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...
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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...
New Restaurant, Myrtle’s Chicken and Beer Opens on Market Square
Myrtle’s Chicken and Beer officially opened yesterday at 13 Market Square. It’s taken the place of long-time Market Square business, Trio, and includes an overlap in ownership with that restaurant. Urban Brother, Urban Woman and myself...
PostModern Spirits Introduces Knoxville’s First Single Malt Whiskey; Announces Expansion into Nashville Area Markets
A lot has happened in just over a half year since the opening of PostModern Spirits and Methodology, it’s tasting room, cocktail lounge. Owner Stanton Webster says response has been very supportive of both bottle...
The Press Room Holds Ribbon Cutting and Opens for Business
It was just over a month ago that I introduced The Press Room, Knoxville’s newest event space. Check back to that article for more detail about the building and the business. At the very least you...
What’s a Realistic Hope for Downtown Retail in 2018?
I’ve lived downtown for nearly nine years. Before that, I came downtown for various reasons from the time I moved to Knoxville in 1982. Retail has been a major part of conversations for all of those...
Central Filling Station, Knoxville’s Food Truck Park, is Open!
Alden Larrick told me it was probably the worst weather weekend they could have found when the Central Filling Station (original article with all the details) officially opened its gates on an improbable Thursday on the first day...
Is Knoxville’s Coffee Community about to “Bloom?”
What do Providence, Rhode Island, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles California and Knoxville have in common? It could be a major coffee event. It’s been a while since I talked about coffee in Knoxville, other...
The Breadshed Cafe Closing March 3
Everything comes to an end, and after about three years, Kymberle Kaser has announced that time has come for the Breadshed Cafe. As with any momentous decision regarding an effort to which you’ve devoted your life,...
A North Knoxville Business Grows and Expands
It was just over a year ago I introduced readers to KyBRa Athletics and owners David and Sue Finney. It’s been a very good year for the business which is located at 800 North Broadway, just between...