By: Brad Pope
Ye Olde Steak House: A Knoxville institution
If you are planning on a fancy dinner or good steak dinner the next time you are in Knoxville for a football weekend, there are many options around town including the Chop House, Ruth’s Chris, and Conner’s Steak House. However, if you want the best of the best in town, the Ye Olde Steak House takes the cake as far as great steaks and fine dining.
The Ye Olde Steak House is one of Knoxville’s oldest and most popular fixtures, located five miles south of the downtown Henley Street Bridge since 1968. The family restaurant began with Bunt and Helen King and has stayed in the family for nearly fifty years now. Bunt passed away in 1987, and his wife Helen passed away in 2003 but their children and their grandchildren still operate the restaurant today.
The Steak House has won multiple awards in its 43 years of business including being recognized as one of the top 100 things about Tennessee Football, Best Kept Secrets of the Smokies, the Atlanta Journal named it ‘one of the three best places to dine after football games’, and in 1992, The Montgomery Alabama Journal named Ye Olde Steak House the #1 Restaurant in the Southeastern Conference. For fourteen consecutive years the Knoxville Metro Pulse has named Ye Olde Steak House the #1 steakhouse in Knoxville.
Steaks can be found on the menu as large as 20 ounces but they give you the option of adding on any additional ounces you want depending on how much you can eat and how much you want to spend. Adam Richman from Man vs. Food tried out one of their largest steaks, a 60 oz. cut of New York Strip, when he visited K-Town on his Travel Channel Show. Wine and liquor are not provided due to the fact that Ye Olde Steak House is located in a dry county but they allow you to bring your own from outside if you choose. Make reservations early if you want to try out the southern family cuisine because it is bound to be packed during a football weekend on Rocky Top.
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Great article and great steak house!!!
So great to have this place south of the river. Proud to recommend ye olde steak house to everyone, but as a south knoxville business person, it’s extra special! Thanks for a wonderful, famous institution right here in the neighborhood! Cynthia Jeffries, Jeffries wood Works Inc.
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