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37 Responses to “Best Pizza in Knoxville?”

1. CP 
   July 24th, 2009 at 7:42 am

   

   Since I men­tioned it, my vote goes to Big Ed’s. I haven’t found another large pizza out­side of that place that I can eat in one sit­ting. Good pizza but prob­a­bly not good for my arteries.

2. Leslie Bowden 
   July 24th, 2009 at 8:13 am

   

   Favorite over­all for atmos­phere, loca­tion and actual pizza qual­ity is The Pizza Kitchen. I love the gourmet pies.

3. jodycollins 
   July 24th, 2009 at 8:24 am

   

   Gonna have to go with Harby’s. Hands down most amaz­ing pizza I’ve ever had, espe­cially the meat lovers.

4. Feral Forager 
   July 24th, 2009 at 8:34 am

   

   Because of the extra crispy thin crusts my vote goes to Louis. The anchovy pizza is a must…

5. Chad Maine 
   July 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am

   

   The best pizza I’ve had in town so far is Mel­low Mush­room, but it sounds like I have some new places to try.

6. Debra 
   July 24th, 2009 at 9:01 am

   

   I love Tomato Head’s piz­zas. Their home­made crust is excel­lent and my favorite is the smoked salmon, pesto and goat cheese pie.

7. Jules 
   July 24th, 2009 at 9:51 am

   

   For me, it’s a tight race between Big Ed’s and Dazzo’s on Gay Street. Big Ed’s…well, I don’t even need to explain. Dazzo’s is true New York style, the crust, the top­pings, the cheese…Yum!

8. JoeFiz 
   July 24th, 2009 at 10:36 am

   

   Can’t believe there’s no love for Bar­leys or Pizza Palace yet, its a toss up between those two.

9. Knox Animal 
   July 24th, 2009 at 10:57 am

   

   Barley’s, Mel­low Mush­room, Smoky Moun­tain Brew­ery all have great pizza. I need to try Big Ed’s and Harby’s.

10. Jen 
    July 24th, 2009 at 11:05 am

    

    I think it was on this blogs rec­om­men­da­tion that we tried Roman’s. Well, too late. We had already been to Daz­zos. If you want real New York pizza it is the place. I am drool­ing just think about the Pizza Cristina which is back gralic crust with fresh toma­toes, basil and mozarella. Mmmmmm.…

    I also love Tomato Head pizza and Bar­leys but Dazzo’s is the place with true Ital­ian Pizza.

11. Knox Animal 
    July 24th, 2009 at 11:13 am

    

    @Jen: I’m going to have to try Dazzo’s thanks to all the great com­ments about it. Thanks guys.

12. Eric Moritz 
    July 24th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    

    Every­one knows my favorite. It’s Three Broth­ers on Woodland.

13. Debra 
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    

    I like Barley’s pizza alright, but some­times their tomato sauce seems a tab over­herbed. I want to try Dazzo’s now!

14. bupperoni 
    July 24th, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    

    high-falutin’: Tomato Head
    neigh­bor­hood pie: Three Broth­ers
    runner-up: Harby’s, Barley’s

15. Elise 
    July 24th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    

    +1 for Three Broth­ers on Woodland

16. bcknoxify 
    July 24th, 2009 at 11:10 pm

    

    Big Ed’s is my favorite — will drive to Oak Ridge dur­ing a OR high school foot­ball game and wait in line out­side in 20 degree temp for 2 hours to eat.

    Pizza Kitchen, Bar­leys, Mel­low Mush­room for the pizza crav­ing, beer, and loca­tion, loca­tion, loca­tion — mid­west, down­town, west. Tomato Head for lunch. Romans for a slice.

17. Lindy 
    July 25th, 2009 at 9:49 am

    

    Super Mar­ios has awe­some pizza– and they’re open late.

18. Sean King 
    July 26th, 2009 at 10:44 am

    

    Hard to beat “Lit­tle Joe’s” for my money.

19. CedarSpringers 
    July 27th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    

    Noth­ing beats Big Eds Pizza.

20. Brad Fitch 
    July 28th, 2009 at 12:04 am

    

    For the best pizza in Knoxville I would have to go to Lit­tle Joe’s as my first choice. When­ever I have a rea­son to be in Oak Ridge I always stop by Big Ed’s. The only thing I hate about Big Ed’s is no real plates or silverware.

21. mojo 
    July 28th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    

    Harby’s in North Knoxville is the best pizza I’ve ever had!

22. em 
    July 28th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    

    Harby’s, Dazzo’s and Bar­leys (yum = black bean, feta and pesto). And some props to Davinci’s for being cheap and greasy and deli­cious and open very, very late.

23. JP 
    August 6th, 2009 at 8:30 am

    

    My favorite ever is Lit­tle Joes. It is a very unique pizza. That and the bread­sticks.. Yum. I don’t get to go often because my hus­band doesn’t like it much. My kids teethed on those bread­sticks and I went all the time when I was in high school. Extra cheese, pep­per­oni and cana­dian bacon. YUM YUM YUM

    I like most piz­zas though

24. FancyPants 
    August 11th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    

    Just tried Hard Knox Pizze­ria in West­ern Plaza on Sat­ur­day night — this place is amaz­ing. Indi­vid­ual 10″ pies, wood fired at 850 degrees, out in about 10 min­utes or so. All pizza lovers def­i­nitely need to give this place a shot!

25. Laura Bower 
    August 14th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    

    Have to sec­ond the Hard Knox props! I’ve never met a pizza I didn’t like, but this place is extra good — fresh ingre­di­ents, great crust, nice folks. Also try the Hard Knox Salad. Yumms!

26. Prototype 
    August 14th, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    

    Yeah, I’m gonna have to roll with Hard Knox too. Been open less than a week, and I’ve already been there twice. It has kind of a silly name to match its silly box­ing theme, but don’t let that and the uncom­fort­able stools turn you off. They are cook­ing up some of the best pizza I’ve had. Neapoli­tan style. Maybe it’s just new, and I’m buy­ing into the hype. I dunno, I’ll get one for din­ner and con­sider it more.

27. Cort 
    September 1st, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    

    Hard Knox pizza is awe­some. Their crust is unbeat­able. They’re the prime con­tender for best pizza in Knoxville.

28. Crazy Pizza Guy 
    September 5th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    

    Bleached and bro­mated flour w/ ashe. This flour is designed for con­veyor belt ovens. thats what you find at Hard Knox. Its not “true” neopoli­tan pizza. Hes sup­posed to use No ashe non bro­mated w/ a wood burn­ing oven. Fresh “Buf­falo” milk not domes­tic cow. Nice fam­ily busi­ness though. wish them luck. He has no com­pe­ti­tion in Knoxville… Yet! plas­tic sil­ver and foam plates must go. keep the fresh ingredients.

29. dean bastian 
    September 8th, 2009 at 11:47 am

    

    Crazy Pizza Guy
    You are cor­rect. True Neapoli­tan Pizza uses 00 flour, buf­falo mozz, san marzano toma­toes and parmi­giana reg­giano, and is baked in a wood-fired oven which is approved by the VPN.

    At Hard Knox our intent is to cre­ate a Neapoli­tan “style” pizza expe­ri­ence by using a wood fired oven, fresh ingre­di­ents and 10 – 12″ pie.

    We were all trained by a pizziaola who was trained in Naples by the mas­ters. He would never would have approved the flour if he felt it was inappropriate.

    Also we would never claim to be strict Neapoli­tan Pizza. If so, instead of $6.95 for a basic cheese pizza the price would be more like $10.95. A price that I would think would put us quickly out of business.

30. knoxmom09 
    September 17th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    

    If I were vot­ing best pizza in Knoxville, I would have to say Mike at Carrabba’s Ital­ian Grill makes the best wood fire pizza. We have been eat­ing his pies for years, and I’ve yet to find some­one who can make a bet­ter one. Although, Hard Knox is pretty good and so is the organic pizza at Earth Fare in Bear­den. Just saying…

31. Barry 
    September 24th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    

    A cou­ple of places I haven’t heard men­tioned that I think are deserv­ing of a look are 1) Venice in Oak Ridge, near The Grove. Kind of a hole in the wall but their pizza is fan­tas­tic, and 2) Stephano’s on the Strip. Their whole-wheat crust is to die for.

32. dggivens 
    September 29th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    

    For a long time I would have said Metro Pizza in Maryville (I know, not tech­ni­cally Knoxville … deal with it), but I just got my hands on a Hard Knox pizza the other day and it was phe­nom­e­nal. Eas­ily the best pizza in town.

33. Julie 
    October 15th, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    

    I would have to say that Roost­ers makes a fab­u­lous per­sonal sized pizza.

34. orlerr 
    December 4th, 2009 at 8:23 am

    

    Best pizza in Knoxville, hands down @hardknoxpizza http://knoxify.com/best-pizza-in-knoxville/

    This com­ment was orig­i­nally posted on Twit­ter

35. Rob Shomaker 
    December 11th, 2009 at 8:50 am

    

    I like Big Ed’s but it’s more about the des­ti­na­tion than the pizza for me. Mel­low Mush­room and Barley’s are good but my favorite is The Pizza Kitchen, hands down. Recently I haven’t been able to get enough of the Spicy Chicken Ranch — good stuff.

36. Keith 
    December 15th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    

    Went to Hard Knox on Sun­day and it was really good! Fast prep and good ser­vice too.

37. knoxsouthy 
    January 26th, 2010 at 10:50 am

    

    It’s a toss up between Har­bys and I Love NY Pizza next to the new Rush off Chap­man. NY Pizza also has a vari­ety of other home­made ital­ian dishes like ravi­oli and egg­plant parmes­san to name a cou­ple. If you’ve not eaten a pizza there you’re miss­ing out.

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