Big Daddy's Pizzeria Sevierville

03/24/2026

Rumor has it that it's National Cocktail Day. Celebrate accordingly with one of our frozen moonshine cocktails!

03/11/2026

On March 9th, 2026, the Johnson Family of Restaurants lost the man who started it all: Bruce Marrington Johnson. Bruce, or “Big Daddy” as many knew him, was a kind, generous and fiercely loyal man.

Bruce was born and lived the first 45 years of his life in Miami, FLorida.He moved to Sevier County in 1987 after an earlier vacation to the area made him fall in love with the mountains. He quickly realized it was the perfect place to pursue his lifelong dream of opening a BBQ restaurant. And, in 1991, he did just that, opening Bennett’s Pit BBQ on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge. And with the help of his first employee (and very best friend), Dan Powers, he opened a Bennett’s in Gatlinburg and two Alamo Steakhouses over the next ten years. In 2001 he also convinced his only child, Kelly, and fiance Jonathan Wimmer, to move to town and help run and grow the family business. Over the next fifteen years they added eight more restaurants to the group, including rebuilding the Alamo Steakhouse when it burned down in the 2016 Gatlinburg fire.

However, the twelve restaurants are not his true legacy, because, as he liked to say, “without the people, it’s just twelve empty buildings.” Bruce loved his employees like family. Because of this, on Tuesday, March 17th, all of our stores will be closed for the day for Bruce’s memorial service, so we can all be together, to remember and honor Bruce’s long life and many accomplishments.

02/02/2026

Tired of being cooped up in the house all weekend? We are going to open at 11:00am today, February 2nd!

02/01/2026

We are going to be closed again today, Sunday, February 1st, so our employees do not have to drive on the dicey roads. We are hoping to open for lunch at 11am on Monday!! 🤞🤞🤞

01/31/2026

Due to the absolutely bonkers amount of snow we have gotten, we will be closed all day, today, Saturday, January 31st. Stay toasty!

01/30/2026

We will be closing tonight, Friday Jan 30, at 7:30pm so our folks can get home before the snow starts sticking. We will announce about lunch for Saturday here tomorrow. Stay warm!

01/28/2026

It is the last week to save on awesome pizza during our Winter Specials. Get in here before it's over!

This is not your average pizza pie! At the heart of Big Daddy's is a 550 degree, wood-fired flame inside of a one-of-a-kind brick oven. Our pizza starts with handcrafted, homemade dough that is pulled by our own "pizzeoli". It is then topped with one of our homemade sauces and fresh ingredients. ...

01/26/2026

Due to road conditions in and around our county, where our employees live, we are going to close all locations today Monday, January 26. Also, we are closed on Tuesdays during the month of January so we will see you guys on Wednesday, January 28 during regular business hours. Stay safe out there, folks!

01/25/2026

We will be open today, Sunday, at 11 AM to serve you lunch

01/24/2026

Poor General Manager Melani. Lamenting her lack of customers today. She is so sad that Big Daddy’s in Sevierville will be closing at 5pm today Saturday.