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...
Business
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...
Knoxville Page Offered for Sale, Prepares to Close
One type of article I committed to early in my operation of this website, was to cover not only business openings, but business closings. It can sometimes be painful for owners to have the conversation, but...
Dr.Jane Health & Wellness Opens in the Old City
Just over four years ago, Dr. Jane George opened Body Mind Realign Chiropractic and Gratitude Bar at 111 North Central Street. By the time three years had passed, she had shifted the focus almost entirely to...
Ethan Long Dentist Settles into 304 South Gay Street
Not so many years ago, there were no dentists working in downtown Knoxville. Buzz Nabers was the first to open a practice and in the wake of his exit from downtown, two dentists are now operating...
Ojas Beauty Opens at 525 Union Avenue
Karla Albritton has opened Ojas Beauty at 525 Union Avenue. She has taken the lease from Hannah Easterly, who opened Wild Lavender at the location almost six years ago and has recently decided to move to...