Inside of Knoxville

Soccer is On for Downtown’s Smokies Stadium in 2025

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 27, 2024

It’s been clear for some time that the first pitch of the 2025 baseball season would be thrown from the mound inside the new multi-purpose stadium being constructed in downtown Knoxville. It has also been know...

El Tarasco is Open at 145 South Gay Street, Serving Authentic Mexican Food

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 26, 2024

A new taqueria, El Tarasco, opened last month on the 100 block of Gay Street serving authentic Mexican food. It isn’t necessarily what you’ll find in most Mexican restaurants where the food has been Americanized. The...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/25 – 9/3/2024

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 25, 2024

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Chismoso Adds a Chef, Introduces a New Menu

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 23, 2024

Co-owner and manager Corbin Azambuja is excited about the evolution of Chismoso since its opening last May. The menu has slowly changed under the guidance of Chef Will Stagg and the recent addition of one of...

Knox Heritage Announces Set of Endangered Buildings 2024

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 21, 2024

Each year, Knox Heritage announces their Fragile and Fading list to increase focus on some of our most endangered properties and to promote the support needed to preserve them for the next generation. While not all properties...

A Day at the History Hootenanny 2024

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 19, 2024

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Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/18 – 8/27/2024)

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 18, 2024

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Not NPR or PBS . . . But Local Media Needs Your Support As Well

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 16, 2024

I first came to you during the pandemic when advertising had virtually come to a standstill. Up to that point, ads had allowed the website to remain free to anyone wishing to read it and I...

Gay Street Bridge Update (Plus a Restaurant That Slipped Past Me)

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 15, 2024

In case you’ve missed it, the Gay Street Bridge has been closed for the last month. Although it must pass routine inspections, the 126-year-old bridge was suddenly pronounced unsafe after TDOT said it found a “distortion...

Knoxville References in Pop Culture

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 13, 2024

(Today’s article is written by new contributing writer Matt Hollingsworth — who introduced me to the Kelsi Ballerini song below. Matt has written local interest articles for Farragut Life, Monroe Life, and McMinn Life, as well...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/11 – 8/20/2024)

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 11, 2024

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Phase Three of First Creek at Austin Breaks Ground to Bring Additional Affordable Housing to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 9, 2024

Last week, First Creek at Austin broke ground a short walk from the heart of downtown on the third phase of the affordable housing community. I first wrote about the plans (which were already underway) over three...

What About Parking for that Axle Project?

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 8, 2024

A couple of weeks ago I shared photos updating the progress on the Axle Logistics building under construction on Central Street. For those who haven’t been following along, in that article I shared the short version...

Moments Within Time

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 7, 2024

(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer and relatively recent Knoxville transplant Luke Frazier.) There’s the thought that every day is really a lifetime in and of itself. We are born when we emerge from sleep,...

Soccer is On for Downtown’s Smokies Stadium in 2025

El Tarasco is Open at 145 South Gay Street, Serving Authentic Mexican Food

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/25 – 9/3/2024

Chismoso Adds a Chef, Introduces a New Menu

Knox Heritage Announces Set of Endangered Buildings 2024

A Day at the History Hootenanny 2024

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/18 – 8/27/2024)

Not NPR or PBS . . . But Local Media Needs Your Support As Well

Gay Street Bridge Update (Plus a Restaurant That Slipped Past Me)

Knoxville References in Pop Culture

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/11 – 8/20/2024)

Phase Three of First Creek at Austin Breaks Ground to Bring Additional Affordable Housing to Downtown

What About Parking for that Axle Project?

Moments Within Time

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: Nov. 15-24

Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2026

Ghost Walking the 200 Block of Gay Street, Part 2: Sweeping Changes in the 1970s

And the 2026 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Awards Go To …

Among the Trees of Old Gray Cemetery with W. Jim Cortese