Hot Town, Summer in the City
Is summer almost over? Am I the only one wondering? According to the calendar we are not quite a third of the way through. By the measure of a traditional school year — with June, July...
How would you spend $.75 million and change annually to help downtown?
Start naming projects to help an entire downtown and the money can slip away pretty quickly. Some issues or dreams can’t be addressed with that small amount of money. As massive as it would seem to...
Emilia: A Culinary Trip to Northern Italy
(Ed: Written by AppalachianGastroventures for Inside of Knoxville. This is the fourth installment in their monthly series of restaurant reviews, allowing for further exploration of local restaurants after their opening. Check out their blog for many...
The State of Recode Knoxville
It’s been almost two years since I first wrote about Recode Knoxville and I was pretty late to the party. It was February 2017 that the effort officially got underway with with the outside consultants who...
Kopita Opens on Gay Street Offering Downtown’s First Vegan Only Menu
It might seem unlikely that downtown would have a vegan restaurant prior to having a vegetarian restaurant, but Kopita opens tomorrow with a completely vegan restaurant featuring numerous locally sourced ingredients from Hines Valley Farm, Crooked...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/14 – 7/23/2019)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
Downtown Children’s Activities This Month
There’s always something going on in and around downtown for adults. Bars, rooftops, rooftop bars, restaurants, concerts and a range of other cultural events abound in every direction. For teens through retirees, there is plenty to...
City Council Candidate Forum Features Eleven Candidates
With eleven candidates running in four different races, it’s almost as difficult to stage a forum including them all as it is to stage a Democratic presidential debate this time around or a Republican presidential debate...
William and Wylie Men’s Custom Clothing Store Opens Downtown
Parker (William) Davis and Bryce Wylie have opened William and Wylie Custom Men’s Clothing store at 211 Clinch Avenue, just down the hill from the Hyatt Place Hotel. It helps fill a retail void often mentioned...
Elst Tasting Room Opens at 2419 North Central
Last October, Elst Brewing Company opened at 2419 North Central bringing their version of local craft beer just beyond Happy Holler out from downtown. Last week, after nine months of work, they opened Elstwhere Tasting Room...