Matt Robbs Biscuits and Brew to Open Downtown
Matt Robbins is well known around downtown – particularly in the Old City – not only for serving a good cup of coffee, but for the connection people feel with him. To hear him tell it,...
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Knoxville High Independent Living Opens Its Doors
It’s been a long road, one that Rick Dover acknowledges has sometimes been frustrating, but he also says it’s what he enjoys most – making the improbable happen despite the obstacles. I first wrote about Knoxville...
Nest Closes: What Is Wrong With Retail on the 100 Block of Gay Street?
I started this website in June of 2010. In July I wrote my first article about the block. Then Mayor Haslam dedicated the re-opened, refurbished block which had undergone a dramatic re-working which had taken eighteen...
A Downtown Business Moves to Fountain City
It’s been a bit of a moving target over the years, for various reasons. I first wrote about it in February 2013 when a second location for the west Knoxville business opened a half mile out...
Felding Co., Men’s Clothing Store, Announces New Location
In February, Luke Lanzoni announced his intentions to open a men’s clothing store in the downtown area. His intention then, as now, is to have a store near Market Square. He also, however, is keen to...
Pearl on Union Opens in Downtown Knoxville
Shaun and Meg Parrish have developed a reputation in the city (and even nationally) for their quality coffee and excellent baked goods. It started in 2007 when they first purchased Old City Java and began to...
Steamboat Sandwiches is Back at Its Original Location
It started with a casual conversation at Pecha Kucha. John Sanders casually mentioned that he had purchased the building which once housed Steamboat Sandwiches’ original location on Central and he wanted to bring the brand back...
Corks Wine and Spirits Opens in the Old City
When Ryan McElveen announced that Corks Wine and Spirits would move from Turkey Creek to downtown Knoxville’s Old City, it signaled his feeling that Corks and the Old City shared a vibe that would serve them...
A Major Downtown Restaurant Closes on Gay Street
It’s been sometime since a major business on Gay Street closed its doors. Restaurants, in particular seem to be bustling with waits often the norm. For Urban Woman and me, this one stings a bit as...
Kilwins Opens Today at 408 South Gay Street
Christy and Matthew Moore, owners of the new Kilwins at 408 South Gay Street were working quickly and intensely when I dropped in on Sunday to check out the new business. Store Manager Phoebe Spooner was...