Flow: A Brew Parlor Closes on Main Street
When it opened in December of 2014, I joined Brad Peer, owner, in having high hopes for the shop. Situated on Main Street, Flow: A Brew Parlor sits far from other retail and culinary options. I...
Knoxville Business
Rearranged, Expanded and Re-imagined Tomato Head Opens
The first thing that becomes obvious as you approach Tomato Head is that you won’t enter the same door patrons have entered since 1990 when Tomato Head opened as a lunch spot. The entrance at...
An Interview with Jeremy McDonnell of Rocky Top Crossfit
As I reported last week, Rocky Top Crossfit is coming to 309 North Central Street just outside the Old City. At the time I reported it I had not been able to catch up with co-owner...
Coffee and Chocolate Set to Open a Second Downtown Location
It didn’t take long for interest to emerge in 416 W. Clinch Avenue. As I noted last week, Le Parigo, which changed to icafe at the beginning of the year, had officially closed. Cedric, the long-term...
2012 in Review: Business Summary and Final Thoughts
So, how do we make sense of all the comings and goings? First, let’s look at an aggregate picture of what was lost and gained. How do they compare qualitatively and quantitatively. Next, now that I’ve...
The Corner Beer Pub: Giving a Whole New Identity to BP
I have to apologize for not getting to this sooner. I’d heard a pizza or beer place might be opening in the old service station at the corner of Broadway and Jackson, but somehow I missed...
Let’s Get Down to Business: The Casual Pint, Rococo and more
With everything that’s been going on in the city I’ve fallen quite behind on my business news. I’ll try to sprinkle more of that across the next couple of weeks, though the pace of what’s happening...