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Lauderdale Design Group: Spreading Good Design to the 100 Block

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 12, 2018

Lauderdale Design Group may be the best known downtown business that you’ve never heard of. The group is responsible for literally millions of dollars worth of design work on UT campus, particularly in the athletic department...

Tommy Trent’s Old Tyme Sports Bar to Open Soon

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 10, 2018

It’s not as if Scott and Bernadette West need something more to do with their time. In addition to operating Preservation Pub and Scruffy City Hall and, along with family, Uncorked and Earth to Old City,...

Pressnell Hill Pottery Brings Designs to Rebel Kitchen

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 28, 2018

It’s been a long and circuitous route to where he’s landed, but Parker Pressnell, whose handcrafted plates and serving pieces will soon be featured at Rebel Kitchen, says he doesn’t regret the journey. It started on...

The Corner Lounge is Returning to Its Original Location!

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 21, 2018

When Steve Brandon and John Harbison talk about their plans to bring back the Corner Lounge in its original home at 842 North Central, the excitement comes through in everything they say. Steve said, “The idea...

Echelon Bicycles Makes a Home in the Hottest Cycling Spot in the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 18, 2018

This one slipped by me. I didn’t notice that Echelon Bicycles had opened a second location at 704 Sevier Avenue until the recent south Knoxville Open Streets event. It underscores the power of an event that...

South Coast Market Announced for Sevier Avenue

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 13, 2018

*This story has been updated with added information. The biggest news seems to bounce between the north and south ends of downtown. South Knoxville has been particularly hot in recent months and years. One of...

Tall Man Toys and Comics Opens on Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 12, 2018

The development push out from downtown’s core to the north continues, with the soft opening this past weekend of Tall Man Toys and Comics. Located at 609 N. Gay, it is found in the Beaman Building,...

Knoxville’s Craft Beer Community on Display for Craft Beer Week

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 7, 2018

Remember when craft beer was a novelty in Knoxville? Maybe all the way back ten years or so? Outside of a couple of local establishments, such as Downtown Grill and Brewery making beer for themselves, there...

Tako Taco: New Restaurant Announced for Downtown at the Mill and Mine

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 6, 2018

Chef Jesse Newmister announced the opening of his second restaurant in downtown Knoxville, as Tako Taco joins Kaizen, his original restaurant. While Kaizen has become one of the hottest restaurants in the city, Newmister is limited...

Business Updates and Changes, Plus New Unofficial and Slightly Twisted Walking Tours

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 5, 2018

Downtown in this era is a constant re-working of a giant jigsaw puzzle of shifting shapes. At the vortex of much of that change has been the West family and their various enterprises. Their businesses on...

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Lauderdale Design Group: Spreading Good Design to the 100 Block

Tommy Trent’s Old Tyme Sports Bar to Open Soon

Pressnell Hill Pottery Brings Designs to Rebel Kitchen

The Corner Lounge is Returning to Its Original Location!

Echelon Bicycles Makes a Home in the Hottest Cycling Spot in the City

South Coast Market Announced for Sevier Avenue

Tall Man Toys and Comics Opens on Gay Street

Knoxville’s Craft Beer Community on Display for Craft Beer Week

Tako Taco: New Restaurant Announced for Downtown at the Mill and Mine

Business Updates and Changes, Plus New Unofficial and Slightly Twisted Walking Tours

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