Inside of Knoxville

New Business, Flow: A Brew Parlor, Brings Beer AND Coffee! to Main Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 26, 2014

Brad Peer has taken a circuitous route to 603 W. Main Street and his new venture, Flow: A Brew Parlor. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, his parents moved to the Jonesborough/Johnson City area when he was in...

Local Motors Opens at 11 Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 3, 2014

When the news broke earlier this spring that a company named “Local Motors” would soon set up shop at 11 Market Square, many of us had a difficult time figuring out just what that meant. Were...

In Retrospect, Happy Holler is All About Vintage: New Business

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2014

After enjoying Architectural Antics last Saturday, Urban Woman and I headed into the heart of Happy Holler to visit Retrospect Vintage Store. I’d been remiss in waiting this long. Co-Owner Gina Alazawi invited me down several...

Downtown Loses a Business and Gains a Business: Win, Lose or Draw?

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 17, 2014

The reports came in late last week that Keener Lighting located at the corner of Broadway and Jackson Avenue for the last 41 years plans to go out of business. I’d been sitting on the photographs...

New Business Planned for Union Avenue: CitiFid-O

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 24, 2014

Paul and Terri Karlsson are set to expand their investment in downtown Knoxville. In what has to be seen as a vote of confidence in the retail environment downtown, the couple who own The Tree and...

Exciting new – and different – Kind of Business coming to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 9, 2014

We need a name for the area just beyond the Old City all around Depot from Central to Gay, out each to Broadway. There is much happening in that area that I find myself writing about...

Status Serigraph Opens on Jackson Avenue

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 2, 2013

I’ve noticed a thread of sorts through the young entrepreneurs I’ve met over the last year or more. They are passionate about what they do. They are willing to work impossibly hard hours to make their...

A Downtown Business Opens: Style of Civilization (and another closes)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 5, 2013

The 100 block of Gay Street has certainly seen its ups and downs. The construction that seemed interminable served to undermine a few fragile businesses. Several others have left since. The promise of the beautifully redone...

Knox Mason Opens on the 100 Block of Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 23, 2013

In the early days of the new year, Knox Mason became the first new business to open its doors in downtown Knoxville. Located in the spot most recently inhabited by Harry’s and more distantly, by the...

A Visit to the Downtown Casual Pint

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 30, 2012

A wise man and beer lover recently remarked, “It’s getting hard to know which place to stop into for a beer in downtown Knoxville.” And so it is. Increasingly we have places that serve a wide...

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New Businesses

New Business, Flow: A Brew Parlor, Brings Beer AND Coffee! to Main Street

Local Motors Opens at 11 Market Square

In Retrospect, Happy Holler is All About Vintage: New Business

Downtown Loses a Business and Gains a Business: Win, Lose or Draw?

New Business Planned for Union Avenue: CitiFid-O

Exciting new – and different – Kind of Business coming to Downtown

Status Serigraph Opens on Jackson Avenue

A Downtown Business Opens: Style of Civilization (and another closes)

Knox Mason Opens on the 100 Block of Gay Street

A Visit to the Downtown Casual Pint

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