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

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Good stuff. I've scrolled through first 20+ pages and last 10 or so. Apologize if I missed it somewhere, but can't forget "The Village Barn" on Asheville Hwy. Great place, some great acts came through, and loaded with cougars.

 

[feathersax]

West Chevrolet



Do you remember on WOKI and......Boogie check, boogie check, ooh, ahh?

AH, the "leisure suit"! We wore them...really!

 

[Go aeiou]

AH, the "leisure suit"! We wore them...really!

I recall that most people just laughed at them. I'd guess 1-3% wore them, and they weren't around very long.
That was when people still wore suits to work. They stuck out like a sore thumb.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I recall that most people just laughed at them. I'd guess 1-3% wore them, and they weren't around very long.
That was when people still wore suits to work. They stuck out like a sore thumb.

There were far more than 1-3% wearing them in 1975.

 

[Wireless1]

There were far more than 1-3% wearing them in 1975.

Look at family photos from 1972 through 1978

 

[TNVOLNAVY]

Probably none of you have heard of Cas Walker.

Lived in North Carrick the first 2 years 1975-1976. Occasionally they would arrange a guest speaker to come in to the 1st floor lobby and tell stories and answer questions afterward. I was fortunate to get to hear both Cas Walker and John Ward.

 

[Vjcvette]

There were far more than 1-3% wearing them in 1975.

Baby Blue and the bands like the one at The Roadway Inn on Cedar Bluff wore white ruffled shirts with them

 

[Vjcvette]

Orange Julius towards JCP was where it was back then...you had Spencer's, Champs, and the Record Bar all down there. Loved the poster rack and Record Bar. I think my brother had every felt KISS poster ever made in the 70's.

I was at all of those places in the mid 70's and loved them too.

 

[Go aeiou]

There were far more than 1-3% wearing them in 1975.

Maybe in Knoxville? Maybe in non-professional jobs? Maybe after work?
I almost never saw them in a professional job where people wore suits and ties. I visited clients around the country often, and don't recall seeing their workers wearing them either. I graduated in December, 73, so 74 forward.
They might have started the trend towards casual dress for professional workers. In the 80s it quickly went from suits and ties to just ties to shirts with collars. Lawyers were about the only people that still wore suits.

 

[volfan2024]

Time Out Deli. Went there with my dad and family for years after games. It was small, bathroom always had a bleach odor, guys always seemed over worked. Always talked about the game not sure they ever watched them, but they made good hoagies. Sometimes cold in the middle yet normally just fine. They may have been put on beer probation a time or two as well, but that's what I remember, of course my dads been gone for a long time now.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Time Out Deli. Went there with my dad and family for years after games. It was small, bathroom always had a bleach odor, guys always seemed over worked. Always talked about the game not sure they ever watched them, but they made good hoagies. Sometimes cold in the middle yet normally just fine. They may have been put on beer probation a time or two as well, but that's what I remember, of course my dads been gone for a long time now.

The building at the NW corner of Hollywood and Sutherland was originally a Time Out Deli, but the one that I often visited was Ali-Baba’s across from the “new” Bearden High School.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Maybe in Knoxville? Maybe in non-professional jobs? Maybe after work?
I almost never saw them in a professional job where people wore suits and ties. I visited clients around the country often, and don't recall seeing their workers wearing them either. I graduated in December, 73, so 74 forward.
They might have started the trend towards casual dress for professional workers. In the 80s it quickly went from suits and ties to just ties to shirts with collars. Lawyers were about the only people that still wore suits.

No, it really wasn’t business attire. More nightlife and church and on TV. I bet if there is video preserved of the mid-1970s Tonight Shows Johnny Carson’s some guests were styling the leisure suits (or at least the jacket) every night. Leisure suits were a huge fad that had about jumped the shark as SNL started rolling in the 1975-76 TV schedule. I think that Aykroyd often wore one when his character was being outrageous, maybe in some Dan Garvin Male Prostitute or Tom Snyder skits.

 

[Vjcvette]

Time Out Deli. Went there with my dad and family for years after games. It was small, bathroom always had a bleach odor, guys always seemed over worked. Always talked about the game not sure they ever watched them, but they made good hoagies. Sometimes cold in the middle yet normally just fine. They may have been put on beer probation a time or two as well, but that's what I remember, of course my dads been gone for a long time now.

I worked there in 1975, it was my first job, and then I went by there in 2006 and they said that they still remembered me.......maybe so.

 

[VolInNorthCack]

West Chevrolet



Do you remember on WOKI and......Boogie check, boogie check, ooh, ahh?

Absolutely. Used to stay up and listen to the Boogieman!

 

[GreveHaller]

early 90s, Holiday Inn at Papermill had a comedy bar inside. Saw Pinkard and Bowden there.

Mid 80s there was a comedy bar on Kingston Pk near East Town mall. I remember seeing Judy Tenuta. I think she was still married to Emo at the time

 

[vader]

Time Out Deli. Went there with my dad and family for years after games. It was small, bathroom always had a bleach odor, guys always seemed over worked. Always talked about the game not sure they ever watched them, but they made good hoagies. Sometimes cold in the middle yet normally just fine. They may have been put on beer probation a time or two as well, but that's what I remember, of course my dads been gone for a long time now.

I worked there in 1975, it was my first job, and then I went by there in 2006 and they said that they still remembered me.......maybe so.

Was that the one at Clinch and James Agee St? Vic and Bill's? I had a buddy who had an apartment near there where we would pre-game and post-game and I ate many a vol burger and pizza burger from that place. If you went there late at night you would see some interesting folks from the Carousel sometimes.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Was that the one at Clinch and James Agee St? Vic and Bill's? I had a buddy who had an apartment near there where we would pre-game and post-game and I ate many a vol burger and pizza burger from that place. If you went there late at night you would see some interesting folks from the Carousel sometimes.

The photo is Ali Baba’s on the north side of Kingston Pike just east of Gallagher View. Across from Bearden HS.

 

[utvolpj]

The photo is Ali Baba’s on the north side of Kingston Pike just east of Gallagher View. Across from Bearden HS.

Sketchy dude who lived behind there would buy beer for us in HS. Good times

 

[Boca Vol]

early 90s, Holiday Inn at Papermill had a comedy bar inside. Saw Pinkard and Bowden there.

Mid 80s there was a comedy bar on Kingston Pk near East Town mall. I remember seeing Judy Tenuta. I think she was still married to Emo at the time

Went to that comedy club many times. I remember going there in 1990 the night before the ND game. It was packed.

 

[Wireless1]

Sketchy dude who lived behind there would buy beer for us in HS. Good times

There was one of those guys at every Deli in town. BUy tap beer in a milk jug for you.

 

[Vjcvette]

Was that the one at Clinch and James Agee St? Vic and Bill's? I had a buddy who had an apartment near there where we would pre-game and post-game and I ate many a vol burger and pizza burger from that place. If you went there late at night you would see some interesting folks from the Carousel sometimes.

It was the one on Kingston Pike in West Knoxville, but I did go to the Carousel one or two times with some of my Girl friends back in the mid 70's.

 

[tn4elvis]

Tony's VIP was one of my favorite places.I had a really high batting average at that place. Completely different crowd but Thursday nickle beer night at The Tap room on the strip was always entertaining.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

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[SmokyRiverDog]

early 90s, Holiday Inn at Papermill had a comedy bar inside. Saw Pinkard and Bowden there.

Mid 80s there was a comedy bar on Kingston Pk near East Town mall. I remember seeing Judy Tenuta. I think she was still married to Emo at the time

I can't remember that mall being near that bar.

 

[GreveHaller]

I can't remember that mall being near that bar.

you're right I said east town. Meant west town on kingston pk