
Chad Huskey’s ongoing search for the best places to find beer in Maryville
My quest to find beer in Maryville, has taken me back to the 1950s. No, I don’t own a Delorean, and no, even though I keep begging my wife to let me install a Flux Capacitor in our minivan, she still hasn’t approved. I went back to the 1950s via the more convenient, Hotrod’s 50’s Diner, near downtown Maryville.
One of our readers wants to know:
Who has the best Chinese or Thai food in Knoxville?

“Call it fate, call it luck, call it karma. I believe everything happens for a reason.” –Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbuster
Let me preface this little article, with a short story. Last week right here on the illustrious Knoxify comments section, I wrote a quick blurb about a new market in Maryville and their beer selection. Moments later a message popped into my inbox from Knoxify’s own CP. He has been trying to help me to find a general direction, for topics to write about. Here’s a an excerpt from his email, “Hey buddy, I saw your comment and thought, I need to see if Chad wants to write about beer in Downtown, Maryville… what about a series on bars, stores, etc. and their beer selections?”. Now I refer you to the famous quote at the beginning of this article. Why yes, yes I would like to have an excuse to drink beer at a variety of establishment, and talk about what all happened the next day. Usually I would call that Monday morning, but now I can say, it’s for an article! Now I understand we don’t exactly have deadlines as far as articles go around here, but don’t think for one second I won’t eventually say to my wife, “but darling, I just have to go to that bar with my friends tonight. I have a deadline, and the loyal Knoxify readers are depending on me!” So with that I say, yes, yes CP, I would like to write about beer selection in Maryville. Now on with the show…
On Saturday night, 12/12/09, the wife and I ventured into downtown Maryville, TN. One of the great things about Knoxville is that not only is Knoxville itself such a great place, but its smack dab in the middle of other great places to be. It’s the epicenter so to speak. You can reach downtown Maryville in 20 – 30 minutes from downtown Knoxville. It’s a small little city but with plenty of character, and it’s slowly starting to take a note from our own downtown and revitalizing with new stores, restaurants, and apartments popping up at a regular pace. It’s also home, to the huge “Foothills Fall Festival” every October, that brings visitors from all over the country, with big names in country music and classic rock filling out the concert lineup each year.

Mr. Beeson, our famous coffee and beer guru, wants to know:
Who has the best beer selection in Knoxville?
Photo by: photo credit: johnpaulgoguen

This question came from one of our Twitter followers, Shawn Van Dyke.
No matter what part of town you’re in, there always seems to be a really good wine/liquor store close by. Personally, I venture into Farragut Wine & Spirits and McScrooge’s Wines & Spirits quite a bit to pick up some tasty vineyard creations.
In your opinion, who has the best wine selection in Knoxville?
Photo by: Mr. T in DC

This is a guest post by Chad Huskey.
I would like to ramble…no actually I think gush would be the appropriate word. Yup, Gush, I would like to gush for a moment about a certain Knoxville event that is near and dear to my heart. The Knoxville Brewers Jam. Just let those words roll off the tip of your tongue, “Knoxville Brewers Jam”. Ahhh yes, the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up.

If you haven’t yet tried jAVERDE coffee yet, I promise you you’re missing out!
Brewed locally in Powell, jAVERDE has a ton of flavors to satisfy any coffee lover’s taste-buds. With names like CocoJo, Mahalo Mocha, Shell Shock, Blarney Moo, Dreamsipple, Munky Chow, Johnny Zappleseed, Jav-O-Lantern, Strawdairy Surprise, and many more, you can be sure you’re not going to find this variety anywhere else! And for those of you who just like a normal cup-o-joe, jAVERDE has your more basic blends too!

Frederico Fellini was an idiosyncratic Italian film director renowned for blending fantasy and baroque images into his work. A cinematic pioneer, Fellini created what critic Robert Richardson referred to as an “aesthetic of disparity” in his films, abandoning traditional plot and character development in favor of a “disparate succession of sequences” to create a “cumulative impression.” Fellini left a fascinating legacy, including the term “paparazzi” derived from Paparazzo, the photographer friend of journalist Marcello Rubini, played by Marcello Mastroianni in La Dolce Vita, Fellini’s iconic flick. Fellini, who once worked as a clown, died on Halloween in 1993.

Ask the Knoxify readers where their favorite BBQ joint is located and they’ll get territorial on you. Trust us, we know.
Last Friday we asked for the (quasi) second time and almost ten comments later we’ve come to realize that, for the most part, really good BBQ is located somewhere along Middlebrook Pike. Here’s how the readers picks tally up.

Once upon a time an NBC news crew came to town and they were looking for BBQ. We put out a dispatch and our readers, YOU, answered the call.
Since then, it seems that more and more BBQ joints have sprung up all over Knoxville.
So, which of those BBQ shops is your favorite?
Photo by: lucianvenutian