant is in an historic building from the 1940s.
Mmmmm, delicious and homemade delights. There is not much of a seating area, we call ahead and pick up food from here.
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Mediterranean Delight
160 A Bus Terminal RdMmmmm, delicious and homemade delights. There is not much of a seating area, we call ahead and pick up food from here.
This is a favorite for a low price delicious meal. Smoking OK on the patio. They have dartboards.
Buffalo Mountain Grille
205 Oak Ridge TurnpikeThis is a favorite for a low price delicious meal. Smoking OK on the patio. They have dartboards.
Just down the street, very good barbeque. Sit out on the terrace overlooking the lake. This is the best view of any restaurant in Oak Ridge.
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Calhoun's Oak Ridge
100 Melton Lake PeninsulaJust down the street, very good barbeque. Sit out on the terrace overlooking the lake. This is the best view of any restaurant in Oak Ridge.
The Other One Diner & Dive
1938 Oak Ridge TurnpikeLocal food, diner and deli
We love to sit outside and enjoy brunch here on a Saturday morning. The Farmers Market takes place here usually (it was moved Summer 2020 due to Covid) and it is great people watching and dog watching too
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Cafe 4
4 Market SquareWe love to sit outside and enjoy brunch here on a Saturday morning. The Farmers Market takes place here usually (it was moved Summer 2020 due to Covid) and it is great people watching and dog watching too
Upscale food and drink, In the evening you can have a cocktail in the secret Speakeasy in the lobby of the adjoined hotel, The Oliver.
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Oliver Royale
5 Market SquareUpscale food and drink, In the evening you can have a cocktail in the secret Speakeasy in the lobby of the adjoined hotel, The Oliver.
This is our favorite restaurant, salad with butter and garlic drenched homemade rolls! Not the place to go when on a diet! Delicious homemade Italian food. It is about a 20 minute drive to Knoxville for this restaurant.
Altruda's
125 N Peters RdThis is our favorite restaurant, salad with butter and garlic drenched homemade rolls! Not the place to go when on a diet! Delicious homemade Italian food. It is about a 20 minute drive to Knoxville for this restaurant.
Fresh seafood in Knoxville? Why yes and here it is!
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Chesapeake's Seafood Restaurant & Raw Bar
9630 Parkside DrFresh seafood in Knoxville? Why yes and here it is!
Lonesome Dove Knoxville
100 N Central StUpscale and delicious
Food scene
MMMMM, this is the best bacon in the world! (And Molly is a vegetarian except for Benton's Bacon!) If you go, stock up. You will be glad you did, as will your friends and family. Benton's Country Hams is about a one hour drive from our house. And it is not even that expensive, around $8 per pound, Famous chefs, including David Chang and Vivian Howard use this bacon. I have seen a Benton's Country ham featured in a holiday spread in Martha Stewart's magazine. In Florida as we were passing by a restaurant where we could smell the unmistakable heady hickory scent of Benton's bacon... we looked up the chef online and sure enough, he uses this fabulous bacon as well. The best local restaurants, including the famous Blackberry Farm, use Benton's bacon and will say "Benton's Bacon" in their menus. (Then you know you are at a high quality restaurant!) If you make the drive to Madisonville, the owner Allan Benton might even wait on you. He is a gracious and humble Southern gentleman and will probably ask you where you are from. If you are a hot dog aficionado, buy some of Benton's hot dogs. They come in a large package (they freeze well). I don't even think they are listed on their price list...you will know to ask for them though. We make a Benton's run probably two or three times per year.
Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams
2603 US-411MMMMM, this is the best bacon in the world! (And Molly is a vegetarian except for Benton's Bacon!) If you go, stock up. You will be glad you did, as will your friends and family. Benton's Country Hams is about a one hour drive from our house. And it is not even that expensive, around $8 per pound, Famous chefs, including David Chang and Vivian Howard use this bacon. I have seen a Benton's Country ham featured in a holiday spread in Martha Stewart's magazine. In Florida as we were passing by a restaurant where we could smell the unmistakable heady hickory scent of Benton's bacon... we looked up the chef online and sure enough, he uses this fabulous bacon as well. The best local restaurants, including the famous Blackberry Farm, use Benton's bacon and will say "Benton's Bacon" in their menus. (Then you know you are at a high quality restaurant!) If you make the drive to Madisonville, the owner Allan Benton might even wait on you. He is a gracious and humble Southern gentleman and will probably ask you where you are from. If you are a hot dog aficionado, buy some of Benton's hot dogs. They come in a large package (they freeze well). I don't even think they are listed on their price list...you will know to ask for them though. We make a Benton's run probably two or three times per year.
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Bring your Swimsuits!
Relax and unwind in the heated plunge pool which is private for guest use only. The pool is 54 inches deep, not deep enough to dive or jump into but more than deep enough to float and relax in. It is a wonderful warm 92 degrees and feels relaxing even in cold weather. Controls on pool for heat, jets, and lights.
We provide pool towels and unbreakable wine glasses and plates for your pool-side enjoyment.
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The Saturday Morning Farmer's Market
The Farmer's market in Oak Ridge is held Saturday mornings (Spring, Summer and Fall) in the Parking lot across from Jackson Square at 281 Broadway Avenue. In the winter, the market is held indoors at St. Mary's Church at 327 Vermont Avenue.