Gone but not forgotten: Knoxville area restaurants and retailers we miss.

[Ted]

Hey all! Good finds on pictures of promo structures from around Knoxville..

I also wanted to say I had dinner at Copper Cellar Down in the Cellar last night for last old times' sake and it has not changed a bit since I was last there. A wonderful old place in Knoxville. In talking with the server, I found out that the restaurant will most likely close around June 14-15, as they are not accepting reservations after that time.

Everybody in the Knoxville area, get down there before then! Don't wait.

 

[MAD]

https://www.wvlt.tv/2023/04/24/knoxville-music-store-closing-its-doors-after-40-years/

A beloved Knoxville music shop is closing its doors

 

[MAD]

 

[Ted]

Indya Kincannon has been a disaster for Knoxville, with her and the current City Council allowing this crazed land-grabbing and demolition and construction go on under their watch. All of you in Knoxville need to consider voting against all the incumbents when the time comes, and letting them know that you are not happy with any of this. I intend to.

They have raised the property taxes in Knoxville by a considerable amount and let all this development go unchecked. It's time to get some people in office who are more fiscally responsible and who can stand up to these developers.

 

[Vjcvette]

Little smokey hot dogs, Swensons (??) was that the name? And Glickos..

I Loved all of those Great ice-cream fancy desserts that Swensons had and the wafers that they always put on the top of their desserts.

 

[Vjcvette]

Little smokey hot dogs, Swensons (??) was that the name? And Glickos..

And I also Loved the smokey dogs from the Smokey Mountain markets

 

[MAD]

 

[MAD]

Yes I remember Doodles also, but I was thinking that Doodles was up around Paper Mill somewhere
and that restaurant used to be the Brass Rail, but that is many years ago, so I could be remembering
it all wrong....

 

[Vjcvette]

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Hey thanks for that post @mad4vols

 

[pismonque]

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My recollection of Doodles in the late 80s is that it was not a pickup joint at all but rather a place you could go with friends to drink and dance and shoot pool and throw darts without all the cheesy people trying too hard to find a hookup.

Dance floor wasn't too crowded and sometimes you went out there with your friends just to have someone out there dancing and giving the DJ something to work with.

In retrospect it's not surprising it didn't last more than a few years but it was a fun place to spend an evening with your peeps in your early 20s.

 

[MAD]

 

[JL24]

Any of you ever party at the old Valarium on Blackstock?

 

[PandamoniumReigns]

Anyone remember Rax restaurant?

 

[TN-POSSUM]

Anyone remember Rax restaurant?

Yeah, I really liked the Rax in Halls when I was a kid. There's a Gondolier there now, but the building is different.



*I remember part of the dining area had a glass room that would absolutely bake you in the summer time. (not the Halls location)

 

[bigdaddy]

Are at copper cellar yesterday. Still can’t believe that place will be gone soon

 

[VolNExile]

I’m awfully close to turning into a complete Luddite.

 

[DrRosenRosen]

Rax had some of the best shakes at the time.

 

[SpecialKVolfan20]

Anyone remember Rax restaurant?

I worked at Ruby Tuesday’s in Gatlinburg when they opened one across the street. Both looooong gone.

 

[Ted]

It has been very quiet here the rest of May. June is here!

Those of you who haven't been to Copper Cellar on Cumberland, get down there. It's likely closed after June 15. I'm going to go one more time.

 

[Coug]

Does anyone remember either a Chinese or Japanese restaurant where when you walked in they had this little garden area with a tiny water feature/river and you walked over a bridge above the water to get to the host stand?

 

[loggervol]

Does anyone remember either a Chinese or Japanese restaurant where when you walked in they had this little garden area with a tiny water feature/river and you walked over a bridge above the water to get to the host stand?

Yes, that was the China Inn. It was above where Friday’s is, on the opposite side of the road, on Kingston Pike going west at the top of the hill.

 

[malinoisvol]

Green Acres Flea Market burnt to the ground last night.

 

[Wireless1]

Green Acres Flea Market burnt to the ground last night.

Who’d have thought that dried lumber. Tarps and Fiberglas roofing could burn so quickly

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

Those of you who haven't been to Copper Cellar on Cumberland, get down there. It's likely closed after June 15. I'm going to go one more time.

I really thought they were going to hang on through football season (similar to what Half Barrel is poised to do), but Copper Cellar is now officially closed.

 

[Ted]

I just saw the piece about Copper Cellar closing today, on the WBIR site.

This is a sad day for all of us.