Enjoy 52 restaurants and bars in Knoxville with heated outdoor seating as fall arrives!

Autumn is here, and restaurants will be filled with guests avoiding the cold. But for those of us who welcome sweater weather with wide open arms, enjoying the crisp, cold air can be just as enjoyable as eating an incredible meal.

To really provide the full fall experience, many restaurants and bars in Knoxville provide outdoor dining with a heat source, be that fire pits or heaters.

If you enjoy drinks and dishes outside or just want a different type of experience, then these Knoxville hot spots have your back. Here are the restaurants and bars with outdoor heaters, heated patios or fire pits to enjoy as it begins to get chillier.

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Market Square restaurants and bars with heated outdoor seating

  • Café 4 - 4 Market Square

  • Oliver Royale - 5 Market Square

  • Preservation Pub and Bernadette's Crystal Gardens - 26 and 28 Market Square

  • Scruffy City Hall - 32 Market Square

  • Stock and Barrel - 35 Market Square

  • Tupelo Honey - 1 Market Square

Downtown Knoxville restaurants and bars with heated outdoor seating

Pretentious Beer Co. has installed infrared heaters in their outdoor seating area.
Pretentious Beer Co. has installed infrared heaters in their outdoor seating area.
  • Balter Beerworks - 100 Broadway S.W.

  • Calhoun's on the River - 400 Neyland Drive

  • Downtown Grill and Brewery - 424 S. Gay St.

  • The Firefly/Marble City Kitchen - 501 W. Church Ave.

  • Five Thirty Lounge - 530 S. Gay St.

  • Lonesome Dove Western Bistro - 100 N. Central St.

  • Maple Hall - 414 S. Gay St.

  • Nama Downtown - 506 S. Gay St.

  • Pour Taproom - 207 W. Jackson Ave.

  • Pretentious Beer Co. - 131 S. Central St.

  • Radius Rooftop Lounge - 507 S. Gay St.

  • STIR - 217 Willow Ave.

  • Tako Taco - 235 W. Depot Ave.

North Knoxville restaurants and breweries with heated outdoor seating

  • Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus - 621 Lamar St.

  • The Corner Lounge - 842 N. Central St.

  • Crafty Bastard Brewery - 6 Emory Place

  • Ebony and Ivory - 2300 N. Central St.

  • Last Days of Autumn Brewing - 808 E. Magnolia Ave.

  • The Public House - 212 W. Magnolia Ave.

  • Schulz Brau - 126 Bernard Ave.

  • Xul Beer Co. - 213 E. Fifth Ave.

  • Yee-Haw Brewing Co. - 745 N. Broadway

South Knoxville bars with heated outdoor seating

  • Trailhead Beer Market - 1317 Island Home Ave.

West Knoxville restaurants and bars with heated outdoor seating

  • Albright Grove - 2924 Sutherland Ave.

  • Bearden Beer Market - 4524 Old Kingston Pike

  • Bearden Brickyard Bar & Grill - 4928 Homberg Drive

  • Bonefish Grill - 6610 Kingston Pike

  • The Cheesecake Factory - 201 Morrell Road

  • Chesapeake’s West - 9630 Parkside Drive

  • Condado Tacos - 11383 Parkside Drive

  • Corner16 - 1640 Bob Kirby Road and 9637 Kroger Park Drive

  • Farmacy - 5018 Kingston Pike

  • Harvest - 5200 Kingston Pike

  • Hey Bear Cafe - 9036 Middlebrook Pike

  • Loco Burro - 7600 Kingston Pike

  • Nama Bearden - 5130 Kingston Pike

  • Point B - 1020 Ebenezer Road

  • Smoky Mountain Brewery - 11308 Parkside Drive

  • Union Place Bar & Grill - 4884 Chambliss Ave.

  • Union Jack's English Pub - 124 S. Northshore Drive

Other Knoxville area restaurants and bars with heated outdoor patios

  • Calhoun's Lenoir City - 4550 City Park Drive

  • Calhoun's Oak Ridge - 100 Melton Lake Peninsula

  • Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro - 137 Apple Valley Way, Townsend

  • Orange Hat Brewing Co. - 10246 Hardin Valley Road

Did we miss your favorite restaurant or bar with heated outdoor seating? Email keenan.thomas@knoxnews.com.

Keenan Thomas reports for the Knox News business growth and development team. You can reach him by email at keenan.thomas@knoxnews.com.

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