Downtown Grill & Brewery on Gay Street has a menu with something for everyone, from salads and fajitas to fish, steak and sandwiches. Filled with dark wood, vintage photos and muted colors, Downtown Grill & Brewery was designed to feel cheerful and comfortable. Opening in January of 2003, they're in their 5th year of business. Mark Harrison, managing partner, is in charge of the restaurant but David Bruce, the man in charge of the kitchen and Dan Goss, the man in charge of the "front of the house"-- the areas customers see-- used their combined decades of restaurant experience to design the menu. The three met while working for a corporate restaurant...
At the prime downtown location of Gay and Clinch Streets sits the historic Holston Building which is being renovated into deluxe condominiums. With over 75% of the units already sold, there are only 10 of the 43 total units still available. This is a beautiful old building which is being rebuilt inside with a scheduled completion date of Spring 2008. Prices start at $249,000 and go to $1,249,000 for the 15th floor penthouse unit. One, two and three bedroom units are still available with units starting at just over 1,000 square feet and going up to the 3,465 square foot penthouse. (For those of you who would love to live at the top of a downtown building, some of the penthouses' amenities are an in-home theater and a wine cellar.) ...
After
meeting with Phil Williams of News Talk 100, WNOX-FM 100.3, there's one
conclusion to draw: he's a really nice guy. Honest. Phil has been in radio 30
years and is the winner of Billboard magazine's Personality of the Year. You
can hear him Monday through Friday from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. A local boy, he attended Sevier County High School then went on to
study broadcasting at UT. But music was his passion...
Nestled up against the
meandering shoreline of Watts Bar Lake
(which is part of the Tennessee River system), the sleepy town of Loudon, Tennessee
as a history that is older than the state itself. It began in 1790 when
families with names like Tunnell, Carmichael and Blair pushed deeper into the
southwest territory to carve out a life for themselves. At that time, this area
was still part of North Carolina and it would
be six years – June 1, 1796 – before Tennessee
would become the 16th state. The waterfront played
an integral part in Loudon’s development...
The
smell of wintergreen permeates the air. Movie fans seated close to the stage
are taking off their coats. The pot bellied stove heats up while the people in
the back huddle together to stay warm. A youngster climbs the ladder to the
projection booth, and the player piano begins to play. The screen lights up
with the first scene of Angel o'er Hells
Valley. Movie fans
silently read the captions on the screen. The
Lyric Theatre, built in Loudon around 1911-1912, was an important part of this
community. Westerns with serial "cliffhangers" ...
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