New Downtown Businesses You Might Not Have Noticed
If there is a word that I most do not associate with downtown, it would be “mall.” At least since I got out of the habit of saying “Market Square Mall,” which means nothing to recent...
Business
Coldstream Market Consolidates to 521 Union Ave., Closes Market Square Store
It was an experiment for downtown Knoxville and, in the end, a successful one. When Coldstream Market announced its opening in September 2013 at 34 Market Square, the event was notable not only because it brought a...
Knoxville Pearl Closes After Eight Years in the Old City
When I heard the Knoxville Pearl had closed, I contacted owner Jamie Johnson who agreed to tell her story. She described the moment as “bittersweet,” and as she spun her story covering cities all over the...
Awaken Coffee Opens in the Old City
It didn’t take long to determine what business would best fit in the space at 125 W. Jackson, recently vacated by Remedy Coffee: a coffee shop. When Adam and Sarah Lutts heard the space might be...
K Brew Opening Second Coffee Shop Downtown
One of Knoxville’s favorite coffee shops will soon arrive downtown. Co-owners and brothers Michael and Pierce LaMacchia decided to take the best of K Brew at their very successful shop at 1328 N. Broadway and bring...
Holly’s 135 Closes (plus one more)
It was quite surprising to learn that workers began transporting equipment from Holly’s 135 on the morning of January 1. Just the previous night a party had brought in the new year in the space. Less than...
2015 Downtown Business Review: How Did We Do?
We’re going to look at the year that was from a couple of different angles. We’ll start with business openings and closings since that’s often a good measure of economic health. I’m going to restrict my...
Market House Cafe Opens Today at 36 Market Square
It was a year, a week and a day ago that Orange Leaf Yogurt vacated the premises at 36 Market Square very suddenly. Just a couple of months later a handshake between Scott West and Ken...
Remedy Coffee Opens Tomorrow at New Location
I mentioned recently that the time between the announcement of a business opening or moving and the actual opening or move sometimes seems interminable. Most often the original plans meet delays and complications which adds to...
Smoky Mountain Vintage Lumber Rockin’ a New Address
It’s been a couple of years since I first reported on the opening of Smoky Mountain Vintage Lumber. Since that time, the business has gone from co-owners to one owner, Andrew Edens, and it has moved...