Which downtown Knoxville bars have the best pub grub?

Simple bar food is great. There's nothing more classic than burgers or wings with beer, but bars on this podcast take it up a notch by offering high-quality flavors and unique ingredients.

Then there's the more-unique side of bar food, where watering holes thrive by offering out-of-the-box items that seem totally reasonable when you're drinking and turn out to be quite tasty.

Downtown reporter Ryan Wilusz is joined on this week's episode by growth and development reporter Silas Sloan and growth and development intern Keenan Thomas. 

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