Best Restaurants for a Quick Bite in Tennessee

Guest praise · Tennessee

One memorable quality can be the beginning of a restaurant discovery. For best restaurants for a quick bite in Tennessee, that quality is a worthwhile meal within a smaller window of time. Make the next Tennessee meal a story you will want to share, beginning with a restaurant chosen for more than a convenient address. A quick bite can still be a restaurant discovery, giving a busy day a delicious pause without needing to become its main event. Here, a useful starting point is a table with room for an evening of company; the right shortlist leaves room to choose for the actual visit. The current list includes restaurants in Gatlinburg and Knoxville.

To make your shortlist for Tennessee personal, choose a stop that fits the route and check its current service arrangements before heading over. Planning around Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), Memphis, or another part of Tennessee? Start with where you want to be, then find a table for the occasion. Give the next invitation another possibility with Fastest Service in Tennessee alongside Best Lunch in Tennessee. For a wider restaurant discovery beyond Tennessee, follow Best for a Quick Bite across the United States.

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Best for a Quick Bite · Tennessee

Top 3 · Best for a Quick Bite in Tennessee

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#4

Dave's Old Fashioned Burger

Cookeville, Tennessee

68.0
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#5

Tallow House Burger

Cleveland, Tennessee

75.9
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#6

Pete's Restaurant & Coffee Shop

Knoxville, Tennessee

78.6
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#7

Tasty & Delicious Burger

Nashville, Tennessee

18.1
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#8

Snow White Drive In

Lebanon, Tennessee

81.7
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#9

Kelly's Big Burger

Clarksville, Tennessee

73.5
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#10

Graze Burgers

Sevierville, Tennessee

17.6
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#11

Cookie Dough Monster - Burgers & Shakes

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

83.2
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#12

Scrambled Jake's Breakfast Company

Knoxville, Tennessee

77.9
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#13

Backwoods Burger Bar

Kingsport, Tennessee

78.7
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#14

In-N-Out Burger

Franklin, Tennessee

72.9
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#15

In-N-Out Burger

Lebanon, Tennessee

72.7
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#16

Rami's Cafe

Knoxville, Tennessee

73.7
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#17

Sunrise Memphis (Downtown)

Memphis, Tennessee

86.8
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#18

Waffle House

Maryville, Tennessee

70.9
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#19

Farm and Fig

Memphis, Tennessee

14.3
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#20

Waffle House

Knoxville, Tennessee

71.8
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#21

Waffle House

Cookeville, Tennessee

71.9
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#22

Waffle House

Clinton, Tennessee

73.9
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#23

In-N-Out Burger

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

78.1
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#24

Buckley's Take-N-Wave (Lunchbox)

Memphis, Tennessee

14.7
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#25

Waffle House

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

69.8
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