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Kaizen Opens New Location at 127 South Central Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 9, 2020

A favorite downtown restaurant has moved to a new location and is open for outdoor dining. As I first reported last March, Kaizen owners Jesse Newmister and Maragaret Stolfi made the decision to move to a...

Honeymouth Offers New Downtown Retail

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 31, 2020

Honeymouth will open this Friday, offering the newest retail shop in the downtown area. Located at 125 South Central in the Old City, the shop features artist made leather goods, clothing & accessories by owner Georgia...

New Feature Length Movie to be Filmed in Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 18, 2020

It’s exciting to learn that a new movie will be made in Knoxville. It’s exciting when someone from Knoxville makes a movie. When someone from Knoxville plans to make a movie in the city, it’s a...

New Bar, Knox Brew Hub, Coming to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 17, 2020

Less than a month after announcing the closure of downtown’s location of Casual Pint, comes the announcement that well-known local beer personality, Zack Roskop, will open a bar at the location. Knox Brew Hub, AKA “The...

Two Downtown Businesses Expand into New Locations

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 14, 2020

It may seem counter-intuitive for a business to move to a new location and expand during a global health emergency. The news may be filled with dire economic reports, but for people with vision, this is...

Wither and Bloom Designs Opens Just Outside the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 11, 2020

A new shop has opened at 1154 McCalla Avenue, just outside the Old City in the Electric Company Building. Wither and Bloom Designs is the new business started by Lauren Stovall. It reflects her life-long relationship...

Two Market Square Businesses Will Not Re-Open

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 10, 2020

We knew there would be businesses which could not make it through this difficult stretch or simply decided it wasn’t wise to try. A number of the businesses which will shutter will have a range of...

Hen+Hoc Deli and Butcher Opens Today in the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 31, 2020

It’s been a long time coming. Opening a new business in the middle of a pandemic might seem less than ideal. But Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro says that he and partner Chef Jon Newman have taken the...

1940 – The 808: Event Space Coming to State Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 21, 2020

A somewhat nondescript building at 808 State Street is set to get a dramatic makeover, thanks to owners State properties and Sanders Pace Architecture. Work has already begun to transform the 1940 terracotta block building into...

Downtown Casual Pint to Permanently Close

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 17, 2020

Casual Pint, founded by Nathan Robinette, had its original location in Bearden. When word got out in spring of 2012 that a franchise was headed downtown, I visited the Bearden store. It was big news at...

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Kaizen Opens New Location at 127 South Central Street

Honeymouth Offers New Downtown Retail

New Feature Length Movie to be Filmed in Knoxville

New Bar, Knox Brew Hub, Coming to Downtown

Two Downtown Businesses Expand into New Locations

Wither and Bloom Designs Opens Just Outside the Old City

Two Market Square Businesses Will Not Re-Open

Hen+Hoc Deli and Butcher Opens Today in the Old City

1940 – The 808: Event Space Coming to State Street

Downtown Casual Pint to Permanently Close

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