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Marble City Brewing: Knoxville’s Newest Craft Brewery
A new choice in craft-beers comes to Knoxville.
Knoxville Businesses on Twitter
Back on April 17 we asked which Knoxvillians you would most want to see on Twitter. I wanted to see all of Knoxville’s local businesses on Twitter, but realized I only knew of a handful. So I created a Google Form and put it out into the Twitter stream.
Brewing Your Own Beer in Knoxville
I love craft beer. And like most of my passions, there comes a point when I want to know what makes it tick, or in this case ferment. So late last year I sought out one of Knoxville’s two homebrew supply stores to find out if I could really brew beer as good as that[…] Read More »
Knoxville’s best coffee shops
Update: Based on a comment from Becky Hancock, I updated the list to include the awesomely eclectic Time Warp Tea Room. For not being a coffee city (aka. Portland or Seattle), Knoxville has a lot of coffee shops. And more seem to be opening every few months. Most folks seem to be content to stick[…] Read More »
Fountain City Pedaler a two-wheeled oasis on North Broadway
One of my biggest concerns in moving to Fountain City was that I would be without a local bike shop. That fear was quickly snuffed after visiting Fountain City Pedaler, located at 4620 Old Broadway, just off the 640 exit. Fountain City Pedaler is small, but well laid out with plenty of parking for group-ride[…] Read More »
How to live in Knoxville
Update (12/18/08): After receiving a number of valid comments that I’m looking unfavorably on certain parts of Knoxville, I’ve decided to write a follow-up entry to this one with my current view of living in Knoxville. The current entry was originally published on my personal site in June 2008 before I had a chance to[…] Read More »
Knoxville drivers: How to pass a cyclist
UPDATE: I’ve amended a sentence referring to Knoxville planners not allocating shoulders or lanes for bicyclists. It now puts the onus on county, city and state planners. Also, I was made aware that new and expanded roads must include room for bicyclists due to the 2002 Bicycle Plan’s accommodation policy. Cycling season is well underway[…] Read More »
How to find a house in Knoxville
Knoxville is an easy enough city in which to live. It’s cheap, most folks are nice and life is generally relaxed. But whats it like finding a house in Sunsphere City? My wife and I, being home-buying n00bs, had the chance to find out with our (fingers-crossed) recent find in Fountain City, just north of[…] Read More »
Commuting by bike in Knoxville
I rode my bike to work Friday for the first time in my professional life. I didn’t feel like the stereotypes either: that guy who lost his license for a DUI, or that nerdy environmentalist who doesn’t own a car. I am simply a guy who loves cycling and doing the right thing, which in[…] Read More »
Knoxville’s Blackbird Coffeehouse opens with focus on coffee, comfort
Blackbird Coffeehouse, Knoxville’s newest coffee shop, opened yesterday at it’s location on 1208 Kenesaw Avenue in Sequoyah Hills. The focus of Blackbird is both the quality of coffee, and providing a comfortable place to relax said co-owner Ali Johnston, who has been an occasional employee of coffee shops since she was 16 years old. “I[…] Read More »
