Last May when I interviewed Bill Latham, co-founder of Babalu Tacos and Tapas, I got more excited about the food than I’d expected. It seemed like fun, interesting food served in reasonable portions and at good...
As coffee culture grows in Knoxville, we’ve started to get some interesting permutations both in the bean itself and the ways it’s delivered. This may be one of the most interesting: a bicycle pulling a cart...
You may have seen other various reports dribbling out over the last month of the new restaurant on Market Square. The Oliver Royale officially opens today for lunch and dinner, with plans to be open late...
I met Becky Walker inside her new boutique during the Open Streets event and made arrangements to return to learn more about the store. According to her, I wasn’t the only person who discovered the business...
Several years ago when I would walk out Williams Street, which lies a block east of Gay Street and Ts into Depot, it felt like I was walking into the margins of downtown. Now, while not...
After the major upheaval on Market Square last December which saw the closings or announcements of closing of Shonos in City, Latitude 35, Steamboat and Orange Leaf, interest has been intense as to what would happen...
It’s been a long time coming. When I first announced the planned opening of Phoenix Pharmacy, it was February and the plan included a summer opening. Spring and summer passed and, while it seems like a...
The much-rumored move of Regal Entertainment Group’s Corporate Offices to the south waterfront was officially announced this past Friday in a press conference on top of the Baptist Hospital parking garage. Governor Haslam, Commissioner of Economic...
For months it’s seemed something has been happening in the Century Building in the ground-level space to the right. It turns out we’ll soon have a restaurant there, with a hoped for opening date of early...
When I first wrote about the plans for 923 North Central Street, or as it is now known, “The Central Collective,” readers might have been easily forgiven for thinking the entire project was a fool’s errand....