Shopping Locally, Giving Locally
As the last weekend before Christmas approaches, it’s a good time to remember that many local businesses, as well as local charities, have their annual success determined by what happens in the next few days. A...
Business
Next Level Brewing Company Opens at 700 North Broadway
Next Level Brewing Company held a soft opening this past weekend to large crowds and they officially opened for business last night. I visited early on a cold Tuesday night and found a beautiful space, highlighted...
Broadway Market Reopens at 900 East Hill Avenue
It’s been a circuitous journey for the “little market that could.” It started at 1328 North Broadway two-and-a-half years ago. The business moved just a few doors down almost a year later to 1322 Broadway, before...
Follow Up and Update
I hope each and every one of you had a great Thanksgiving holiday and are enjoying the beginning of the holiday season. We all hope for this time of year to be filled with joy, and...
A Business Closes, Another Expands, A Third Will Reopen
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
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
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
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
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
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...