The Five Thirty Lounge Atop the Hyatt Place Opens Today
The Five Thirty Lounge on top of the Hyatt Place hotel opens today. The hotel opened in July 2018 and a rooftop bar was opened in August of that year. The space included about 5,000 square...
Business
Pearl on Union Has Closed
A popular local coffee shop has closed its doors permanently. Opened in April, 2018, the coffee shop was owned by Shaun and Meg Parrish, who also own and operate Java Old City and Wild Love Bake...
Board of Health Meeting: Board Codifies Restaurant and Bar Capacity
Dr. Souza chaired the meeting in the absence of Dr. Gotcher. All other members were present. As they set the agenda, Mayor Jacobs asked for permission for Randy Burleson, owner of Aubrey’s, Fieldhouse Social, Sunspot and...
Knoxville Fine Violins Opens at 207 Clinch Avenue
Knoxville Fine Violins has opened at 207 Clinch Avenue, continuing the trend of other businesses which have opened during the pandemic with an eye toward better days. Wesley Rule brings with him strong skills and a...
Dream Bikes Closes, Two Bikes Opens, A New Location in the Works
Dream Bikes, a locally loved institution since January 2017, is closing as of next Friday. Mitchell Connell, Manager of DreamBikes, said the national organization has used the DreamBikes model for a decade for their philanthropy and...
Expansions of Outdoor Dining Here to Stay?
If there has been one constant thread throughout the last ten years of expansion and growth in downtown Knoxville’s restaurant scene, it has been the ever-increasing demand for outdoor dining spaces. Once a small after-thought, in...
Xul Beer Company Set to Open This Week
Brad West, Bently Blackshear and Tara Thacker are ready to start offering their labor of many months. After well over a year of making plans, struggling through obstacles, including a pandemic, they are making beer and...
The Bistro at the Bijou Celebrates a Remarkable 40 Years
For a business to last a dozen years is remarkable. Twenty or thirty years, impressive, indeed. Forty years is very unusual. In the year Ronald Reagan was elected president, the Bistro at the Bijou began service....
Kopita Meat is Open at 522 South Gay Street
Kopita Meat, companion restaurant to Kopita (and two doors down) becomes the latest business to chart its course by opening during a pandemic. His Kopita vegan restaurant, serving middle-eastern dishes has been very well received and,...
Knox Brew Hub Opens at 421 Union Avenue
Zack Roskop officially opened Knox Brew Hub this past weekend and will host a ribbon cutting today. It was only two months ago that I wrote about the plans for the bar with Zack ambitiously targeting...