Culture Hair Studio Opens on Gay Street
Liv Halcomb, owner of Culture Hair Studio has deep downtown roots for a person so young. Born in Knoxville and raised in Karns, she spent a large part of her childhood in the Old City because...
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Central Filling Station: Year-Round Food Truck Park Coming to Central
The couple has an appetite for all things urban. Alden and Scott Larrick are determined to bring a slice of other urban scenes they’ve enjoyed in their travels and various homes, to our center city. They...
Clayton Luxury Tiny Home: Answer for Urban Infill? (Plus a bonus fun read linked at the end)
I’ve been thinking about tiny homes for a while. Not that I’m quite ready to move into one. Most people put the line between a tiny house and a “small” house at around 400 square feet....
Old City to Get New Wine and Spirits Store
Corks Wine and Spirits will soon move from its business from Turkey Creek to 113 South Central Street in the Old City. It’s a move Ryan McElveen says he has been contemplating for a while. Originally...
A New Business Announces Plans to Come to Gay Street
It didn’t take long after the departure of the Cruze Farm Milk Bar from 408 Gay Street, for word to start circulating of a pending shop to take its place. Through a summer that often saw...
A Downtown Business Expands, Opens at a New Address
As the “maker” scene spreads and expands around the city, one business that’s been around quite a while recently moved in order to expand – and they could already use more space. It seems Knoxville wants...
New Restaurant Opens on Gay Street
It’s an interesting spot for a restaurant. It has the Gay Street address, but you have to look closely. Tucked back into a beautiful alleyway that runs along the southern side of the East Tennessee History...
Knoxville Chocolate Company Coming to 29 Market Square!
A Market Square location has been a dream of Brad Hamlett’s for a long time. It will be true this December when the Knoxville Chocolate Company moves to 29 Market Square. Originally from Knoxville, he began...
Saw Works Brewing Company: A Story of Promise and of Promises Broken (Part Two of Two)
(The first part of this article ran yesterday.) As 2016 began, Saw Works had suffered considerable damage to its reputation with local vendors, suppliers and points of sale. It only grew worse as the year continued....
Saw Works Brewing Company: A Story of Promise and of Promises Broken (Part One of Two)
It began with great promise as Marble City Brewing Company. A dispute with an out-of-state brewery over the use of the name resulted in a change to Saw Works Brewing, which is when I first wrote...