Sunsphere Scents: Evoking Knoxville, One Scent at a Time
What’s the smell of the Tennessee Theatre? What about a day on the lake? A hike up House Mountain or the Sunsphere at Sunset? How do you capture the experiences and places of the city you...
Business
Happy Holler Restaurant Becomes “The Marlowe”
Two years ago Bistro By The Tracks moved temporarily to Happy Holler as the group awaited the next intended location, at the site of the former Orangery, to be ready for their move there. The intention...
Smoky Mountain Munchies Opens at 122 South Gay Street
Smoky Mountain Munchies has opened at 122 South Gay Street serving up a range of hemp and THCA products. Partners Daniel Lakin, Jonathan Haines, Chris Haines, and Clifford Amann formed the LLC which owns the shop...
Mighty Big Love at The Mighty Wig
(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer and relatively recent Knoxville transplant Luke Frazier.) In a small, tightly organized space, tucked away on a second floor of a building adjacent to South Knoxville’s Baker Creek Preserve,...
YWCA Looks to Raise Additional Funds to Serve More Women- Renovate their 100-year-old Building
Many Knoxvillians may know the YWCA building as where they learned to swim or where they took dance lessons as a child. Or you remember that one scene in October Skies that was filmed there....
Fiori Bar and Lounge is Now Open
June 4 was a monumental day for Fiori Bar and Lounge, a testament to the unwavering dedication of its owners, Jesse and Corey Vose. After a patient wait, they finally unveiled their creation to the...
Mighty Mud Makes Move to SoKno
Mighty Mud has been around for over a decade and, in that time has seen several different locations in search of the perfect space. Barron Hall has owned the business for the last ten years and...
Seoul Brothers is Closing: Here’s What’s Next for Vic and Josh!
Just over three years ago, brother and sister, Josh Coates and Victoria (Vic) Scott allowed me to tell their story as they planned to bring Korean-fusion food to downtown Knoxville. They soon opened Seoul Brothers in...
The Back Pocket Opens This Week in the Old City
New businesses continue to pop up in and around downtown and one of the newest is The Back Pocket at 105 West Jackson, just down the stairs from Lox Salon. Partners and co-owners Natalie Sakaan and...
Knox Brew Tours To Make Its Last Run This Fall
It’s been a long and successful run. When I first wrote about Knox Brew Tours and interviewed a very young Zack Roskop, the year was 2014. We met inside Casual Pint and I took a photograph...