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Whether you want to enjoy a relaxing brunch or the perfect evening dining out, La Costa on Market Square provides a fantastic experience for you.

Scrumptious appetizers are the housemade quacamole and spinach queso dip, and our small plates feature tempura tofu and beef short ribs, to name just a few. Inventive entrees and nightly special dishes include New York strip steak, free-range chicken, and smoked tofu.

General Manager: Trevor Staples

Trevor Staples, a recent University of Tennessee graduate and Marietta, Georgia native joined La Costa on Market Square in September of 2007. Trevor began working in restaurants at the age of 14 at the Old Vinings Inn in historic Vinings in Northwest Atlanta. While attending Georgia State University in Atlanta, Trevor worked and excelled in some of the most prestigious restaurants in Atlanta, such as the Blue Ridge Grill and the Old Vinings Inn. Trevor is extremely excited about being a part of such a meaningful concept. Trevor and fiancee Jamie Angel (bartender/manager) will be one of three La Costa romance's to tie the knot soon! She would like everyone to know (both customers and employee's) that she got him the job. Trevor‘s hobbies include golf, wine and music.

Executive Chef: Jimmy Ooten

Jimmy Ooten is a young chef, 23 years old, born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. He learned to love cooking from an early age with his family and inherited some of his mother's talent for it. Jimmy attended Walter State Community College in Sevierville for his Certification in Culinary Arts. He's going on his third year at La Costa on Market Square. Other than creating delectable dishes he enjoys the outdoors and living life.

Sous Chef: Nicholas Drew

Nicholas Drew was born and raised in Knoxville where he has always been fascinated by the preparation and consumption of food and is a recent graduate from Rel Maples Culinary Institute at Walters State Community College in Sevierville, Tennessee. He has two Associate degrees in Business Management one with an emphasis in Culinary Arts and the other an emphasis in Baking Science. While attending Walters State he was on the school's culinary competition team and participated in numerous community service projects through the culinary department. Since the age of 18 he has worked in multiple facets of the restaurant industry. Nicholas' experiances include on/off-site catering, professional chef, test kitchen research and development, corporate chains and small independent restaurants preparing everything from burgers to sushi. He is a member of the American Culinary Federation through which he is a Certified Culinarian and working towards becoming a Certified Pastry Culinarian. Nicholas enjoys the atmosphere of La Costa and the creativity it affords him.

La Costa on Market Square
31 Market Square
Knoxville, TN 37902

865-566-0275

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