Sweet P’s Downtown Restaurant Set to Open Next Week
If I’ve been asked once, I’ve been asked twenty times, “When will Sweet P’s open?” or “Is Sweet P’s still planning to open?” I didn’t know any more than any of the rest of you until...
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Knoxville Pubs and Other General Goodness From an Outside Perspective
A few more of those rankings by outsiders have been circulating and I always think they are interesting. One of these is even more so because they purport to rank pubs across the whole state, not...
Aisle Nine Closes
Just one month shy of the fifth anniversary of its opening, Aisle nine closed its doors for the final time yesterday. Last Friday current owner Kara Haas informed the staff that the store was closing. One...
Balter Brewing Coming to Downtown
You might be expecting an introduction to the Balter family at this point. It turns out “Balter,” according to the Balter Brewing website, is a verb meaning to “dance without particular grace or skill, but with...
Downtown Knoxville Radio (DKR) Begins Broadcast on the Internet
There’s a new sound to be found on your computer. It’s new, but it may sound very familiar. Downtown Knoxville Radio began broadcasting last night just before midnight with a playlist dominated by east Tennessee...
Holly’s 135 Officially Opens in the Middle of an Ice Storm
I hope it’s smoother sailing for the restaurant after their first day. They opened at 11:00 AM on Monday and by noon ice was falling from the sky in prodigious amounts. The motley crew at the...
New Business Coming to 36 Market Square!
It didn’t take long, which is in itself an indication that there is no need to despair about downtown when a few businesses close. Orange Leaf Yogurt closed at the end of 2014 due to problems...
Downtown Knoxville Set to Get Modern/Old Fashioned Pharmacy on Gay Street
It’s been number one on virtually every local resident’s list of businesses we need downtown. What seemed like nothing more than a dream a few weeks ago is now set to become reality: Locally based, family...
Boxwood Brake: New Furniture, Sundries Store Opens Downtown
Darbi Henley has opened Boxwood Brake, a new store in the West Jackson Workshops at 514 West Jackson, that has a little bit of everything. The door proclaims, “furniture, apothecary, wares.” It’s about as good an attempt...
New Gallery and Studio Opens on Gay Street: Zach Searcy Projects
I first met Zach Searcy last May at one of the great events hosted at Paulk and Company on First Friday. His work spoke to me and I told him so. You can see some of...