Weigel’s vs. Pilot – The Round 1 Winner.

I knew after my trip to Weigel’s that it wouldn’t take much for Pilot to knock their opponent to the canvas but this is almost a TKO.  Check this out.

I dropped in the Pilot on Campbell Station around 5 this afternoon and it started off on a positive note. I was greeted by a friendly employee who offered to help me find anything I needed – nice touch.  I headed straight to the drinks and held my breath.  In my experiences, Pilot has never been known for having essentials – especially Coke Icees. Man was I wrong.  Coke, Blueberry, Cherry and – the cream of the crop – Mountain Dew.  I sampled the Coke Icee and the consistency was spot on. It had a slight cherry taste which I’m not a big fan of but other than that, I was pleased.

I checked out the restroom and although it was small, every necessity was fully stocked and the floors were clean.  I’m not talking eat-off-the-floor clean. More like I-would-change-my-clothes-in-here-if-I-had-to clean.  Definitely better than their counterpart across the street.

I browsed through the selection of items and although it wasn’t as diverse as Weigel’s it was neatly arranged and easy to get to everything real quick. That’s one thing that bugged me about Weigel’s.  It seemed a little too big for a “quick-stop” place.

My last comparison took me to the hot food counter.  Talk about variety.  This Pilot could almost be considered a Shoney’s buffet compared to the warming lamp dip dog I sampled at the circle W.  The hot dog roller was filled with your standard franks, sausages, jaleponeo cheddar dog and cheesburger dogs.  That’s no typo folks.  Cheeseburger dogs.  Just imagine taking hamburger meat and shredded cheddar and shaping it into a hot dog.  It doesn’t sound inviting and it definitely doesn’t look inviting.  In fact it looked like…well…I’ll just let your imagination do the work on this one.  On to the rest of the food counter. (Yes, there’s more.

They also had nachos, cheese, chili and a choice between two taquitos – sausage and egg or fajita chicken. Nothing really looked that good (how can it when it’s been sitting on rollers all day) but for catering to the quick-bite crowd, this place could not be beat.

The only complaints I had were a) the hotdogs/meat sticks were not identified or properly aligned with their signs so it led to b) my second complaint – I tried what I thought was a hot dog and it ended being their “smokey dog” or sausage.  The meat was tough and a little dry but definitely edible.

So, after round one, Pilot is in control.  Now on to round two.

Explore posts in the same categories: Food, Restaurants

Tags: pilot cheeseburger knoxville weigels

You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.