Tommy Trents Old Time Sports Saloon
1 / 10#10. Tommy Trents Old Time Sports Saloon
- Rating: 2.8/5 (24 reviews)
- Address: 36 Market Square Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: Sports Bars, American, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Highest-rated chicken wings in Knoxville by diners
A staple of backyard parties, family gatherings, and watch parties, chicken wings have brought family and friends together for decades with their hot sauces, sweet coatings, and ever-so-satisfying bites.
These days, if you do a search for chicken wings in restaurants, you're likely to come up with a choice of sports bars, sandwich shops, food trucks, Korean restaurants, and Southern shops. It's clear that the wings have transcended cultural barriers, which is why when we talk about origins, there are many to investigate.
Buffalo wings are the first to come to mind. This popular chicken wing style was born (where else?) in the city of Buffalo, New York. The prevalent story is that Italian-born Frank and Teressa Bellissimo first served these sauce-smothered avian parts to their son in 1964 and eventually in their restaurant, Anchor Bar. But another story says that John Young, a Black Buffalonian, was there serving wings on a busy Jefferson Avenue way before then. Young's wings were served with a mombo sauce that Buffalo councilman James Pitts called the "lip-smacking, liver-quivering sauce (that) titillated our taste buds down to our toes."
Korean fried chicken is another style that's captured the hearts of many with midnight cravings. Crispy, messy, and perfect with a glass of beer, these chicken wings are the stuff of dreams that got their start thanks to the popularity of cheap cooking oil in Korea and a sweet and spicy yangnyeom seasoning. Chain stores like KyoChon and Bonchon serving these delectable wings quickly opened, introducing innovations like soy fried chicken, garlic chicken, and even curried fried chicken. As these shops have made their way overseas and onto our plates, they've also inspired local chefs to elevate the humble bird on a plate.
So, where should you go to find the perfect finger-licking bite? Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated restaurants for chicken wings in the Knoxville area using data from Yelp. The rankings factor in the average rating and number of reviews. Read on to see where you can satisfy your next craving.
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Wings Xpress
2 / 10#9. Wings Xpress
- Rating: 3.0/5 (74 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 5227 Clinton Hwy Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: American, Pizza, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Wild Wing Cafe
3 / 10#8. Wild Wing Cafe
- Rating: 3.1/5 (225 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 119 East Emory Road Powell, Tennessee
- Categories: Cafes, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Snappy Tomato Pizza
4 / 10#7. Snappy Tomato Pizza
- Rating: 3.1/5 (27 reviews)
- Address: 5908 Washington Pike Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: Pizza, Chicken Wings, Sandwiches
- Read more on Yelp
Sky Box Sports Bar & Grill
5 / 10#6. Sky Box Sports Bar & Grill
- Rating: 3.2/5 (47 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 415 South Gay St. Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: Chicken Wings, Sports Bars, American
- Read more on Yelp
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Brenz Pizza Co.
6 / 10#5. Brenz Pizza Co.
- Rating: 3.7/5 (84 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1705 Cumberland Ave. Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: Pizza, Chicken Wings, Sandwiches
- Read more on Yelp
Big Kahuna Wings - West Town
7 / 10#4. Big Kahuna Wings - West Town
- Rating: 3.8/5 (163 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 7804 Montvue Center Way Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Myrtle's Chicken + Beer
8 / 10#3. Myrtle's Chicken + Beer
- Rating: 4.2/5 (467 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 13 Market Square Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: Southern, American, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken - Lovell Road
9 / 10#2. Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken - Lovell Road
- Rating: 4.5/5 (103 reviews)
- Address: 126 Lovell Road Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: Chicken Shop, Southern, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
K Pocha
10 / 10#1. K Pocha
- Rating: 4.8/5 (30 reviews)
- Address: 7315 Kingston Pike Knoxville, Tennessee
- Categories: Korean, Chicken Wings
- Read more on Yelp
This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 223 metros.
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