Fai Thai Kitchen is Now Open
It didn’t take long for Fai and Nathanael Blais to get the action moved from the popular Fai Thai Food Truck into their new location at 522 South Gay Street. Barely more than two weeks after...
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Redbud Kitchen Opens at 906 Sevier Avenue
A new restaurant recently opened just below and to the front of Hi-Wire Brewing. Redbud Kitchen is the second restaurant opened by Morristown residents Wally and Lisa Long. It joins a growing number of restaurants, breweries...
Tourists Return to Knoxville: The April – June Stats
Remember the shock we all felt when some area hotels sent the vast majority of their workers home in March 2020? We hoped it would be a short blow to the local travel and tourism business,...
Kopita and Kopita Meat Consolidate and Plan Cool Outdoor Space
If you read carefully last week when I wrote about Fai Thai, you realized that their new address is currently home to Kopita Meat. Owner Avi Zenatti took the space during the pandemic and offered meat...
Fai Thai Plans Opening at 522 South Gay Street
Owners of local favorite Fai Thai Food Truck (which will continue to operate) have announced they will soon open at 522 South Gay Street, as Kopita Meat will consolidate with its sister restaurant, Kopita, next door...
Brother Wolf and Osteria Stella Open in the Old City
The long-awaited Italian restaurant, Osteria Stella, and its companion aperitivo bar, Brother Wolf open to the public tomorrow at 108 West Jackson Avenue. The two locations held soft openings the last two weekends to glowing...
Fat Tuesday Opens at 417 South Gay Street
Downtown has its second New Orleans based business (the other is Ruby Sunshine) with the opening of Fat Tuesday at 417 South Gay Street. Located in a portion of the Kress Building, it is also the...
Proper Popcorn Opens on Market Square
As first reported here in April, Proper Popcorn, whose original location is in west Knoxville, had it sights set on a Market Square location. That plan became a reality on Thursday of last week, when it...
Axle Logistics Hosts Ribbon Cutting, Celebrates Rapid Growth
In September 2019 I introduced you to Axle Logistics, a company founded by friends Jon Clay and Drew Johnson. The two grew up together in south Knoxville, graduating from South Doyle High School. They founded Axle...
Fruit Jar Alley Opens on Market Square
Just a few months after the closure of Tailgate at 23 Market Square, the space was taken this weekend by the third location of Fruit Jar Alley. Founded in 2017 by Allison Manes, the first location...