Proper Popcorn Opens on Market Square
As first reported here in April, Proper Popcorn, whose original location is in west Knoxville, had it sights set on a Market Square location. That plan became a reality on Thursday of last week, when it...
Business
Axle Logistics Hosts Ribbon Cutting, Celebrates Rapid Growth
In September 2019 I introduced you to Axle Logistics, a company founded by friends Jon Clay and Drew Johnson. The two grew up together in south Knoxville, graduating from South Doyle High School. They founded Axle...
Fruit Jar Alley Opens on Market Square
Just a few months after the closure of Tailgate at 23 Market Square, the space was taken this weekend by the third location of Fruit Jar Alley. Founded in 2017 by Allison Manes, the first location...
Knoxville-Based Kombucha Company Frog Juice Plans Growth
Could Knoxville-produced Frog Juice Kombucha be the next big thing? The owners of Frog Juice are making plans to see how big it can become. Found at numerous downtown and near downtown businesses, such as Eddie’s...
Frothy Monkey Announced for the Kress Building
The journey for the Kress Building at 417-421 South Gay Street has been a long and winding one, if not tortured at times. In the years since its use as a S.H. Kress and Company department...
Small Companies Continue to Move Downtown (Part 1)
A number of small businesses have made downtown their home either just before or during the pandemic. They are not retail businesses and are not normally the focus of articles in this space, but given the...
Sugar Coated Coming to 109 South Gay Street
A new business has been announced for 109 South Gay Street. Sugar Coated is a hair removal and spray tanning business, brought to Knoxville by owners Megan McCarthy and Brittany Absmeier. The two have operated a...
Pete’s Coffee Shop Celebrates 35 Years: Pete Tells the Story
I have seen Pete Natour, owner of Pete’s Coffee Shop at 540 Union Avenue, many times over the years as I came and went with takeout orders or sat for a meal. We always spoke but...
Broadway Market to Reopen in August
A few weeks ago, I reported that Chef Don Devore, co-owner with his wife Lauren, of Broadway Market, had suffered a serious health setback. After rarely missing work for years, he was admitted to the hospital...
Flower Pot Closes Downtown Location, Opens New Concept on Washington Avenue
I’ve had several people ask about the fate of the Flower Pot location on Gay Street. It closed at the end of 2020 and the windows are currently covered in brown paper. I originally assumed, like...