Just about the time I think I’ve got a handle on all the new breweries coming to the downtown area, I find another. I’ve nosed around the area out Jackson on McCalla over to Magnolia and...
Last Friday night Aaron Thompson, owner of Sapphire threw a party to celebrate the establishment’s tenth anniversary and to thank the people who have made it possible along the way. Aaron acknowledges the list is long, and...
Sometimes my job puts me in awkward positions. Today’s story starts with a couple of them. In 2012 I wrote about the Waynestock Concerts, as I do every year, and particularly, I wrote about a group...
I’m going to try to keep this a bit more brief after writing approximately one million words yesterday. I had another million, but cut myself off. I appreciate the response so many of you had to Jeremiah...
It’s an area I’ve written about several times recently and which is likely heading toward being a very cool just-over-the-river node that will have downtown residents walking and biking over the Gay Street Bridge to join...
When Coldstream Market opened in September of 2013 at 34 Market Square, it stirred quite a bit of conversation around town. Could a second floor store survive in downtown Knoxville? Would people overlook it? Early...
The Daylight Building on Union Avenue has been on my radar quite a bit recently. At the end of May I announced the closure of Reruns at 521 Union after twenty-nine years in business. The first...
As you enter Matthew Cummings’ rustic studio space at 133 S. Central in the Old City, your senses will come alive with the visual beauty of the multi-colored and sometimes strangely shaped glass sculptures. The sound...
When preparing for this article, I was surprised to realize it’s been just over nine months since I first announced Knox Whiskey Works, a small-batch craft distillery, would be coming to 516 West Jackson Avenue. The...
The last few days have been a flurry for Chef Joesph Lenn and Kathryn Powell-Lenn. She is a medical professional from Maryville and Joseph, a Knoxville native, just happens to be the only James Beard Award...