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

[UT_Dutchman]

I remember going there for special occasions, it felt fancy and unique.

We would eat there when we are down from kingsport to see my aunt, uncle, and cousins. Didn't it have a little pond with a dock?
Blackboard Special and those prices, that was a long time ago.

 

[JL24]

Whatever happened to Daddy Macs off the Campbell Station Road exit. Was previously a chicken joint.

Would go down and catch live music every now and then.

Thought it was a really cool place.

Pond beside it with hotels right across from it.

Hated to see it close down.

 

[Hurley Mooncalf]

Heard a shout out to Judy's that was on the corner of Middlebrook and Weisgarber where the Bojangles is today on the radio.

 

[Ted]

Glenwood Cafe, from the "Anyone Remember These ..." article:

 

[MAD]

 

[Ernest T. Vol]

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Kingston Pk at Lyons View, is that you playing in the road?

 

[MAD]

Kingston Pk at Lyons View, is that you playing in the road?

Was curious if anyone recognized this.

It could have been me.

 

[MAD]

Gatlinburg in the 50’s

 

[MAD]

Did any of you ever meet this guy?

 

[OldandStillaVol]

Did any of you ever meet this guy?

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Yes. Anyone who lived in OR from the 70's until he died probably met him. Huge intimidating man. He loved all high school activities. athletics, music program, whatever. Always ready to be a sponsor. His son(s?) run Big Ed's now.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Did any of you ever meet this guy?

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When I was little, we'd go to Big Ed's twice a month and Ed was almost always sitting at the bar. I'd get dad to let me go talk to him and get his autograph. I don't know how many of those little paper plates I had him sign. He was like a living legend to me.

I worked at the Ingles in Clinton during high school and Ed shopped there. As soon as he'd came in, we'd start bird dogging him until he got close to the registers. Then it was a race to get to bag his groceries and take them out to his car. He'd give a $20 tip every time. That was more money than I was making in whole a 4 hour shift.

 

[MAD]

When I was little, we'd go to Big Ed's twice a month and Ed was almost always sitting at the bar. I'd get dad to let me go talk to him and get his autograph. I don't know how many of those little paper plates I had him sign. He was like a living legend to me.

I worked at the Ingles in Clinton during high school and Ed shopped there. As soon as he'd came in, we'd start bird dogging him until he got close to the registers. Then it was a race to get to bag his groceries and take them out to his car. He'd give a $20 tip every time. That was more money than I was making in whole a 4 hour shift.

That is a wonderful story. He sounds like a legend.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

That is a wonderful story. He sounds like a legend.

He helped a lot of people a long the way. The best I can remember, he hired troubled teens to work for him. I'm foggy on the details. I hope more posters chime in with their Ed Neusel stories.

 

[utvolpj]

Did any of you ever meet this guy?

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One of my dad's friends owned a strawberry farm in Clinton and was friends with him. I used to work out there as a young kid and Ed would bring pizza to trade for strawberries. Felt like he brought enough to feed everyone working in the fields

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Wasn’t Big Ed a Jarhead?

 

[MAD]

The Cooper Kettle Restaurant

 

[Vjcvette]

 

[Vjcvette]

If you look closely you will see on the Bijou theater sign it says "Rock Hudson, A gathering of Eagles". I saw the movie "Ode to Billy Joe" there in the 70's.

 

[MAD]

Title	1211-1217 Main Street
Description	Kay's Ice Cream, Queen Anne's Beauty Shop, Big John's Pit BBQ. R-40, Mountain View Project 1962 April

 

[MAD]

West Haven Shopping Center, labeled as 1950's

 

[508mikey]

Wasn’t Big Ed a Jarhead?

looks more like an Outfit hit man