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

[Vjcvette]

Yeah, Eddie and I ran cross country together at Bearden Jr. High. Their family had or still have a sporting goods shop on Cumberland Ave.

Well, this is so interesting to find out, like I said, what a small world it really is.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Wow what a small world this is, well I hope her and her family are doing good and that life has treated them well.

Trinki passed away several years ago.

 

[Vjcvette]

Trinki passed away several years ago. She had a sister (Tina) that died from cancer in 2016.

I hate to hear that, but I knew that Trinki had a brother named Eddie, but I did not know that she had a sister.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I hate to hear that, but I knew that Trinki had a brother named Eddie, but I did not know that she had a sister.

You're correct, I misread something that a friend posted elsewhere. Tina was Trenny Gibson's sister. Trenny is the Bearden girl that vanished in the Smoky Mtns in October 1976 and was never found.

 

[Vjcvette]

You're correct, I misread something that a friend posted elsewhere. Tina was Trenny Gibson's sister. Trenny is the Bearden girl that vanished in the Smoky Mtns in October 1976 and was never found.

Oh ok, well I hadn't heard about the Bearden girl that vanished, that's a sad story.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Oh ok, well I hadn't heard about the Bearden girl that vanished, that's a sad story.

Trenny Lynn Gibson - Strange Disappearances from U.S. National Parks — StrangeOutdoors.com

Trenny Lynn Gibson ~ Case Outline

 

[Vjcvette]

Trenny Lynn Gibson - Strange Disappearances from U.S. National Parks — StrangeOutdoors.com

Trenny Lynn Gibson ~ Case Outline

Thanks for sending the article

 

[Roustabout]

Thanks for sending the article

Wow, her high school friend is my current neighbor.

 

[Vjcvette]

Wow, her high school friend is my current neighbor.

Its a very small world, I find that out more and more every day!

 

[Roustabout]

Its a very small world, I find that out more and more every day!

And in keeping with the thread, she worked for Hawkeyes Lounge, which is a Knoxville restaurant we miss.

 

[Vjcvette]

Oh Wow, its becoming very clear that everything is connected.....lol

 

[Coug]

I guess we'll be sadly adding to this thread after all this mess plays out.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Sanctuary Vegan Cafe (in the shopping center with Play It Again Sports, up behind Fazolies) permanently closed.

Naf Naf Middle Eastern Grill (across from Main Event on Cedar Bluff) delayed their March 23rd grand opening and hasn't announced when they will have one.

 

[MAD]

Add Babalu a trendy taco spot in Knoxville to the list, permanently closed due to Covid 19

 

[pismonque]

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The Holiday Inn on Papermill (now a Red Roof) did have a restaurant. It became a mini Pizza Hut before it was discontinued being used as a restaurant.

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Seems I remember the Holiday Inn restaurant was a comedy club at some point in the late 80s or early 90s.

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

What was the name of the Bar at the Howard Johnsons, or did it even have a name?

Was it VIP Lounge, or Cavalier? Maybe Babes Lounge? I Definitely remember this place

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Was it VIP Lounge, or Cavalier? Maybe Babes Lounge? I Definitely remember this place

Which location? Seems like the hotel directly across from West Town Mall that was a Ramada Inn for several years was a Howard Johnson's for a while. I always think of the one with the orange roof just a block or so west of that place as the Howard Johnson's.

 

[Vjcvette]

Was it VIP Lounge, or Cavalier? Maybe Babes Lounge? I Definitely remember this place

There is just no name that comes to mind, but I am thinking that it was the building with the orange roof.

 

[Vjcvette]

I was just lazy posting. The Terrace Tap House was part of the Capri group (Simpson Theaters). The Riviera on Gay Street is another... can't remember where it was and if the building was torn down or not.

There was I believe it was the "Kingston 4" theaters on the right on Kingston Pike right before Time out Deli

 

[Vjcvette]

Since the UG and Boiler Room have already been mentioned, let's not forget Lord Lindsey. I've heard convincing haunting stories from a few people that worked there.

There was also in the late 70's the Carousel

 

[Vjcvette]

Since the UG and Boiler Room have already been mentioned, let's not forget Lord Lindsey. I've heard convincing haunting stories from a few people that worked there.

There was also in the late 70's the Carousel

I think that same guy approached me about not seeing Willy Wonka.

I saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Kingston 4 and the guy I was with got mad at all the rice throwing etc and threw his whole Coke in the air lol

 

[Vjcvette]

Probably none of you have heard of Cas Walker.

Yes I remember Cas Walker stores, they had a big pair of scissors on their sign

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

There was I believe it was the "Kingston 4" theaters on the right on Kingston Pike right before Time out Deli

It was the Kingston 4. Kingston Cinema 4 iirc. The Time Out Deli is gone. The K4 parking lot was still there minus the building not too many years ago, but it might have disappeared when the TOD lot was redeveloped. There was a tiny used car lot between K4 and TO Deli.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

There was also in the late 70's the Carousel

It was still there until about 10-15 years ago.

 

[Vjcvette]

Jake's was UAB and he built the blue, rectangle glass building on Gay Street at Main (Cumberland). C.H. was C&C Bank, the slightly newer greenish glass building just south of UAB. They also had Southern Industrial Banking Corporation, which paid C.D. rates in the mid to upper teens. Only problem (actually one of many problems), SIBC wasn't an actual bank and the accounts weren't insured by the FDIC.

There was a club upstairs in that bank too right, Club LeConte on the 27th floor.