Plans Announced for a Major Building on Gay Street
Three weeks ago I wrote about the Conley Building at 505 – 507 South Gay Street. After a range of uses over the years, serving mostly as banks and office space, the building had become entangled...
New Businesses
Central Filling Station: Year-Round Food Truck Park Coming to Central
The couple has an appetite for all things urban. Alden and Scott Larrick are determined to bring a slice of other urban scenes they’ve enjoyed in their travels and various homes, to our center city. They...
Old City to Get New Wine and Spirits Store
Corks Wine and Spirits will soon move from its business from Turkey Creek to 113 South Central Street in the Old City. It’s a move Ryan McElveen says he has been contemplating for a while. Originally...
A New Business Announces Plans to Come to Gay Street
It didn’t take long after the departure of the Cruze Farm Milk Bar from 408 Gay Street, for word to start circulating of a pending shop to take its place. Through a summer that often saw...
Pour Taproom Opens in the Old City
Slipping intentionally under the radar last week was the official opening of Pour Taproom at 207 West Jackson in the Jackson Terminal Building. Wanting an opportunity to try out the systems and operate at a lower...
Central Cinema Brings Independent and Classic Films to Happy Holler: Location Announced
Happy Holler will get a bit more happy in the future as Central Cinema, a one screen small theater will debut in the former home of a string of theaters from nearly a hundred years...
New Restaurant Opens at 19 Market Square: 19 Square Bar and Asian Kitchen
You may have noticed a few weeks ago that Cocoa Moon closed its doors. Posted signs said remodeling was underway for the restaurant that was once Koi Fusion and Cocoa Moon, then just Cocoa Moon, though...
Pearl on Union Set to Open This Fall
It’s been rumored around downtown for nearly a year while one of downtown’s best locations sat empty. Shaun and Meg Parrish are now prepared to make a big announcement: The owners of Old City Java and...
Broadway Market Opens at 1328 Broadway
It’s a small space that has been, in a fairly short span, a coffee shop, another coffee shop and a short-term experimental lab for chef Bruce Bogartz. Then, a small space in need of just the...
Yes, Knoxville, They Are Open: A Look Inside Recently Opened Businesses
I love letting you know when something new is coming to downtown, giving you the backstory on the people behind the business and spreading the pre-opening excitement just a bit. That said, I sometimes hear that...