Downtown Knoxville May Soon Have Carriage Rides
Some of you may remember downtown Knoxville carriage rides at Christmas. I know we had them after I moved to the center city in 2009, though I’m not sure when they’ve ended. Now a Knoxville couple,...
Business
Boldure Gifts Quietly Does Business as the Old City Changes Around It
It’s one of those open secrets we all overlook somehow. New openings make for big splashes – especially now that so many people are attuned to downtown Knoxville. A new bar, restaurant or development announcement is...
Downtown Knoxville Potbelly Location Opens Today
The latest Potbelly location opens today at 522 S. Gay Street. It’s the second location in Knoxville (the first is owned and operated by the same group) and the third in Tennessee. A national chain, there...
Post Modern Distilling Plans Production and Sales in the Old City
Remember when Knoxville only had a brewery here and there? I know, it’s hard. With the proliferation of breweries came questions about our capacity to support so many. And then we did. And they helped grow...
Nothing Too Fancy Charts a New Course
It seems Nothing Too Fancy has been a part of downtown forever, cranking out the coolness they are known for. They’ve actually been open for a bit over four years and have been successful from the...
Downtown Knoxville Retailer, Rala, Announces Move to Old City
As I talked with Nanci Solomon, owner of Rala, and long time owner of Reruns, she pointed out that she opened Rala the same month I started writing this blog: June of 2010. At the time,...
Archer’s BBQ Downtown Location Set to Close Tomorrow
It’s been a short ride for barbecue on Gay Street. While locations continue to operate with apparent success on the south end (Calhouns) and the north end (Sweet P’s) of uptown, there will no longer be...
Downtown Knoxville to get DreamBikes
DreamBikes, a 501(c)3 formed by Trek Bikes in 2008, is an organization that has “refurbished and returned 10,000 bikes to the community,” while, “providing jobs for over 100 teens.” The organization achieved these accomplishments through two...
1894 Saloon Building Continues Downtown’s Northward Expansion
Prior to its facade improvements last year by Dewhirst Properties, the 1894 Saloon building might have been overlooked or dismissed as an old, tired and no longer useful building. In fact, the building had been in...
The Bloomers Company Florist Opens Downtown
Downtown Knoxville gained a second florist this week with the opening of The Bloomers Company at 603 Main Street, Suite 102. Located in the Medical Arts Building, some of you will remember the space as Flow:...