Inside of Knoxville

A Favorite Downtown Business Returns to the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 1, 2017

I’ve never seen anything like it in the years I’ve been writing about downtown businesses. Some businesses seem to hold a lot of promise, sometimes I’m not so sure. Sometimes I am pretty accurate in my...

A Market Square Business Leaves, Another Downtown Business Takes Its Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 13, 2017

A number of you have noticed that Local Motors has left downtown and its 11 Market Square Address. Both when I first wrote about their opening and when I wrote about their retail re-boot, a number...

A Downtown Business is Sold and Changes Its Name

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 13, 2017

I recently was asked if I was aware of The Red Brick Market, located oat 1401 McCalla. I wasn’t, so I made it a point to drop in. What I found was a business which I...

Rala is Open for Business at the New Location: 112 W. Jackson

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 7, 2017

Last December, Nanci Solomon, owner of Rala, announced that the business would leave its home of seven years on Union Avenue for a new location in the Old City. The decision came on the heels of...

Draft Agency Turns Passion into a High Tech Company in Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 2, 2017

You may be like me when I first heard mention of “Draft,” or the Draft Agency. I thought, “is that downtown?” It turns out the company has been downtown for nearly five years, but they’ve undergone...

Downtown Knoxville Potbelly Location Opens Today

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 14, 2016

The latest Potbelly location opens today at 522 S. Gay Street. It’s the second location in Knoxville (the first is owned and operated by the same group) and the third in Tennessee. A national chain, there...

Archer’s BBQ Downtown Location Set to Close Tomorrow

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 22, 2016

It’s been a short ride for barbecue on Gay Street. While locations continue to operate with apparent success on the south end (Calhouns) and the north end (Sweet P’s) of uptown, there will no longer be...

Photographs and Updates from Gay Street Projects (And New Businesses)

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 27, 2016

Construction at the Farragut Hotel/Hyatt Place is continuing at a rapid pace internally. The building has been virtually gutted, as is obvious in the photograph below. Also shown in the photograph is the appearance of the...

Pop Weasel Emporium Opens at 611 N. Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 17, 2016

It’s hard not to get excited when listening to Gina Alazawi talking about pop culture. Her passion, which started at a very young age, has only grown and is reflected in her new business, Pop Weasel...

High Resolutions: Downtown Knoxville Production with a Cool Factor

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 27, 2016

When the recent banners dropped on the side of the Locust Street Garage last month, a number of readers asked, “How did they do that?” The fact that a downtown company, High Resolutions, executed the feat...

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Downtown Businesses

A Favorite Downtown Business Returns to the City

A Market Square Business Leaves, Another Downtown Business Takes Its Place

A Downtown Business is Sold and Changes Its Name

Rala is Open for Business at the New Location: 112 W. Jackson

Draft Agency Turns Passion into a High Tech Company in Downtown Knoxville

Downtown Knoxville Potbelly Location Opens Today

Archer’s BBQ Downtown Location Set to Close Tomorrow

Photographs and Updates from Gay Street Projects (And New Businesses)

Pop Weasel Emporium Opens at 611 N. Gay Street

High Resolutions: Downtown Knoxville Production with a Cool Factor

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