Inside of Knoxville

Real Good Kitchen Supports Local Food Entrepreneurs

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 1, 2021

Real Good Kitchen, owned and operated by Bailey Foster is a “full-service, shared commercial kitchen facility,” located at 2004 Magnolia Avenue. Ms. Foster said she had worked on the idea for about four years. She is...

Bat N Rouge is Purchased, Moves, and Expands

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 31, 2021

If there has been a theme to the business news over the last year in the downtown area, it has been one of acquisitions and expansions. Bat N Rouge, opened by Haley Hancock in 2015 in...

Canvas Can Do Miracles to Open at 1218 Magnolia

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 30, 2021

I recently learned that Canvas Can Do Miracles, an organization that has served Knoxville for years, will soon open in its new home at 1218 Magnolia Avenue. I met with Jackie Holloway to learn more about...

Downtown Farmers’ Market Returns with New Twists

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 29, 2021

It was here, then it was there, now it is here and there. As has every organization, particularly those that attract large crowds of people, Nourish Knoxville‘s Market Square Farmers’ Market was forced to remake itself...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/28 – 4/6/2021)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 28, 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: 3/26/2021 Update (International, National, State and Local)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 26, 2021

Welcome back to the weekly COVID updates and our first weekly update on a Friday. I’ve enjoyed shifting my focus to the increasing number of activities and openings happening in the city, but we have to...

What’s the Big Idea? Spotlights on a City’s Creative Class

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 26, 2021

At the heart of a vibrant city with a bright future is a group of people, working alone or collaboratively, dreaming, creating, inventing and making the next thing happen. These are the people celebrated by the...

Big Ears Festival Returns in 2022; Big Ears Music Returns in April

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2021

For many downtown restaurants, hotels and other businesses, the weekend the Big Ears Festival comes to town is their biggest of the year. 20,000 tickets were sold to the festival in in 2019, with fans and...

Plans Set for Kern’s Food Hall + Market

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 24, 2021

After a long meandering path (I first wrote about it in August 2015, most recently in May 2019), the Kern’s Food Hall + Market is set to begin serious construction by the end of April. The...

Flagship Kerns Opens in South Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 23, 2021

The first of three phases of development of the Kerns Bakery site is complete, with the opening of Flagship Kerns, a 160 unit apartment complex on top of the hill overlooking the Kerns Bakery Building, with...

Knoxville Urban Guy

Real Good Kitchen Supports Local Food Entrepreneurs

Bat N Rouge is Purchased, Moves, and Expands

Canvas Can Do Miracles to Open at 1218 Magnolia

Downtown Farmers’ Market Returns with New Twists

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/28 – 4/6/2021)

COVID-19: 3/26/2021 Update (International, National, State and Local)

What’s the Big Idea? Spotlights on a City’s Creative Class

Big Ears Festival Returns in 2022; Big Ears Music Returns in April

Plans Set for Kern’s Food Hall + Market

Flagship Kerns Opens in South Knoxville

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

An Opportunity to Expand the Urban Wilderness