The Flower Pot Serves Downtown on the 700 Block of S. Gay Street
With the re-opening of the 700 block of Gay Street, it seemed a good time to take a look at a business located precisely at the beginning of that block, The Flower Pot, at 700 S....
Hola Festival 2016 Draws Big Crowds for a Happy Celebration
I’ve said before that Hola is one of my favorite festivals of the year. Knoxville has just a little more of an international, big city feel with the sights and sounds of other cultures filling Market...
The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/2 – 10/11/2016)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
TVA Continues to Pursue Sale of Towers – Accepting Comments (Plus a Plug and a Giveaway)
Today I’m going to give you several quick hitters as we approach the weekend. First, it’s been several months since the announcement that TVA would offer its towers for sale. I wrote about it in May,...
Local Business Feud Erupts with Felony Revelations
It’s a story (which I first wrote about last June) that just won’t go away. It’s unfortunate that a resolution couldn’t be found before matters escalated so badly. But if the situation seemed bad before, Tuesday night’s...
A Dopo Pizzeria Set to Open Next Week
When last I checked in with Brian Strutz, he planned to open A Dopo pizzeria, his sourdough, wood fired pizza restaurant at 516 Williams Street in August. He missed the mark by a few weeks, as...
Photographs and Updates from Gay Street Projects (And New Businesses)
Construction at the Farragut Hotel/Hyatt Place is continuing at a rapid pace internally. The building has been virtually gutted, as is obvious in the photograph below. Also shown in the photograph is the appearance of the...
Uncorked Enjoys a New Incarnation with Vinyl, Books and Chef T.J. Smith
Uncorked has enjoyed a long run on Market Square, seeing numerous changes both internally and on the square around it. Some of us have a hard time not referring to it as “Oodles,” which was part...
The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/25 – 10/4/2016)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
A Week With Entrepreneurs and a Chat With Travelista Teri (Teri Johnson)
A critical component of a healthy city in 2016, and maybe in any era would be a creative, entrepreneurial culture. This week hundreds of people discussed these qualities and how and if they apply to our...