17th St Market Deli - Knoxville

Bastard bastard KING motherfuckers made for me the best sandwich I ever had. Fuck. This place literally ruined my life! Because when I eventually get another hankering for a sandwich, I'll have to pretend I like what I'm having unless it's at Market House Cafe. You piece of shit, Ethan... You broke my heart and my leg with how artfully you heaped more turkey meat on my bread than the law or GOD allows. How are you still employed when you are obviously breaking the law with your portion control? And the Manager? Where do I begin?? How dare he and/or she leave me no reason to hate this goddamn establishment? I tried to find dirty tables. I even looked in the bathroom for filth and couldn't even taste hair on the floor or toilet. Way to go making everyone else feel dirty with your immaculate restaurant. Pride cometh before the fall!

I 'll be brutally honest. I cannot stand this place. Its so 'scuzzy and dirty ' feeling inside. It 's like they aren 't sure if they are a dimly-lit pub for pints and darts or if they are an all natural-organic weekly deli offering crisp fresh lunches. Sorry but the vibe is confusing. It doesn 't work. It feels like a dirty college fraternity kitchen and none of the dudes want to straighten up the place. The service dudes at the counter give off the same exact vibe. Who wants to eat off of tables here? As for the coffee...well..it was fine. No way I 'll be back here.

If they only had another entrance, it would help a ton with the flow of this place. I came here as part of a impromptu bar hopping spot. They have a limited amount of beers in the back of the store. If you enter from the Market Square, then yeah, the bar spot is in the back corner. Came here, had a beer, and left. I don't think this place is horrible, and the service was good for a Saturday afternoon.

The Market House Cafe has beautiful shady outdoor seating, but at lunchtime beer delivery trucks park right next to it with their engines running. The fumes and noise ruin the fun of eating outside. Pity. I had the fox in the henhouse chicken salad sandwich. It was very good. Nice crusty bread. Lots of filling that had a slight zing to it. Crisp lettuce and a slice of tomato. With an iced tea the total was $10.31. Not bad. This review is part of my attempt to try every restaurant downtown. There are more than 50 of them.

I had the Perez dickenson Wonderful biscuit. You could taste the American cheese warmed to almost ooze status. It is basically a classy breakfast sandwich and expensive. I enjoyed it. The croissant was good with the drip coffee. I may need to investigate lunchtime sandwiches here at some point, based upon the reviews I have read. 3.5 stars until I return for more food investigations. Update: I cruised in to look at the sandwich menu, thinking I may return for a veggie sandwich. I chatted up the bouffant haired dude inside..nice guy, i'm jealous of his hairstyle..i can't do that! I digress...I went back in because of the cold pressed nitro coffee sign on the window outside.. The nitro gas valve takes the drip cold coffee and froths it up a bit to make it a creamy coffee kind of like a stout...like a Guinness beer froth. Something like an expresso but maybe a higher shot of caffeine. It put me on the war path for more food. I will be back for one of your sandwiches...Later, Mr. Bouffant. I need a golden comb for him...dude...impressive *in a Darth Vader voice*