Lights in the City: Windows and More
Here’s one last glimpse of Christmas before we turn our focus onto the new year. I hope you have a beautiful day and enjoy the Christmas windows, trees and patios throughout the city. If you missed...
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Knoxville + Great Books = Great Gifts
Here’s your last weekend before Christmas guide for your literate friends and family members. Why not give them something to think about, something to learn from or simple, Knoxville-based informational or photographic pleasure. We love our...
Fin-Two Japanese Ale House to Open in the Old City
If ethnic food is what you’ve felt downtown is missing, the good news keeps on rolling. Owner Raymond Yip has announced plans to open Fin-Two in the Old City in the new Crozier Building which I...
Status Dough Announces Downtown Location
A homegrown Knoxville business is opening its second location in the city at 418 South Gay Street, former home of Downtown Grind. Once more you’ll be able to get a full line of coffee drinks in...
What’s That Glitter at the Keener Building? Glitterville Studios Move to Knoxville!
Development brings new spaces and new life to old spaces. But sometimes the result can be small absences. Missing pieces of the texture that once enriched our lives in small or large ways. One such absence...
Another Market Square Business Closes Its Doors
I mentioned when Blue Coast closed a few weeks ago that we probably weren’t finished for the year. I didn’t have any inside knowledge. I hadn’t heard any rumors. It’s just the way it works each...
Butcher Shop/Deli/Market Coming to Old City
And so, the final question in the series of articles is answered: Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro will retain his lease at the current location of OliBea at 119 South Central Street. He’ll move OliBea a couple of...
OliBea to Move
Sometimes problems produce exciting opportunities. Such is the case with Jeffrey DeAlejandro and OliBea. The successful breakfast spot, which I first wrote about four years ago tomorrow, has outgrown its space. “Sometimes there is an hour-and-a-half...
Two Openings Planned: Market Square and Gay Street
One’s an open secret and both have been a buzz on Facebook. Generally when word slips out about a restaurant opening, I try to patiently wait until I have more information before writing about it. In...
First Commercial Tenant Announced for Baker Creek Bottoms
It was less than two weeks ago I wrote of the most recent plans for Baker Creek Bottoms. Tom Weiss one of the partners in the development said there would be a small commercial spot in...