Inside of Knoxville

Firefly Lights Add to Magical Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 16, 2021

Market Square is the heart of our downtown and of our city. It’s historic, beautiful, charming and fun. After years of different ideas and designs that never seemed to quite work, it has found its stride...

Nature’s Crossing Closes at 7 Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 15, 2021

While the feared wave of closures may not have happened in downtown Knoxville, there have been loses. Each is different from the other with the reasons for closure sometimes overlapping, though unique to each business. In...

Knoxville Adventure Collective Invites You to Explore the Outdoors

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 14, 2021

It was almost six years ago that I introduced you to a business offering biking, paddle boarding, kayaking and more right out of downtown. Just about the time the pandemic was gaining steam, in early 2020,...

Proper Popcorn Coming to 29 Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 13, 2021

About eight months after Knoxville Chocolate Company closed its 29 Market Square location, a new business is working toward opening at the spot. Proper Popcorn, which has a shop on Kingston Pike (pictured in this article)...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/11 – 4/20/2021)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 11, 2021

As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...

COVID-19: 4/9/2021 Update (International, National, State, and Local)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 9, 2021

Last week for this roundup I wrote: The gist of the following report is that the race continues. On the positive side, we have vaccine distribution increasing and some continued adherence to the guidelines to mask,...

Seoul Brothers: Korean Fusion Restaurant Coming to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 9, 2021

Victoria Scott and Josh Coates are bringing a Korean Fusion restaurant to downtown. Opening a restaurant of his own has always been his dream but doing so with his sister wasn’t in the cards until very...

Ebony and Ivory Plans to Bring Communities Together Over Great Beer

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 8, 2021

A brewery and tap room is planned for 2300 North Central Street. Owners Chico Dupas and Mitchell Russell are perfecting recipes and making big plans and construction will soon get underway at the location with Sanders...

Afternoon Notes

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 7, 2021

Here are a few quick hitters that I’ve not found room for in a longer article: At today’s work session, the Knox County Board of Education will discuss whether to remove the mask mandate in schools....

A Roundup of Local Independent Media

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 7, 2021

The media landscape has, as we all know, drastically shifted in recent years, both locally and globally. Twenty-five years ago it would have been difficult to imagine a significant city without a daily paper, but that...

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Firefly Lights Add to Magical Market Square

Nature’s Crossing Closes at 7 Market Square

Knoxville Adventure Collective Invites You to Explore the Outdoors

Proper Popcorn Coming to 29 Market Square

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/11 – 4/20/2021)

COVID-19: 4/9/2021 Update (International, National, State, and Local)

Seoul Brothers: Korean Fusion Restaurant Coming to Downtown

Ebony and Ivory Plans to Bring Communities Together Over Great Beer

Afternoon Notes

A Roundup of Local Independent Media

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville