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Rocket Fizz is Open at 7 Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 21, 2021

A new store, Rocket Fizz, has opened on Market Square, offering retro and international candy, retro and unique soft drinks, toys, posters and more. The franchise was founded in 2007 and opened its first store in...

Knoxville Cycleboats to Launch in Two Weeks

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 1, 2021

A new business, Knoxville Cycleboats, will have its inaugural launch at Volunteer Landing Marina on Wednesday, September 15th. The idea is the brainchild of Chicago’s Chicago Electric Boat Company, which has previously offered rides for partiers on the...

Pretentious Glass Takes An Unexpected Journey: Television, Glasses and a Global Pandemic

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 25, 2021

The gallery at Pretentious Glass opened up within the last two weeks for the first time since mid-March 2020. For the time, they are open only Thursday through Saturday. Pretentious Glass and Pretentious Beer Company owner,...

Fai Thai Kitchen is Now Open

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 16, 2021

It didn’t take long for Fai and Nathanael Blais to get the action moved from the popular Fai Thai Food Truck into their new location at 522 South Gay Street. Barely more than two weeks after...

Redbud Kitchen Opens at 906 Sevier Avenue

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 13, 2021

A new restaurant recently opened just below and to the front of Hi-Wire Brewing. Redbud Kitchen is the second restaurant opened by Morristown residents Wally and Lisa Long. It joins a growing number of restaurants, breweries...

Tourists Return to Knoxville: The April – June Stats

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 9, 2021

Remember the shock we all felt when some area hotels sent the vast majority of their workers home in March 2020? We hoped it would be a short blow to the local travel and tourism business,...

Kopita and Kopita Meat Consolidate and Plan Cool Outdoor Space

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 2, 2021

If you read carefully last week when I wrote about Fai Thai, you realized that their new address is currently home to Kopita Meat. Owner Avi Zenatti took the space during the pandemic and offered meat...

Fai Thai Plans Opening at 522 South Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 28, 2021

Owners of local favorite Fai Thai Food Truck (which will continue to operate) have announced they will soon open at 522 South Gay Street, as Kopita Meat will consolidate with its sister restaurant, Kopita, next door...

Brother Wolf and Osteria Stella Open in the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 12, 2021

The long-awaited Italian restaurant, Osteria Stella, and its companion aperitivo bar, Brother Wolf open to the public tomorrow at 108 West Jackson Avenue. The two locations held soft openings the last two weekends to glowing...

Fat Tuesday Opens at 417 South Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 7, 2021

Downtown has its second New Orleans based business (the other is Ruby Sunshine) with the opening of Fat Tuesday at 417 South Gay Street. Located in a portion of the Kress Building, it is also the...

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Rocket Fizz is Open at 7 Market Square

Knoxville Cycleboats to Launch in Two Weeks

Pretentious Glass Takes An Unexpected Journey: Television, Glasses and a Global Pandemic

Fai Thai Kitchen is Now Open

Redbud Kitchen Opens at 906 Sevier Avenue

Tourists Return to Knoxville: The April – June Stats

Kopita and Kopita Meat Consolidate and Plan Cool Outdoor Space

Fai Thai Plans Opening at 522 South Gay Street

Brother Wolf and Osteria Stella Open in the Old City

Fat Tuesday Opens at 417 South Gay Street

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