We’ve got a pretty cool city. 20 years ago, that wasn’t the case. Not that we were uncool perse, but we lacked any sort of “destination”. For instance, downtown wasn’t a place you wanted to go. There wasn’t much to do or see and it was sort of…well, depressing. But over the past decade or…
The Sunflowers at Forks of the River
Today is the first day of school around here, which signals a proverbial end to summer for many people. Summer is certainly not over for us. We don’t have kids in school yet and so we get to enjoy the wiles of this season for a bit longer. And if these slightly cooler temperatures we’ve…
My Experience on a Local Food Tour with East TN Tours
I recently had the opportunity to go on a local walking food tour in the downtown area of my hometown and it was a great way to spend an afternoon even for a local! I want to share my experience and what to expect with you so you can see why experiencing a food tour…
Knoxville Eats: OliBea
A great way to start your Saturday is with a delicious, fresh breakfast at OliBea in the Old City district of downtown Knoxville. They are open for breakfast and lunch hours only, but it’s SO worth the trek downtown for their fabulous fare. We headed into downtown early one Saturday morning for a nice breakfast…
Knoxville Eats: Primo Italian
Let’s just go ahead and get this out of the way: Dining at Primo is an experience. We recently celebrated eight years of wedded bliss, and decided that dining at Bruce Boggartz’s newest endeavor would be worth an anniversary dinner. Fun anecdote before we begin: Bruce used to work with my Dad way back when…
Knoxville Eats: Oliver Royale
Oliver Royale is a newer restaurant in Market Square where you will find flavorful dishes with perfectly executed ingredients and delightful southern flair. Our experience here for brunch was top notch! We have a semi-monthly date night on the calendar. Yeah, we keep it real like that. We schedule it so that in some form…
Knoxville Eats: Grujo’s German Fast Food
We are the kind of foodies that have to create a list of the area restaurants we want to try just to keep up with the ever growing number of new food purveyors in east TN. Knoxville is known as having one of the highest ratios of restaurants per capita so there are constantly plenty…
Knoxville Eats: Makers Donuts
Knoxvillians are guilty of pandemonium over new restaurants. It’s true – we seem to love food and flock in droves to anything remotely interesting in terms of new cuisine – even new chain restaurants! Do you guys remember when Chuy’s arrived in town and you couldn’t get in the door without a 2 hour wait…