Inside of Knoxville

A Business Closes, Another Expands, A Third Will Reopen

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 27, 2019

We’ve seen a lot of movement recently on the downtown business front, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. I’ve still got more openings to write about in the coming days, but in the meantime,...

Knoxville’s Own Petro’s Chili & Chips Carves Its Spot in the Downtown Market

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 26, 2019

Petro’s Chili & Chips opened in its new Market Square location last Thursday to a large response. Downtown workers have told me since the announcement that Petro’s was coming to 2 Market Square that they were...

Southern Grit Opens at 126 South Central Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 25, 2019

Downtown’s newest restaurant opens today in the Old City with a familiar face greeting new customers. I first introduced owner B.G. DeHart on this blog in 2013, with the opening of Stock and Barrel, for which...

New Downtown Gallery, 214 Magnolia Has Grand Opening Tonight

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 22, 2019

It was a long and sometimes circuitous journey for owner Megan Stair, from her birth place in Indiana to her new gallery, 214 Magnolia (at 214 Magnolia Avenue!). As with many such journeys, each step of...

Wake Foot Sanctuary and Spa Opens Inside the Embassy Suites

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 20, 2019

Ami Patel, owner of Wake Foot Sanctuary and Spa inside the Embassy Suites at 507 South Gay Street (enter through Union Avenue entrance), searched with her husband, Alpesh Patel, owner of the new downtown Embassy Suites,...

K Brew Downtown Opens on Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 18, 2019

In addition to the opening of the Embassy Suites at 507 South Gay Street last Thursday, a number of ancillary businesses opened at the same address. Alpesh Patel, Embassy Suites owner and developer, was very deliberate...

Old City Performing Arts Center Announces Indiegogo Campaign, Grand Opening, First Season for River & Rail

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 15, 2019

It’s been a year and a half since the announcement that River & Rail Theatre Company would open and operate the Old City Performing Arts Center at 111 State Street. After a large amount of work...

Knox Mason Re-Opens Thursday in New Home

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 11, 2019

It’s the best of Knoxville stories. The kind of arc that can’t really happen, but does happen because, well, Knoxville. About twenty years ago in a high school typing class, freshman Alpesh Patel and junior Matt...

J.C. Holdway Offers a Transportational Experience

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 8, 2019

(Photos and article provided by AppalachianGastroventures for Inside of Knoxville. This is the third installment in their monthly series of restaurant reviews, allowing for further exploration of local restaurants after their opening. Check out their blog for...

Gay Street Yoga Opens Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 17, 2019

Mary June Thompson became downtown Knoxville’s newest small business owner yesterday with the opening of Gay Street Yoga at 317 N. Gay Street, across from Vienna Coffee and Regas Square Lofts. It may represent the beginning...

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A Business Closes, Another Expands, A Third Will Reopen

Knoxville’s Own Petro’s Chili & Chips Carves Its Spot in the Downtown Market

Southern Grit Opens at 126 South Central Street

New Downtown Gallery, 214 Magnolia Has Grand Opening Tonight

Wake Foot Sanctuary and Spa Opens Inside the Embassy Suites

K Brew Downtown Opens on Gay Street

Old City Performing Arts Center Announces Indiegogo Campaign, Grand Opening, First Season for River & Rail

Knox Mason Re-Opens Thursday in New Home

J.C. Holdway Offers a Transportational Experience

Gay Street Yoga Opens Downtown

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