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Love it, Mad! I played tuba and sousaphone in HS in SE Kentucky in the 70's. I'm glad to see the musicians in our midst here in GBNF.

Feathersax: More information about the Hewgley brothers and the business, if you have it!

I have absolutely no connection to Paula, so am not promoting her work at all, other than to say her book was a good read for those of us who enjoy talking about Knoxville's restaurants. All I can say is that Thunder Good-Oil knows his stuff when he talks about old restaurants here.

I found an excellent book yesterday. Paula Johnson's Lost Restaurants of Knoxville. Here's the link if you have a KCLS card: https://discover.knoxcountylibrary.org/GroupedWork/22cac12f-632a-b561-fefb-fef9b14d767c-eng/Home In it, Paula, who also conducts food tours in Knoxville, talks about...

These big, out-of-state, corporate developers are remorseless. Big money is being made, and our Knoxville/Knox County government is just letting this crap roll on unabated and unchecked.

They sure did! I was a big fan of their mexi also. They had a chips and salsa sampler, where you could choose up to four different salsas. They had a purple one and an orange one that were both delicious and hotter'n anything. Good wraps and burritos, too.

Mad, I never played golf, but I like your new avatar!😁 Here is a nice piece from 2018 in Knoxnews about Deane Hill, which closed in 1995: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/shopper-news/bearden/2018/08/23/deane-hill-country-club-golf-course-paved-over-but-memories-remain/996428002/ From that...

I have heard the RT Lodge is an even better experience than when RT owned it.

Ruby Tuesday either leased or purchased the land and existing buildings from the college, and then developed it into what it is now. That Ruby Tuesday ownership period was 1997-2021. The development was then purchased in 2021 by a local LLC group. Here's the history: History of RT Lodge...

Here are more restaurants not on that closed list. Many of these we've talked about here on GBNF. They should have asked us first! 😉 * Kalamata Kitchen. Was in Western Plaza for a too-brief time.Not the biggest menu, but boy, Klonaris served some excellent Greek food. * The original Inskip...

Orange, you mean you miss Knoxville the way you remember it. How many years ago were you here? It's safe to say that those of us who live here miss K-town also, the way it was, at least. I love this thread too.. it's a good bunch of people that hang out here. I hope to meet some of you eventually.

Developers have their mantra: "Throw enough money at 'em, they'll sell!"

Another closure that I saw today: IHOP on Merchants Center Boulevard at exit 108. In checking online, the IHOP on Chapman Highway also closed. Both around Jan. 1 this year. The one on Merchants sold for $1.25 million in September. Apparently there's been a Facebook posting from the Oakwood...

Indya Kincannon, Madeline Rogero, and the city councils under them have been quite detrimental to the way Knoxville was before them. Our property taxes have gone up and there is no way they they won't continue to go up. Knoxville is exploding in growth. It is NOT a positive direction, and our...

Hey Mad, not all of us do Instagram.