A Near Downtown Business is Closed Permanently
One of the painful parts of the downtown story is when the time comes to say goodbye to businesses. So many great people have invested their hearts into making the city a better place, that it...
Business
New Businesses are Coming, But Some Old Ones Are Going Away
It doesn’t take a genius to surmise that post-pandemic Knoxville will not be the same. In some cases, that means we’ll have new businesses, like a donut shop, a tea and herb bar, and a cat...
The Donut Shop Opens on Broadway
Father and daughter duo, Brian and Avery Gentry, to whom I introduced you in March, have opened their business at 724 North Broadway. Originally hoping to open in April, the business had a soft-soft opening for...
Nature’s Crossing Opens on Market Square
I introduced you to Tammy Babb and her business, Nature’s Crossing last March. She’s operated a shop in west Knoxville and has opened a second location of the shop at 7 Market Square selling herbs, teas,...
Scruffy’s Cafe Opens Tomorrow at 1015 North Broadway (Plus Some Important Notes at the End)
Tennessee appears to be at the cutting edge of the cat world. At least that’s how it appears. I stopped into Scruffy’s Cafe and talked with co-owners Talisa Cantrell and Emily Deas and learned that Tennessee...
A Look Inside the Dazzling Embassy Suites
My timing on articles in recent months has been thrown off by personal variables and, now, by a pandemic. I would normally post photographs from inside a new business just as it opens, but I missed...
Find Your Books: Downtown Library, Union Avenue Books Open With New Twists (Plus a Weekend Recommendation!
Today the Lawson McGhee Library is open for business downtown, as well as seven other of the nineteen Knox County Public Library locations across the county. Each branch and the downtown library will open up to...
Checking In With Becky Hancock and the Tennessee Theatre
I spoke with Becky Hancock, Executive Director of the Tennessee Theatre. I asked if she would talk us through those early days when they realized this would be a significant event, through what transpired over the...
Checking in with River and Rail and the Old City Performing Arts Center
While many businesses have developed clever ways to deliver some semblance of their services while on shutdown, others simply do not work with the restrictions we’ve had in place. As the restrictions are slowly removed, more...
Catching Up With Stanton Webster and PostModern Spirits
I checked in via phone with Stanton Webster, co-owner of PostModern Spirits to see how he and the business are doing. He started off by saying how fortunate he feels. His daughter’s school transitioned quickly to...