Flow: A Brew Parlor Closes on Main Street
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...
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White Buffalo: New Children’s Boutique Set to Open in the Old City
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
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
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,...
New Event Space, “221,” Holds Grand Opening Tonight
You may never have considered the building as a whole, though you may have eaten at Frussie’s recently or the Laurel Mountain Eatery before it. The building at the corner of Cumberland and Gay is also...
Artistic Bean Coffee Shop Set to Open at 1322 N. Broadway
Jeremy Doss, founder of Artistic Bean (in Townsend), is a study in contrasts. Originally from Alabama, he moved to east Tennessee from New York City. An artist and dancer, he’s quickly becoming an important figure in...
Emilia Opens Today at 16 Market Square
This past weekend, Emilia, Matt Gallaher’s new restaurant at 16 Market Square, offered an early look at what will no doubt become a favorite restaurant in downtown Knoxville. As the culinary scene continues to rise, the...
Breadshed Cafe: Baked Goods from Scratch
When I wrote about the Juice Box a couple of weeks ago, I was reminded that I’ve never written about their neighbor in the Broadway building. Breadshed Cafe started operation at that address just over a year ago...
Sugar Mama’s is Open – Grand Opening Celebration Next Week
Sugar Mama’s – a bakery with beer and other foods – recently opened on the 100 block with the intention of trying a low key, soft kind of opening in order to get the kinks worked...
The Tennessean Brings High End Luxury to Downtown Knoxville
A few weeks ago announcements were formally made that The Tennessean (531 Henley St.), a blend of high-end luxury hotel rooms and condominiums, would soon come to the former state office building beside the downtown Holiday...