KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
A busy industrial city that’s home to University of Tennessee, Knoxville serves as a gateway to the west in similar fashion as St. Louis. Along the Tennessee River, CALHOUN’S bustling freestanding green-wooded roadhouse (next to Women’s Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame) overlooks the riverfront. Red booths surround stain-glassed central bar and large outdoor deck with red metal patio furnishings provides relaxing ambience. Inexpensive food and blue-collar beers supplied by nearby Pigeon Forge’s Smoky Mountain Brewery adorn the menu.