Kern's rents out sections of its lawn as private tailgates on Vols Saturdays

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Fall wildflower walk

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Kern's rents out sections of its lawn as private tailgates on Vols Saturdays

Three hundred dollars gets a group of twenty its own third of the Lawn Patio with a television, two couches and a canopy. For the Texas game, that is the cheapest reserved seat in town.

The Ultimate Tailgate: $300 per game · a private third of the Lawn Patio · up to 20 guests
Included: 1 TV · 2 couches · 2 cocktail tables · 1 canopy · your own signage and stanchions
The Fan Zone: $2,500 · the UpTop rooftop patio · up to 75 guests
Add-ons: Catering and drink packages; tickets redeem at Peter's Market Bar or the UpTop bar
Where: Kern's · 2201 Kern's Rising Way · Sat 8 AM – 11 PM
Only for: University of Tennessee football games
Saturday's game: Texas at Tennessee · noon · ABC

A third of the Lawn Patio, with your name on the sign

Kern's has put a price on a thing people have been improvising on its lawn all season: a private tailgate. The Ultimate Tailgate package is $300 a game for one-third of the Lawn Patio — a television, two couches, two cocktail tables, a canopy and a sign with your group's name on it, roped off for up to twenty people. It is offered only for Tennessee football games, and Saturday's is Texas at noon.

The rooftop version

The bigger option is the Fan Zone: the UpTop rooftop patio for up to 75, at $2,500, with tables, stanchions and signage. Both packages take catering and beverage add-ons, and drink tickets work at Peter's Market Bar downstairs or the UpTop bar. Everything runs through an inquiry form on the Kern's site rather than a checkout, so for this Saturday the sensible move is to ask today.

For everyone else, the food hall is open eight in the morning to eleven at night on Saturday, and the game will be on whatever screens the bars have. The lawn sections are the only part that comes with a reservation.

Sources:Kern's — Private Vols Football Watch PartiesKern's — hours

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