Being a resident of the Mile High City for 3 years, I fell in love with Fat Tire and New Belgium. On flights back to Knoxville I was seen carrying a case of beer with me for my friends to enjoy. Many of my top ten beers include several Fat Tires after a heavy day of snowboarding, cycling, fly-fishing, and mountain biking under the bluebird skies of Colorado. Below is a run down of how, when, and where my favorite beer is coming to town.

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Alright Knoxville commuters: Think rush hour traffic on I-40 is bad now? Imagine if there were only four lanes like the above I-40 photo from the 1960s.

Can you can guess which famous Knoxville exit is pictured? Read the rest of this entry »

The month of May was a big one for the site. Roughly 975 visitors stopped by and viewed 4,544 pages. Our RSS feed grew to 74 subscribers, a new high for Knoxify.

Given those stats, THANK YOU! We continue to blog with lots of enthusiasm because of our awesome readers.

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“There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it.”

When it comes to customer service, I’m particularly picky when it comes to the dining experience. I expect a warm welcome, my drink order to be taken within 30 seconds of my butt hitting the booth and food that makes me want to blast a tweet to all 140 of my followers.

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Last week, Jeremy Floyd of Holrob coined Knoxify as the “insider’s uncensored take on what makes Knoxville great.”

That got us thinking: what other sites offer an authentic look at Knoxville? Here’s our take on the best blogs/sites that exemplify who the real Knoxville is. Read the rest of this entry »

The Knoxify guys have added a new feature to the site.

Now, whenever you browse the comments on any given story, you can hover over the commenters name to reveal their participation history right here on Knoxify.com.

Our new system also checks the URL left by the commenter and attempts to pull the latest post from their very own RSS feed. Cool, huh?

Go ahead, give it a try on this popular post.

Photography by mattsabo17.

Yesterday evening I left Tomato Head destined for my comfy couch at home. To my surprise, exiting the Market Square parking garage after 7:00PM would cost me $1.00.

Attention potential thieves: I don’t carry cash.

I politely told the garage attendant that I did not have $1.00 to which she replied, “we accept cash and check only.”

I desperately unfolded my wallet to reveal that I was indeed broke.

With a faint voice she said, “Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it” and opened the gate for me to exit.

Good customer service is hard to find but somehow, it found me. Thank you Ms. Market Square Garage Attendant.

Photography by pattie74 99

Customer Centered is a new series of posts that showcase Knoxville businesses that actually care about their customers. If you have a story to share send it our way.