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Tennessee Valley Bikes: Serving a Basic Urban Need with Style

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 10, 2016

One of the conversational threads that runs through many of our discussions on this website is the need to for basic necessities for downtown to complement the culinary and entertainment options which have proliferated here. With...

French Market and Dover Development At Odds

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 8, 2016

I’d heard the relationship wasn’t going well, but Monday night when Allen Tate, co-owner of the French Market Creperies, took to Twitter and Facebook to air complaints directed at Dover Development, the controversy blew into the...

A Dopo Pizzeria To Open Downtown in August

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 6, 2016

The name, “A Dopo” Pizzeria, is Italian with a rough translation of “see you later,” holding with it the connotation that parting is only temporary. That’s the kind of vibe owner Brian Strutz wants to...

New Restaurant Coming to Downtown: Blue Slip Bistro

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 24, 2016

Blue Slip Winery continues to evolve in its home at the Southern Railway Station. In January, 2014, the move from its Old City location was announced and it held its grand opening in November 2014. Owner...

Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott May Come to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 20, 2016

The vacant property located along State Street from Church over to Cumberland has been the subject of speculation for several years. Once the site of the Knoxville News Sentinel, the building that housed the newspaper was...

The Impeccable Pig Closes on Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 19, 2016

It’s been a while since I reported a closing on Market Square. Since a spate of closures around the end of 2014, I don’t think a single business on the square has called it quits. Coldstream...

Flow: A Brew Parlor Closes on Main Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 18, 2016

When it opened in December of 2014, I joined Brad Peer, owner, in having high hopes for the shop. Situated on Main Street, Flow: A Brew Parlor sits far from other retail and culinary options. I...

White Buffalo: New Children’s Boutique Set to Open in the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 12, 2016

I’ve talked recently about the shift happening in the Old City. Long thought of for its night life, there’s some day life emerging. Last summer, for example, I wrote about the Basement Community Art Studio located just...

Wild Wing Cafe Will Not Come to the Kress Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 10, 2016

Business is complicated and sometimes something that seems improbable happens and, more often, something that seems a done deal comes unraveled. Such is the case with Wild Wing Cafe moving to the Kress Building. It becomes...

Kaizen Asian Restaurant to Open Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 9, 2016

One of my favorite downtown spots, 416 Clinch Avenue, will soon be the site of a new restaurant “drawing inspiration” from Japanese, Thai and Szechuan cuisines. Kaizen takes the spot formerly occupied by a series of restaurants,...

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Tennessee Valley Bikes: Serving a Basic Urban Need with Style

French Market and Dover Development At Odds

A Dopo Pizzeria To Open Downtown in August

New Restaurant Coming to Downtown: Blue Slip Bistro

Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott May Come to Downtown

The Impeccable Pig Closes on Market Square

Flow: A Brew Parlor Closes on Main Street

White Buffalo: New Children’s Boutique Set to Open in the Old City

Wild Wing Cafe Will Not Come to the Kress Building

Kaizen Asian Restaurant to Open Downtown

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