New High Street restaurant brings New England seafood, sushi and a full raw bar to Blount County
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (Smokies.LIVE Adventure Center) — A New England-inspired seafood restaurant is coming to downtown Maryville, bringing fresh seafood, sushi, a full raw bar and an urban-style dining concept to Blount County.
Pinchy’s, led by Launch Hospitality President George Evans, opened Sept. 17 on High Street, behind Walnut Kitchen.
The Maryville restaurant is the third Pinchy’s location. The concept already has a following in Sevierville, where Evans said guests travel from Blount County to dine.
“We actually have a number of guests that come from Blount County to Sevierville, so they’re excited not to make that drive,” Evans said.
The restaurant is designed around a New England urban seafood-shack concept, something Evans said is not currently common in the Blount County dining scene.
Pinchy’s seafood program emphasizes ingredients brought in from specialty suppliers, including lobster meat from Maine and Alaska king crab legs. The restaurant also uses haddock for its fish and chips.
Evans said the restaurant works with New England-based suppliers for much of its seafood while also relying on specialized suppliers for its sushi and raw bar offerings.
The Maryville location also provides more space for the kitchen and outdoor areas than the original Sevierville restaurant.
“We really never dreamed necessarily in Sevierville that we’d be quite as busy as we are,” Evans said. “The support’s been fantastic.”
The new location was designed with additional kitchen space to allow the staff to keep up with demand, while an outdoor green space will provide room for live entertainment several nights a week.
Evans said the restaurant is intended to take advantage of Maryville’s growing downtown dining and entertainment scene.
“If you look at most rankings for the Knoxville area, four or five of the top 10 restaurants are right here in Maryville,” Evans said. “So I think the food scene is thriving.”
The restaurant also plans to offer its signature Kraken seven days a week in Maryville. At Pinchy’s first two locations, the signature item has typically been offered only on weekends.
The menu will otherwise remain similar to the Pinchy’s offerings in Sevierville and its second location in Texas.
Pinchy’s will initially operate primarily by reservation during its first couple of weeks.
The restaurant is located on High Street behind Walnut Kitchen in downtown Maryville and is scheduled to open Sept. 17.
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