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Lost Tavern to Open at 20 Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 13, 2019

The Lost Tavern will open within the next few weeks at 20 Market Square. A West family business, it will replace Uncorked which has been closed recently. The new bar will offer classic cocktails, bourbon and...

Knoxville + Great Books = Great Gifts

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 21, 2018

Here’s your last weekend before Christmas guide for your literate friends and family members. Why not give them something to think about, something to learn from or simple, Knoxville-based informational or photographic pleasure. We love our...

36 Market Square Reacquired by the Wests Twelve Years After it was Seized

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 26, 2018

Dating to around the 1882, 36 Market Square has seen all the various phases of the square, from bustling to dead to bustling, again. Jack Neely in an article for Metropulse noted, “One building that catches...

“Lost Tales of Scruffy City” Series Published Today

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 13, 2018

Scott West has published a set of four books in the series, “Lost Tales of Scruffy City: Unauthorized Walking Tour.” Designed as a self-guided walking tour, the series takes a look at the darker side of...

Tommy Trent’s Old Tyme Sports Bar to Open Soon

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 10, 2018

It’s not as if Scott and Bernadette West need something more to do with their time. In addition to operating Preservation Pub and Scruffy City Hall and, along with family, Uncorked and Earth to Old City,...

Business Updates and Changes, Plus New Unofficial and Slightly Twisted Walking Tours

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 5, 2018

Downtown in this era is a constant re-working of a giant jigsaw puzzle of shifting shapes. At the vortex of much of that change has been the West family and their various enterprises. Their businesses on...

Building Purchased on Market Square: New Business Announced

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 11, 2017

When Rita’s Ice closed after nine years at 26 Market Square, the location seemed unlikely to remain empty for long. But there were questions: Given the increasing price of rent on Market Square would a chain...

Scott West’s, The Crook Books: Volume One, “Good Intentioned Bad Guys” to be Released Friday

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 30, 2016

You’ve likely never read a book quite like this one (pre-order here). If you know Scott West, co-owner and operator of Preservation Pub, Scruffy City Hall and Market House Cafe, that doesn’t surprise you. Written during...

Uncorked Enjoys a New Incarnation with Vinyl, Books and Chef T.J. Smith

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 26, 2016

Uncorked has enjoyed a long run on Market Square, seeing numerous changes both internally and on the square around it. Some of us have a hard time not referring to it as “Oodles,” which was part...

Market House Cafe Opens Today at 36 Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 22, 2015

It was a year, a week and a day ago that Orange Leaf Yogurt vacated the premises at 36 Market Square very suddenly. Just a couple of months later a handshake between Scott West and Ken...

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Lost Tavern to Open at 20 Market Square

36 Market Square Reacquired by the Wests Twelve Years After it was Seized

“Lost Tales of Scruffy City” Series Published Today

Tommy Trent’s Old Tyme Sports Bar to Open Soon

Business Updates and Changes, Plus New Unofficial and Slightly Twisted Walking Tours

Building Purchased on Market Square: New Business Announced

Scott West’s, The Crook Books: Volume One, “Good Intentioned Bad Guys” to be Released Friday

Uncorked Enjoys a New Incarnation with Vinyl, Books and Chef T.J. Smith

Market House Cafe Opens Today at 36 Market Square

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