Makers Donuts Opens Today – With Free Donuts
This is where we find out precisely who the truly devoted readers of Inside of Knoxville – and true doughnut lovers – really are. As of 7:00 AM this morning, Makers Donuts not only opens, but...
Old City Wine Bar Opens Next Week
Last May I introduced many of you to Thomas Boyd who planned to open a Wine Bar in The Daniel Building- though it didn’t have that name at the time. The Old City Wine Bar also...
First Residents Poised to Move into The Daniel
My first visit to what I then called the “John H. Daniel Building” offered an interior (and to a lesser extent exterior) view that is hard to comprehend about nine months later. Assuming you haven’t seen...
Crown and Goose Sold to Randy Burleson; What Does It Mean?
When I read the headlines recently about the sale of the Crown and Goose to Randy Burleson, I probably had the same questions many of you had: What impact will this have on the Crown and...
Magnolia Avenue Corridor Project Unveiled
Last week the city unveiled its latest plan for the Magnolia Avenue corridor improvements. You’ll find the full plan here in great detail and I’ll leave it to those of you interested in that level of...
The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/24 – 2/2/2016)
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...
Saturday Sounds: Singer-Songwriter/Dixieland Jazz/Classical – Knoxville Has It All
Well, that was an interesting week. The weather took center-stage as institutions, businesses and events scrambled to avoid the falling snowflakes. As usual, some predictions of snow didn’t pan out, some did and sometimes the snow...
It’s Not Just a Read, It’s a Big Read: A Lesson Before Dying
Can a book change a mind or heart? Can it challenge or change a community? That’s one of the ideas behind having groups read the same book and engage it through a variety of activities...
What to Do on a Snowy Day? Plenty if You Live in the City
So what’s a day like in the city on a snowy day? There are probably as many answers to that as there are people who live downtown. Some had to get in a car and drive...
New Downtown Businesses You Might Not Have Noticed
If there is a word that I most do not associate with downtown, it would be “mall.” At least since I got out of the habit of saying “Market Square Mall,” which means nothing to recent...