Gone but not forgotten: Knoxville area restaurants and retailers we miss.

[volsforever27]

RIP McKay's Knoxville. Last day is May 3.

Crazy. I hate to see it close. Hadn't been in a while, prices starting getting a little high. Bought a lot of cd's there.

 

[MAD]

RIP McKay's Knoxville. Last day is May 3.

Knoxville McKay’s set to permanently close after 40 years

The popular used bookstore said Wednesday evening that its last day of business will be Sunday, May 3.

www.wvlt.tv

 

[MAD]

This picture taken in October 1966 is looking south at UT's Golf Range Apartments. At the top of the photo is Kingston Pike and Western Plaza Shopping Center, with the Kingston Pike Center on the top right. On the right, the back two rows of the Knoxville Drive-In can be seen.

From the KNS Archives.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

This picture taken in October 1966 is looking south at UT's Golf Range Apartments. At the top of the photo is Kingston Pike and Western Plaza Shopping Center, with the Kingston Pike Center on the top right. On the right, the back two rows of the Knoxville Drive-In can be seen.

From the KNS Archives.
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I’m not seeing the basketball court that I played on a lot 20 years later. I can’t tell if it’s hidden in a shadow, was sliced off of the middle courtyard and paved, or if it replaced a building or two.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

The long building with the white roof in the upper right is the Ice Chalet. It looks longer in that 1966 picture. I think it’s the angle of the aerial pic and the building now has an addition along the north east portion.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

The long building with the white roof in the upper right is the Ice Chalet. It looks longer in that 1966 picture. I think it’s the angle of the aerial pic and the building now has an addition along the north east portion.

And near the Ice Chalet, wasn't there a German restaurant? I always wanted to eat there, but don't think I ever did, before it went away.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

And near the Ice Chalet, wasn't there a German restaurant? I always wanted to eat there, but don't think I ever did, before it went away.

The Rathskeller was across the parking lot and at the rear of Western Plaza.

On the upper level of Western Plaza was a Kroger (far eastern end) and an A&P not far from the Kroger. The Fresh Market is pretty much in the A&P spot. Just south of there was a barber shop down an outdoor corridor. Mom took me there every other Friday to get my hair cut.

There was a Revco or SuperX drug store between the two grocery stores. And my favorite store was also between A&P and Kroger as well. Stocked up on baseball cards, comic books, Match Box cars, and gold fish at the Woolworth’s. Also at Easter live chicks that were dyed various colors.

 

[Vjcvette]

 

[WaywardVol]

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I remember watching someone make a turn right there and their car door opening and a kid flopping out onto the street. Probably just a few years prior. Kid was ok.

 

[WaywardVol]

That’s way be

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That’s way before 1981. Gas was more than double that price.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

That’s way be

That’s way before 1981. Gas was more than double that price.

Probably 1975 or 1976. 1976 based on the gas price. The Nova looks like a 1974. Square headlights came out in 1976 and I don’t see a car with those.

The white car looks like a Ford Granada which began with 1975s.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Interesting camera location. Possibly made by a utilities worker in a cherry picker.

 

[SpecialKVolfan]

This article has some great old places listed. Go thru the photos.

MSN

 

[Boca Vol]

This picture taken in October 1966 is looking south at UT's Golf Range Apartments. At the top of the photo is Kingston Pike and Western Plaza Shopping Center, with the Kingston Pike Center on the top right. On the right, the back two rows of the Knoxville Drive-In can be seen.

From the KNS Archives.
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Are those apts. where the rec fields are now off Sutherland?

 

[Boca Vol]

Knoxville 1977 Kingston Pike
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Rocky or Pom Pom Girls?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Are those apts. where the rec fields are now off Sutherland?

Yes. Golf Range Apartments and I forget what the rest were named. We called the whole thing “married student housing”.

 

[TN Jed]

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Looks like a Dogwood Trail marker on the pavement in the bottom left.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Mayo Garden Centers is shutting down. 148 years.

 

[Wireless1]

Mayo Garden Centers is shutting down. 148 years.

 

[Ted]

Mayo Garden Centers is shutting down. 148 years.

Well.. darn. TGO, do you have an article link?

 

[TN Jed]

Well.. darn. TGO, do you have an article link?

They posted a link on Facebook. It's a shame. I remember going there many times as a child....heck, adult too.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Well.. darn. TGO, do you have an article link?

It’s on their Facebook page. The store liquidation sales begin next week.

 

[bigdaddy]

Mayo Garden Centers closing Knoxville locations after 148 years

Mayo Garden Center has been open since 1878 and has two locations: 4718 Kingston Pike and 9629 Kingston Pike.

www.wvlt.tv

 

[Vjcvette]

Looks like a Dogwood Trail marker on the pavement in the bottom left.

Yep it sure does

 

[Vjcvette]

Rocky or Pom Pom Girls?

I saw the Rocky Horror Picture show in 77 at the theater further West on Kingston Pike, its torn down now and was on the left before where O Charlie's is now.....and who on here knows what used to be in the building before it was O Charlies......and I used to work there too