Big Daddys Pizza Gatlinburg

03/31/2026

Bring those kids in this week and save money for all the fun stuff while on Spring Break!

03/24/2026

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

03/19/2026

Our Spring Break special is still going. Bring those kiddos in and feed them for FREE!!!

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. ...

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.

03/06/2026

Who's coming to the Smokies for Spring Break? We've got a new special that starts Saturday, March 7th!!! Bring those kiddos in and save some money.

02/26/2026

Come see us next week for limited time BOGO dinner specials!

02/23/2026

Kids are out of school today. Don't want to be cooped up with them all day? Bring them in for our BOGO special this week.

02/19/2026

We plan to reopen on Saturday instead of Friday this week. We missed you while we were closed, so come in and enjoy our limited time BOGO SPECIAL at the Gatlinburg location.

02/16/2026

We will be closed at the Gatlinburg location for a few days to do some construction/maintenance. We are planning to reopen on Friday, February 20th. We will keep you updated if plans change!

02/05/2026

Check out our Super Bowl Special available exclusively at our Gatlinburg location only. 🏈

02/02/2026

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