Tall Man Toys and Comics Opens on Gay Street
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,...
Business
Knoxville’s Craft Beer Community on Display for Craft Beer Week
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
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
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...
A Business Re-locates, Plus a Couple of Updates
I dropped in on my friend Don DeVore who, with his wife, Lauren, owns Broadway Market. About a month ago, the business disappeared from it’s location and it threw more than a few people at first...
Ryan-Ashley Anderson Spreading the Love with Smart and Becker
Ryan-Ashley Anderson has followed her heart into her own business and planted her flag out McCalla where east Knoxville meets downtown in the Electric Company Lofts Building at 1154 McCalla. When I first wrote about Electric...
Marcus Hall Discusses His Rise, Fall and Return to Marc Nelson Denim
It’s been an emotional journey for Marcus Hall. After a run as the poster-boy for Knoxville success, filled with charm, good looks and a seemingly thriving business, all while being hailed for bringing denim manufacturing back...
Making a City More Beautiful, One Piece of Wood at a Time
You may have seen his work around town or you may have attended an event at Ironwood Studios at 119 Jennings (Just off Central), the 17,500 square foot space occupied by his woodworking studio and Preston...
South Coast Pizza Opens Tomorrow at 1103 Sevier Avenue
It took a little longer than expected to open South Coast Pizza – there were hiccups with power supplies and other things – but Chris Morton circled the date and said it had to happen. And...
Old City Athletic Club to Open Downtown
When the Daniel opened in January two years ago, owners Jon Clark and Ron Turner expressed an interest in filling the retail portion of the building with businesses which would enhance the building and the neighborhood,...