Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/17 – 4/26/2021)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
COVID-19: 4/16/2021 Update (International, National, State, and Local)
I hope everyone is enjoying the chance to get outside and soak in some sunshine. The dogwoods are blooming, and the trails are open. There is much more hope in the air than we felt a...
Firefly Lights Add to Magical Market Square
Market Square is the heart of our downtown and of our city. It’s historic, beautiful, charming and fun. After years of different ideas and designs that never seemed to quite work, it has found its stride...
Nature’s Crossing Closes at 7 Market Square
While the feared wave of closures may not have happened in downtown Knoxville, there have been loses. Each is different from the other with the reasons for closure sometimes overlapping, though unique to each business. In...
Knoxville Adventure Collective Invites You to Explore the Outdoors
It was almost six years ago that I introduced you to a business offering biking, paddle boarding, kayaking and more right out of downtown. Just about the time the pandemic was gaining steam, in early 2020,...
Proper Popcorn Coming to 29 Market Square
About eight months after Knoxville Chocolate Company closed its 29 Market Square location, a new business is working toward opening at the spot. Proper Popcorn, which has a shop on Kingston Pike (pictured in this article)...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/11 – 4/20/2021)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
COVID-19: 4/9/2021 Update (International, National, State, and Local)
Last week for this roundup I wrote: The gist of the following report is that the race continues. On the positive side, we have vaccine distribution increasing and some continued adherence to the guidelines to mask,...
Seoul Brothers: Korean Fusion Restaurant Coming to Downtown
Victoria Scott and Josh Coates are bringing a Korean Fusion restaurant to downtown. Opening a restaurant of his own has always been his dream but doing so with his sister wasn’t in the cards until very...
Ebony and Ivory Plans to Bring Communities Together Over Great Beer
A brewery and tap room is planned for 2300 North Central Street. Owners Chico Dupas and Mitchell Russell are perfecting recipes and making big plans and construction will soon get underway at the location with Sanders...