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Being that I spent the first 18 years of my life in the great state of New Jer­sey (please don’t debate me on the “great” part haha…I get it all the time), I would con­sider myself a pizza con­nois­seur. Need­less to say, upon arriv­ing in Knoxville in 2004, I was pretty dis­ap­pointed with the pizza selec­tion — Until I dis­cov­ered Roman’s Pizza.

The owner hails straight from NYC, and he has the accent and the pizza-making skills to prove it. Located next to the dol­lar the­ater in the Wind­sor Square Shop­ping Cen­ter at 179 N Seven Oaks Dr., it reminds me of all the pizza places I took for granted while liv­ing in Jer­sey. And that’s why I am pro­claim­ing Roman’s Pizza the only REAL pizza in Knoxville…or at least as far as I’ve seen. (Feel free to debate me on that one. I’d love to dis­cover more good pizza places.)

You can buy pizza by the slice for under $2, full meals for about $10 and deserts for about $3 (make sure you try their cano­lis!). And, from what I hear the pizza is gluten free, so it caters to those with food aller­gies and Celiac Dis­ease. The best part of all? It’s made by REAL Ital­ians! Don’t take my word for it, check it out for yourself!

This is NOT a paid adver­tise­ment. The food is just that damn good.