Heading up to knoxville area next week. Question

Definitely check out the renovations around Neyland and the new UC/VolShop. And the anderson Training center is right next to the Pat Summit statue so you can knock those both out at the same time. Other than that I'm not sure what else I'd check out around campus, it's kind of a shite show with all the construction.

Spend a little time Dtown if you're of age. Suttrees, Preservation Pub, and Stock and Barrel (amazing burgers) are my recommendations.

Sorry this is a little late brotha man. It's not a guide to Campus per se, but the general downtown area and some things to do around it. I posted this in another thread earlier today. Let me know if you need any specifics for bar or restaurant recommendations to match a certain section of downtown and I'll tell you what I know. (I own a house in North Knoxville about 7 minutes from downtown and am downtown multiple times a week FWIW)

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In terms of venues, restaurants, bars, breweries, entertainment, etc. downtown Knoxville is more or less broken up into 4 different sections that are over time starting to mesh together, but not quite there yet.

The 4 areas are: Market Square, Gay St, The Old City, and Cumberland Ave/The Strip.

Gay St -- has everything from a really nice movie theater, to a brand new Urban Bowling alley and Bar, The Tennessee and Bijou theaters, as well as a really good selection of restaurants and bars. (Sushi, Burgers, Mexican/Spanish, French, American/Bar Food)

Market Square -- Roughly 1-2 blocks to the south of Gay St. and home to a ton of excellent restaurants and bars as well. This along with Gay St. are the 2 busiest areas of downtown. Even more so lately with all of the construction going on around campus and Cumberland Ave(Which will look amazing once it's done, but it's an eye sore right now). Every restaurant/bar/coffee shop/ice cream spot in Market Square has an outside patio directly on the square where you can watch live music, kids play in the park and water fountains and enjoy the weather. This area along with Krutch Park 1 block east gets pretty packed on the weekend.

The Old City -- It's about a 4-5 minute walk from the S. Gay St./Market Square area and is where you're going to find a lot of the college kids over 21 hanging out at night after getting dinner in Market Square. There are bars, a few clubs, a wine bar and a couple of food options in this area. There's going to be a new craft beer bar open up on the corner of Summit Hill and Central, but I don't know if it's going to be open by the Alabama game. Sweet P's BBQ (MY Favorite place to grab BBQ downtown) isn't in the old city per se, but it's only a 3 minute walk up Jackson Ave. It's close to one of my favorite breweries in the city as well, Balter Beer Works.

Cumberland Ave/The Strip/Campus: Some bars, restaurants, student housing, etc. I would avoid this place like the plague outside of game day if at all possible. Traffic is a nightmare at peak hours and gets log jammed from the lane closures. The renovation is a giant pain in the arse, but long over due and will be big for campus.


I'm not sure if you're into the craft beer scene or not, but the Brewery scene around Knoxville is blowing up right now and has some really good options. There's 11 or 12 breweries in the city and should be up to 16-17 by the end 2017. If that's your thing, let me know. I can let you know which ones are the best in the city as well as give you a map I put together of all of the breweries in Knoxville.

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You need to go see Ayres Hall which is just a few steps walk from Neyland.