Tako Taco is Closed: What’s Up
After just over five years at 235 West Depot Avenue, Tako Taco has closed. The restaurant opened in August 2018 as the latest concept by chef Jesse Newmister. The restaurant is part of the Mill and...
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Red Panda Grocery Opens in the Old City
Red Panda Grocery opened over the holidays serving up groceries for all your needs in the Old City. A downtown grocery store has long been the white whale of downtown retail. Downtown residents longed for one...
Downtown to Get Small Neighborhood Grocery Store
There are themes that run through the dozen plus years I’ve written about downtown. The interest in parking and homelessness sometimes seems bottomless. Both topics pale, however, to the topic of a grocery store. Non-downtown residents...
Kaizen Opens New Location at 127 South Central Street
A favorite downtown restaurant has moved to a new location and is open for outdoor dining. As I first reported last March, Kaizen owners Jesse Newmister and Maragaret Stolfi made the decision to move to a...
Good People Making Good Things Happen, Part Two
Let’s start the week with a look at some of the other good people who spoke at last week’s Pecha Kucha and some of the good work they are doing. Also, remember to tune in this...
Kaizen Announces Move to Old City
Kaizen, a very popular downtown restaurant that opened nearly four years ago at 416 Clinch Avenue, will soon move. The new location at 127 S. Central Street is the previous location of the Underground portion of...
Tako Taco: New Restaurant Announced for Downtown at the Mill and Mine
Chef Jesse Newmister announced the opening of his second restaurant in downtown Knoxville, as Tako Taco joins Kaizen, his original restaurant. While Kaizen has become one of the hottest restaurants in the city, Newmister is limited...