Little Nicky’s
8917 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville, TN, 37931
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Address :
8917 Oak Ridge Hwy
Knoxville, TN, 37931 - Phone (865) 896-0125
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 9:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Bike Parking : No
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : Yes
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : No
Categories
Pizza
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Paisley B.
Not much to say except yuck. First please read Bruce's review. Then come back. Okay so my experience with the pizza here was exactly the same nearly one year later. Pizza came from glass case. Then reheated. Looks like it's been sitting there all day. Is that up to health standards? Tasted like cardboard. Bummer. Why did I pay north of $3.25 for a single slice of this? Also not sure if large size pizza is comparable to a large .. looks more like medium to me. The Monster is probably what you'll want to order. (See pic) Service was a bit impersonal for me. Other patrons chatted up a storm coming and going. I'm Italian too but, you know, we're in east TN not NY so I think better service would go a long way here for new customers. It's definitely a neighborhood joint. For that reason I'll give an extra star. Maybe others like the pizza and they obviously come back again and again. Nicky's is also very involved in the community and supports local fundraisers at schools. I appreciate that. Fans doodle on the walls. As you can see from their drawings when you walk in .. They really love this spot. Just not me I guess. My dollar stretches further on dogs next door.
(2)Matt C.
This is THE only place in Knoxville to get actual NY pizza. This isn't NY "style" pizza that you will see on the menu at other places, this is pizza made in the NY fashion by a 35 year NYC pizza cooker veteran. Nicky is a trip to talk to as well. You have to approach him with the understanding that he and his wife are NYC natives. The moment I tasted this pizza, I was instantly transported to my visits to New York City. The location is terrible. Don't even think of trying to cut across Oak Ridge Highway during normal dinner hours, it's flat out dangerous. Instead, coming from Knoxville, either get off Pellissippi Parkway at Lovell road and take Solway Road to the Kenjo gas station and cut through the parking lot OR go past Little Nicky's and take the Edgemoor exit and turn around on Edgemoor and get back on Oak Ridge Highway heading back towards Knoxville, then it's an easy right turn into the parking lot. I have talked to him about this. Apparently he listened because there is a new store open in Cedar Bluff in the Walgreens shopping center on the corner of Kingston Pike and Peters Rd. ***EDIT: This location is now closed.*** Back to the food. If you go there during busy hours, you will get a better pizza if you are only there for a slice. Speaking of, the slice prices are awesome. Not many places you can get 2 slices of outstanding 20" pizza and a can of soda for $5. If you find those places, you should eat there, seriously. If you go during off hours, you will want to just go ahead and order your own fresh pizza. After sitting in the case for a while, reheating doesn't do the pizza justice. No offense to the previous reviewer, but if you can't tell the difference between garlic and parmesan cheese, you shouldn't be reviewing pizza. As all NYC pizza joints I have been to, there are shakers available to spruce up your pizza with parmesan, garlic, Italian spices, and salt and pepper. There are other items on the menu besides pizza. The garlic knots are an instant favorite and they sell a TON of them. Their second best seller is the sausage roll, for good reason. Don't miss out on the meatball sub, it might be the best around. The bottom line is this, if you want authentic NY pizza without paying all the tolls on the NJ Turnpike, Little Nicky's is the place to get it. It's not exactly the NYC experience, but hey, this is Eastern Tennessee, so fuhgeddaboudit.
(5)Jim S.
Being from NY as a kid, then NJ as an adult, we must understand that pizza is part of the fabric of our lives. Every town or neighborhood has multiple family owned pizzeria's that serve Italian food. We don't eat Domino's, Pizza Hut, Pappa Johns or any of that stuff. No reason to. I saw Little Nicky's open as a sign of hope. Just understand that seeing eggplant and mozzarella being used instead of provalone was something not found down here. Bread is also the next big challenge. There is no such thing as real Italian bread. I hate to say it. The water in NJ/NY is also the key to the crust. Check out bagels and you'll understand. Aside from those challenges, Little Nicky's is by far the closest thing to real pizza and pizzeria food I have encountered. Every Friday was pizza night back home. That was not the case until this place opened. Yes, we all have our favorites back home and Little Nicky would be in a very competitive market there, but down here, he wins hands down. The day I walked in and found this place, is the day Knoxville became a little more like home. If you are looking for real deal eggplant parm, eggplant rolletini or a real cold antipast, you'll find it here. White pizza is also missing down here, Nicky makes a nice white pizza. Again, aside from being bread challenged like the rest of us down here, Little Nicky delivers everything else, just like home!
(4)April W.
My work group has ordered lunch to go several times. We have so far got various pizzas and the spaghetti dinner. The pizzas are large and excellent. All the toppings were fresh and plentiful, but the spaghetti is my favorite. The cannolis are better and cheaper than at most other restaurants. My only dislike is that we cannot get our lunch before 11 am. However, that is my problem, not theirs.
(5)Bruce K.
Brand new restaurant. Didn't meet expectations. This "restaurant" is right off the solway and well, I wasn't at least impressed. Inside, I was hoping to find a little more excited attitude and possibly a hole in the wall, since well, they just opened. Instead, I believe the owners were a little less joyous and well asked us "what do you want?" as the first contact to the customers. (at least a hello with a smile?) When you walk in, there's a big menu on the left and from that you order what you want. Their prices range from their lunch specials which include a drink and depending on the amount of slices of pizza gives you your price. (I believe it was 1 slice and a drink for $2.99 or $3.99, and then 2 slices with a drink was $5.99?) Their food ranges from $2.00 appetizers to $14.95 16" pizzas. There's not really any feeling of "NY" ambiance when walking in. The restaurant has bright orange walls as well as a picture of Times Square (I believe) leaning on the wall. They have one (I believe) used pizza oven. There is a grill (I think) in the back and well, it seems like everything came from processed box. This includes: "Fresh Mozzarella", Sauce, Sausage, Peppers, and well maybe the cheese too. On top of that it seems like this place is so new, that it hasn't even been health inspected yet. The first thing I saw was their pizza, in a glass case, opened (well I guess there's sliding doors in the back?), with no heating lamps. So it just sat there all day until someone ordered it, which then they took it out and re-heated it in the oven. I ordered a slice of Pepperoni pizza and their "Tony Soprano" sandwich, which included sausage, pepper, onions, sauce, and fresh mozzarella. Pizza: Came from that glass casing and then reheated. When it came out it was almost like a biscuit, and was pretty hard. Not my memories of NY pizza where it was loppy and folded well. When folded into half this pizza was like a sandwich. A biscuit pizza? I believe this was due to the reheating of the pizza. On top of that I had a garlicky pizza too. Seems to me this restaurant likes to be a rebel and not have parmesean cheese and instead garlic powder in their table bottles. So I poured it out, thinking it was cheese, and what I got was well a pile of garlic. Dumping it off made a nice little mound of garlic on my plate. Tony Soprano: I was kind of sad about this one. I was a little excited to see if it really had fresh mozzarella and see that this would surely save the pizza. I was let down. It didn't. Inside, the sandwich was luke warm at best. The cheese didn't even melt so it was sort of in the middle of almost melting but didn't. All of it just seeemed like it was proccessed and then taken out of a box and then re-served. I felt like I could find all the ingredients at the local food market. The bread was stale and hard just like the biscuit pizza, I just wasn't at all impressed. Given, this place is new and maybe they have a few (more like a lot) bugs to work out, if it's still standing I would be surprised and maybe just maybe prompt me to go again. I'm thinking that if I opened a business, I would put my whole heart into it. It didn't seem that way when I walked in as a customer of this small joint.
(1)Matt M.
Went for lunch and got a slice and a can of Coke. It was 2.99 but they charge .50 for a topping. Good New York pizza with good lunch specials.
(4)Steve S.
Little Nicky's now has a restaurant on Peter's Rd. next to Shonos. Never tried the one in Karns but this New York style pie joint is good! Great garlic knot rolls and a true New York style pie.
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