Inside of Knoxville

Old City Java Has Reopened: Catching Up With Co-Owner Shaun Parrish

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 11, 2022

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, 513 Union Avenue, Knoxville, April 2018

Pearl on Union Has Closed

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 25, 2020

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...

Pearl on Union Opens in Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 3, 2018

Shaun and Meg Parrish have developed a reputation in the city (and even nationally) for their quality coffee and excellent baked goods. It started in 2007 when they first purchased Old City Java and began to...

Is Knoxville’s Coffee Community about to “Bloom?”

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 2, 2018

What do Providence, Rhode Island, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles California and Knoxville have in common? It could be a major coffee event. It’s been a while since I talked about coffee in Knoxville, other...

Flow: A Brew Parlor Closes on Main Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 18, 2016

When it opened in December of 2014, I joined Brad Peer, owner, in having high hopes for the shop. Situated on Main Street, Flow: A Brew Parlor sits far from other retail and culinary options. I...

Wild Love Bakehouse Hosts Open House Today, Opens Monday

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 11, 2015

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 29, 2015

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...

Shaun Parrish

Old City Java Has Reopened: Catching Up With Co-Owner Shaun Parrish

Pearl on Union Has Closed

Pearl on Union Opens in Downtown Knoxville

Is Knoxville’s Coffee Community about to “Bloom?”

Flow: A Brew Parlor Closes on Main Street

Wild Love Bakehouse Hosts Open House Today, Opens Monday

Wild Love Bakehouse to Open at 1625 North Central Street

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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