Inside of Knoxville

The Chocolate Factory is Now Bradley’s Chocolate Factory

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 16, 2014

Bradley Hamlett didn’t set out to be a chocolate mogul. Originally from Knoxville, he landed in Florida as a teenager. Hanging out on the beach and riding his bike about, he noticed a chocolate shop with...

Postcards from the City, Late 2013

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 15, 2014

As I do periodically, here’s a baker’s dozen of images that caught my attention this past fall. I love taking images of interesting people in general in the city, but particularly of children in the city....

An Inside View of Tailor Lofts – A Year Later, Plus Five Bar Restaurant Preview

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 14, 2014

It just over a year ago – in early January – that I took you inside Tailor Lofts, the former Arby’s Building at 430 South Gay. If you don’t remember what the place looked like, you...

An Interview with Jeremy McDonnell of Rocky Top Crossfit

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 13, 2014

As I reported last week, Rocky Top Crossfit is coming to 309 North Central Street just outside the Old City. At the time I reported it I had not been able to catch up with co-owner...

The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (1/12 – 1/18/14)

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 12, 2014

If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...

Way Back Into the Past

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 10, 2014

We’ve done some heavy lifting this week with a pretty intense business focus, but the weekend is here, so why not end with a little fun? While we’re interested in business, in the end, that’s sort...

Exciting new – and different – Kind of Business coming to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 9, 2014

We need a name for the area just beyond the Old City all around Depot from Central to Gay, out each to Broadway. There is much happening in that area that I find myself writing about...

A Little Urban Mystery at the Train Station

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 8, 2014

Did you notice the inscription on the fireplace behind Charlotte in one of the photographs from yesterday’s blog? It’s on one of many fireplaces scattered around the Southern Railway Train Station and, since I didn’t have...

Winter (Farmers’) Market Coming to Southern Railway Station

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 7, 2014

I’m always being schooled by the many, many smarter people than myself that I continually run into. It wasn’t that many months ago that I had a conversation with a group and the idea of Winter...

Blue Slip Winery Makes Bold Move (and adds a surprise)

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 6, 2014

Many of you are likely familiar with Blue Slip Winery. Located at 105 West Jackson downtown, it’s a cool little niche in a building right in the heart of the Old City. In 2009, when Linn...

The Chocolate Factory is Now Bradley’s Chocolate Factory

Postcards from the City, Late 2013

An Inside View of Tailor Lofts – A Year Later, Plus Five Bar Restaurant Preview

An Interview with Jeremy McDonnell of Rocky Top Crossfit

The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (1/12 – 1/18/14)

Way Back Into the Past

Exciting new – and different – Kind of Business coming to Downtown

A Little Urban Mystery at the Train Station

Winter (Farmers’) Market Coming to Southern Railway Station

Blue Slip Winery Makes Bold Move (and adds a surprise)

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Announcing Kern’s Bakery Vendors!

Lilienthal Gallery Celebrates Spring Exhibition with Splashes of Color and a Great Vibe

Progress: Kern’s Bakery Experience is Full Steam Ahead

A Weekend in the City