Great combination of Thai restaurant and Sushi bar, the Lemon Grass is a favorite here in Maryville. The spicy shrimp tempura sushi roll is different - and better - than most places because the chef actually crushes the shrimp and makes it edible. Other sushi regulars - eel, tuna, Cali roll - are also great.

The Thai menu is also wonderful, and makes a really nice - if unusual - mix with the Sushi. Last night I went to Lemon Grass and had the Gyoza (fried Japanese pork dumplings), edemame (heavily salted green peas, shared with my wife), one spicy tempura roll (6 pieces), and shrimp pad thai. All for $20. And it was fantastic.

Truly NY-style pizza. A New Jersey native, I have to confess my surprise in the number of passable pizzarias around here. Most places outside the NYC or Boston area - with the exception of Chicago - have truly awful pizza. But with Bella Roma and Gondolier, there are some pizza options more akin to those in the Northeast. But none competes with Metro Pizza. The oregano can be a bit heavy at times, but the grease quotient is just right (and that's a BIG part of what makes NY pizza what it is). Metro Pizza is closer to hole-in-the-wall pizza you see all over the New York area than anything else around.

Quite simply the best barbecue in East Tennessee, or so I've experienced. Incredible portions of meat - no fat - on ribs, and the honey-based sweet BBQ sauce is to die for. The sides, particularly the corn and baked beans, are also delicious. This is the sort of barbecue treasure that you find regularly in BBQ havens like West Tennessee and Alabama, but you can't usually get around here. In East Tennessee you can have mediocre Calhoun's or Buddy's. Or you can trek out to Lenoir City and have Leo's Pulled Pig. It's on Broadway right in downtown of the LC.

Cedar Bluff Racquet Club - tennis club catering to beginners to advanced players. Great staff, great instructors, very good facilities! See - Link...

The wife loves this store. Great clothes, and even better prices. It is in the old Wal-Mart location on Chapman Hwy.

Chez Guevara (formerly known as La Paz - same owner, just a name change) has great food and drinks, plus a cool, funky, friendly atmosphere like nowhere else in Knoxville. This is a great "neighborhood place" and it is easy to become a regular. A very anti-chain establishment.

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Remind me again why taxpayers should have to continue funding this nonsense?