Holly’s 135 Closes (plus one more)
It was quite surprising to learn that workers began transporting equipment from Holly’s 135 on the morning of January 1. Just the previous night a party had brought in the new year in the space. Less than...
Business
2015 Downtown Business Review: How Did We Do?
We’re going to look at the year that was from a couple of different angles. We’ll start with business openings and closings since that’s often a good measure of economic health. I’m going to restrict my...
Market House Cafe Opens Today at 36 Market Square
It was a year, a week and a day ago that Orange Leaf Yogurt vacated the premises at 36 Market Square very suddenly. Just a couple of months later a handshake between Scott West and Ken...
Remedy Coffee Opens Tomorrow at New Location
I mentioned recently that the time between the announcement of a business opening or moving and the actual opening or move sometimes seems interminable. Most often the original plans meet delays and complications which adds to...
Smoky Mountain Vintage Lumber Rockin’ a New Address
It’s been a couple of years since I first reported on the opening of Smoky Mountain Vintage Lumber. Since that time, the business has gone from co-owners to one owner, Andrew Edens, and it has moved...
A Pony on Gay Street? Best Behavior Creative Club Must Be Close Behind
I got the strangest message. The email mentioned a pony, Melinda Grimac and Chris McAdoo. Melinda is a friend. I’d first written about Chris McAdoo nearly five years ago when he presented at the first Pecha...
Wild Love Bakehouse Hosts Open House Today, Opens Monday
Sometimes it seems an incredible amount of time passes from my first article about a coming business and its actual opening. Other times I’m startled at how quickly it seems to happen. That’s how I feel...
Mid Mod Collective Celebrates Its First Birthday – And You Are Invited
Out North Central – just over the hill from Happy Holler is a cool set of buildings and another one of those urban nodes we sometimes talk about on this site. The first retail anchor for...
Holly’s 135 Adds Space, Makes Changes (Plus a Concert Giveaway)
It’s seems like Holly’s 135 has been downtown for a long time, but it’s only been a bit over nine months since the Grand Opening in the midst of an ice storm. It was an eventful...
Knox Whiskey Works Hosts Grand Opening Friday!
I’ve said it before, I sometimes feel like I write about some distant future that never seems to arrive. The first time I sat down with Stanton Webster to talk about the crazy idea of bringing...