Scruffy Pig brings restaurant experience and a Knoxville neighborhood together around one straightforward idea: make barbecue people want to come back for.
Great smoked meat. Cold drinks. Fast, friendly service. A place that works for lunch, dinner, a beer after work, or a table that decides to stay awhile.
Scruffy Pig is being built around those basics. The food matters. The room matters. The neighborhood matters. The rest should stay out of the way.
Archer spent years building and operating Archer's BBQ in Knoxville. Scruffy Pig is a chance to put that experience back to work around the things that matter most: the meat, the service, the pace of a busy restaurant, and the people walking through the door.
Make barbecue people crave. Serve it consistently. Treat people well.
Daniel is an architect, developer, preservationist, and owner of Happy Holler Events. His connection to the building and neighborhood grounds Scruffy Pig in a part of Knoxville that already has its own identity.
937 N. Central Street is part of the experience—not a backdrop pasted onto it.
Scruffy Pig is being built for the rhythm of the neighborhood: a quick lunch, dinner with friends, a cold drink, catering for a crowd, and plenty of reasons to come back.
Plan your visitKnoxville has carried the Scruffy City nickname for decades. Scruffy Pig borrows that independent spirit and puts it next to what we plan to do every day: smoke meat, pour cold drinks, and give people a good place to gather.
