Java Rama
(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer Luke Frazier. Luke and I share a love for Old City Java where we both often work and bump into each other. For a deep dive on owners Shaun...
Old City Java
Old City Java Has Reopened: Catching Up With Co-Owner Shaun Parrish
When last I checked in with either Shaun or Meg Parrish, owners of Wild Love Bake House and Old City Java, was November 2020. The two made the difficult decision to close their third location, Pearl...
Pearl on Union Has Closed
A popular local coffee shop has closed its doors permanently. Opened in April, 2018, the coffee shop was owned by Shaun and Meg Parrish, who also own and operate Java Old City and Wild Love Bake...
A Completely Cool Urban Dinner Benefiting a Completely Cool Urban Farm
I’d always intended to make it to Beardsley Farm*. I heard it was close to downtown and I knew enough to know they do good things. But I didn’t really know exactly where to find it...
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...
Wild Love Bakehouse Hosts Open House Today, Opens Monday
Sometimes it seems an incredible amount of time passes from my first article about a coming business and its actual opening. Other times I’m startled at how quickly it seems to happen. That’s how I feel...
Wild Love Bakehouse to Open at 1625 North Central Street
Understated and modest, an encounter with Shaun and Meg Parrish might not suggest that the couple is responsible for some of the best coffee and baked goods in the city. Their Old City Java continues to...
Ice and Snow in the City, February 2015
It’s become a tradition for me to walk about in the snow each winter and take photographs of downtown Knoxville. The twist this year was that our initial snow wasn’t a snow at all, but was...