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    Southland Books & Cafe - Vegan challenge 2025: pickle hummus tofu wrap

    Southland Books & Cafe

    4.7(52 reviews)
    41.4 mi
    $

    DELISH!! the setting is the cutest and cozy, it feels comfortable and the staff is very welcoming…read more I love all the sandwiches I have tried here but the Farnsworth was DIVINE!! (try the pimento cheese!!) also the desserts don't disappoint. All homemade goodness!

    First learned of Southland as part of the 2023 Vegan Chef Challenge, however their items were not…read morelisted as gluten free (sandwiches), so we didn't come here. Decided to try this year for the vegan chef challenge just to see if there might be something I could eat or maybe I'd be wild and ask for the sandwich without the bread. Imagine my SHOCK when I saw gluten free bread on the regular vegan menu and asked if the GF bread was also vegan!! (Spoiler alert: it IS!) This now opens up a world of options, and more reasons to come back regularly. They have an EXTENSIVE vegan menu, and both soups offered the day I was there were vegan. The cashier told us there's a pub downstairs, with different vegan menu items. It's attached to a bookstore and has a homey, comfy feel. It's the kind of place you feel you could hang out in all day and no one would complain. The cashier was BEYOND helpful and friendly and made several recommendations for things to try in the future. The only bad thing is I wasted a year not trying this place. I'll need to make up for that!

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    Southland Books & Cafe - Cute homey seating area.

    Cute homey seating area.

    Southland Books & Cafe - Pesto Ricotta Tofu sandwich and Thai Peanut Tofu sandwich on GF AND Vegan bread from the 2024 Knoxville Vegan Chef Challenge

    Pesto Ricotta Tofu sandwich and Thai Peanut Tofu sandwich on GF AND Vegan bread from the 2024 Knoxville Vegan Chef Challenge

    Southland Books & Cafe - Entrance from restaurant to bookstore.

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    Entrance from restaurant to bookstore.

    McKay's - Knoxville

    McKay's - Knoxville

    3.9(184 reviews)
    29.7 mi
    $$

    Sellers: Just be advised that before you bring anything in make sure you're willing to part with…read morethings for very very very very low prices. I had a few books that I could've sold online for 20 bucks or more and I literally got $1.13 for them and some items I didn't get anything for my items and they took them anyways and on the paper I requested it shows zero cash value. If that's the case then they should give our items back and not just automatically tag them to put out on the floor. They need to rethink their system. If they want to buy an item they need to set it aside and give us a list of hay we buy these items for this amount are you OK with it . Not just assume hey yeah we can go ahead and take this item they don't care and we give them zero for it or $.19 trade-in value. I also mentioned when I got there whatever you guys don't buy from me I'll just take back. They did have some items, most of my items since I brought three bins of movies and video games and books that they did not want. I guess they assumed I didn't want them I said yes I want them back. I asked for a printout of what I sold so I can remove them from online if I had them posted. The guy said oh we don't do that. I said you don't keep track of what you're purchasing from me? He said oh yeah OK and printed out this list and I wish I would've actually looked at it and realized a lot of items they took I got zero for they just took for free. I was not donating items to them nor did I say I was gonna donate items to them. I did buy $30 worth of stuff here (3stuffed animals and a book). I could've got $31 in cash or $70 store credit so I used $30 store credit and got $20 cash back. So I was really hoping for a lot more because I had hundreds of DVDs I just didn't want to take the time to post them online because it's time consuming. But it's just really disappointing only getting literally nothing snd them taking my items and some items maybe a dollar if Im lucky. When I got home realized when I went through the list that they took my Xbox 360 games and movies I literally got nothing for them that kind of pisses me off because I was trying to make money and some of these were worth a decent amount. One of the NEW Xbox games online is worth $25 and they literally just took it and gave me nothing for it . So I definitely will not be selling to them ever again. If they weren't gonna give me any money for my items then they should be giving them back to me.

    Thought it was really cute, was kinda upset by how they organize their vinyls. Great pricesread more

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