Inside of Knoxville

Gay Street Bridge Update (Plus a Restaurant That Slipped Past Me)

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 15, 2024

In case you’ve missed it, the Gay Street Bridge has been closed for the last month. Although it must pass routine inspections, the 126-year-old bridge was suddenly pronounced unsafe after TDOT said it found a “distortion...

Ham’n Goodys Opens at 505 S. Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 22, 2020

Knoxville has another great local business tucked around the perimeter of the Embassy Suites. With the addition of Ham’n Goodys, which opened last week, the hotel now is host to Knox Mason, K Brew, Top Golf,...

COVID-19: Business Updates with A Dopo, Embassy Suites, Tree and Vine and Citifid-o

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 15, 2020

This is part of an ongoing series checking in with downtown businesses during the COVID-19 Pandemic. You can find the other installments of this story here: Part 1 (Sapphire, An Anonymous Business, Emilia and Knox Mason),...

Food Boxes Distributed at Embassy Suites, Showing Knoxville Love

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 10, 2020

Today, at Embassy Suites (507 South Gay Street), from 9:00 a.m. and running until noon or the boxes run out, food boxes and bags will be handed out to any area workers who have been laid...

CJ’s Tacos Opens at 507 South Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 4, 2020

CJ’s Tacos, who many of you know from his taco tent or from Chris Jones’ food truck, has opened his first brick and mortar location inside Embassy Suites. A soft opening last weekend attracted lines as...

Wake Foot Sanctuary and Spa Opens Inside the Embassy Suites

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 20, 2019

Ami Patel, owner of Wake Foot Sanctuary and Spa inside the Embassy Suites at 507 South Gay Street (enter through Union Avenue entrance), searched with her husband, Alpesh Patel, owner of the new downtown Embassy Suites,...

K Brew Downtown Opens on Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 18, 2019

In addition to the opening of the Embassy Suites at 507 South Gay Street last Thursday, a number of ancillary businesses opened at the same address. Alpesh Patel, Embassy Suites owner and developer, was very deliberate...

Knox Mason Re-Opens Thursday in New Home

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 11, 2019

It’s the best of Knoxville stories. The kind of arc that can’t really happen, but does happen because, well, Knoxville. About twenty years ago in a high school typing class, freshman Alpesh Patel and junior Matt...

An Update and Look Inside the Downtown Embassy Suites

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 5, 2019

It was October 2017 when Alpesh Patel announced plans for his Kana Hotel Group to transform the office building at 505 South Gay Street to an Embassy Suites Hotel. At the time, the estimated completion date...

Construction Photos and Updates: Tombras, Marriott Courtyard and Residence Inn, Crozier and Stockyard Lofts

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 16, 2018

There seemed to be enough interest in yesterday’s photographs and updates regarding current and planned construction to warrant another pass at it, don’t you think? Interest is great and there are so many projects that following...

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Embassy Suites

Gay Street Bridge Update (Plus a Restaurant That Slipped Past Me)

Ham’n Goodys Opens at 505 S. Gay Street

COVID-19: Business Updates with A Dopo, Embassy Suites, Tree and Vine and Citifid-o

Food Boxes Distributed at Embassy Suites, Showing Knoxville Love

CJ’s Tacos Opens at 507 South Gay Street

Wake Foot Sanctuary and Spa Opens Inside the Embassy Suites

K Brew Downtown Opens on Gay Street

Knox Mason Re-Opens Thursday in New Home

An Update and Look Inside the Downtown Embassy Suites

Construction Photos and Updates: Tombras, Marriott Courtyard and Residence Inn, Crozier and Stockyard Lofts

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