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Kopita Now Offering Full Dinner Menu at 507 South Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 10, 2022

Kopita opened at 524 South Gay Street in July 2019, becoming downtown’s first vegan restaurant. A pandemic followed in short order and, for a while during the early months of the pandemic, Kopita expanded to offer...

Community Conversation Set for Monday

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2022

I wrote my first article for this venture on June 1, 2010. I wrote my first article centered on a homeless person just five days later. It was in my fifth month that I started a...

Kopita and Kopita Meat Consolidate and Plan Cool Outdoor Space

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 2, 2021

If you read carefully last week when I wrote about Fai Thai, you realized that their new address is currently home to Kopita Meat. Owner Avi Zenatti took the space during the pandemic and offered meat...

Kopita Meat is Open at 522 South Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 20, 2020

Kopita Meat, companion restaurant to Kopita (and two doors down) becomes the latest business to chart its course by opening during a pandemic. His Kopita vegan restaurant, serving middle-eastern dishes has been very well received and,...

Kopita Meat: New Restaurant Coming to Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 18, 2020

A remarkable number of businesses have opened, or are planning to open, during the pandemic. While many downtown businesses have struggled and some have closed, several have moved into larger spaces. Several downtown business owners have...

Kopita Opens on Gay Street Offering Downtown’s First Vegan Only Menu

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 15, 2019

It might seem unlikely that downtown would have a vegan restaurant prior to having a vegetarian restaurant, but Kopita opens tomorrow with a completely vegan restaurant featuring numerous locally sourced ingredients from Hines Valley Farm, Crooked...

Israeli Vegan Restaurant Coming to Gay Street (Plus a Ticket Giveaway!)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 14, 2019

It wasn’t that long ago that much of the food available in downtown Knoxville fell generally into one “American” category or another. There were exceptions, but not many. In the last several years we’ve had a...

Avi Zenatti

Kopita Now Offering Full Dinner Menu at 507 South Gay Street

Community Conversation Set for Monday

Kopita and Kopita Meat Consolidate and Plan Cool Outdoor Space

Kopita Meat is Open at 522 South Gay Street

Kopita Meat: New Restaurant Coming to Gay Street

Kopita Opens on Gay Street Offering Downtown’s First Vegan Only Menu

Israeli Vegan Restaurant Coming to Gay Street (Plus a Ticket Giveaway!)

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville

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