Inside of Knoxville

Red Panda Grocery Opens in the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 5, 2023

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 3, 2022

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 9, 2020

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 18, 2020

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 24, 2020

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 6, 2018

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...

Margaret Stolfi

Red Panda Grocery Opens in the Old City

Downtown to Get Small Neighborhood Grocery Store

Kaizen Opens New Location at 127 South Central Street

Good People Making Good Things Happen, Part Two

Kaizen Announces Move to Old City

Tako Taco: New Restaurant Announced for Downtown at the Mill and Mine

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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