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

[Ace]

I have posted this before, but I once watched a guy eat 12 biscuits and gravy off the breakfast bar at Shoney's. He ladled on the gravy and washed it down with 2 large milks. It almost made me sick to watch him eat that much.

 

[pismonque]

I have posted this before, but I once watched a guy eat 12 biscuits and gravy off the breakfast bar at Shoney's. He ladled on the gravy and washed it down with 2 large milks. It almost made me sick to watch him eat that much.

Shouldn't speak ill of the departed.


I'm just assuming.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

I have posted this before, but I once watched a guy eat 12 biscuits and gravy off the breakfast bar at Shoney's. He ladled on the gravy and washed it down with 2 large milks. It almost made me sick to watch him eat that much.

And as he got up to leave, the folks all murmured “that Coach Fulmer shore can eat”.

 

[VolAllen]

And as he got up to leave, the folks all murmured “that Coach Fulmer shore can eat”.

I’m shore they did.

 

[InVOLuntary]

Shoney's at Emory rd is still open.

 

[Boca Vol]

Shoney's in LC is thriving as well.

 

[1Ooltevol]

Proffitt’s. Started my career after college there.

 

[Coug]

Proffitt’s. Started my career after college there.

Miller's, Parisians, Rich's,

 

[DrRosenRosen]

Spinnakers

 

[UT_VOLS13]

My roommate worked at the Boiler Room for a while and we both worked at OCI.

 

[bigdaddy]

The electric wizard

 

[InVOLuntary]

I don't know if it's been mentioned but the Butcher shop was fun.

 

[Boca Vol]

Proffitt’s. Started my career after college there.

I can't believe it's been almost 6 years since Fred Proffitt passed away. Great man.

 

[bigdaddy]

I don't know if it's been mentioned but the Butcher shop was fun.

It was awesome back in the 80-mid 99s but in the 2000s.....bad

 

[Coug]

Electric Cowboy, Lord Lindsey

Is the A. Percy Lockett House still there?

 

[bigdaddy]

Electric Cowboy, Lord Lindsey

Is the A. Percy Lockett House still there?

Not familiar with the electric cowboy? Where was this? As for the Lockett house aka Lord Lindsey is still there but I’m pretty sure it’s a private event hall

 

[Coug]

Not familiar with the electric cowboy? Where was this? As for the Lockett house aka Lord Lindsey is still there but I’m pretty sure it’s a private event hall

Night club, it was in the same shopping center as the Dollar Theater.

 

[pismonque]

Dang, this Memory Lane thread has been going so long now, I could take a whole separate trip down Memory Lane just re-reading it.

 

[bigdaddy]

Night club, it was in the same shopping center as the Dollar Theater.

Oh yeah, I remember now. I think I went for midget wrestling when they first opened

 

[1972 Grad]

So, I was in Shoney's one morning at the breakfast bar, and this was just after I had been lost in the Smokies for almost 2 weeks with nothing to eat but berries. Anyway, I ate 10 or 12, maybe 14 biscuits and gravy and washed it down with some nice cold milk. There was this freaky guy that kept staring at me like I was doing something wrong. He needs to not eat for a couple of weeks, and see how much he would eat. Some people......

 

[Go aeiou]

IHOB was excellent while it lasted.

 

[Coug]

Oh yeah, I remember now. I think I went for midget wrestling when they first opened

I wasn't there for that but the wet t-shirt contests were fun.

 

[UT_Dutchman]

I wasn't there for that but the wet t-shirt contests were fun.

The naughty lingerie contests were very nice as well.

 

[bigdaddy]

I wasn't there for that but the wet t-shirt contests were fun.

I’m trying to remember but wasn’t that place open around 2003ish

 

[Coug]

I’m trying to remember but wasn’t that place open around 2003ish

I honestly don't know, that's probably a good guess.