Frothy Monkey opens Knoxville on Gay Street for ffee, bnch

Contents:

• NO MONKEYG AROUND – THIS 'FROTHY' RTRANT IS OPEN ON GAY STREET WH FFEE AND BOOZE
• THE COFFEE RUN ARRIV ON GAY STREET WH SPECIALTY FFE AND TEAS
• STAT DOUGH DOUGHNUTS AND COFFEE SHOP OPENS ON GAY STREET
• K BREW DOWNTOWN OPENS ON GAY STREET
• GUI TO GAY STREET KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE
• SEE SI VIDA, THE PAN-LAT RTRANT OPENG ON GAY STREET: 'THE ANTHIS OF SCFFY'
• GAY STREET
• GAY STREET BRIDGE NSTCTN ED 4 LN POUNDS OF STEEL | OPN

NO MONKEYG AROUND – THIS 'FROTHY' RTRANT IS OPEN ON GAY STREET WH FFEE AND BOOZE

K Brew’s third ffee shop is the heart of Downtown Knoxville, on the rner of Gay St. Grab some lunch at Cafe 4 or Tomato Head, and then walk down Gay Street, one of Knoxville’s olst roads, led by historil buildgs wh stunng archecture. Gay St., is as "othy" as gets, wh a newly renovated space plete wh an add door mezzane and a 40-seat street-si pat for ctomers to enjoy ffee, cktails and a full day's worth of food om the Nashville-based bs.

:Get the ee weekly Urban Knoxville newsletterDowntown mailbag:Massive riversi project nixed; Gay Street buildg gets new lifeA taste of Frothy Monkey's menu Don't expect a standard ffee shop menu wh drip drks and pastri.

" New Knoxville rtrants:Our gui helps you pick somethg fancy, h or fieryShaq attack:Shaquille O'Neal's Big Chicken rtrant g to KnoxvilleGrowg Knoxville's cultural hubThe experience starts before walkg the doors, as a partially vered pat ontg Gay Street acmodat one-quarter of Frothy Monkey's roughly 160 seats.

THE COFFEE RUN ARRIV ON GAY STREET WH SPECIALTY FFE AND TEAS

Near the bar area, a large wdow provis a view of the graffied Strong Alley between Gay Street and Market Square. More:We taste tted Fat Tuday daiquiris, now open on Gay StreetFrothy Monkey's downtown Nashville lotn cintally is loted wh a Krs buildg, as well. Frothy Monkey’s lotn Downtown Knoxville is the perfect stop for ffee, tea, cktails or a meal while enjoyg all that Gay Street has to offer.

Frothy Monkey Gut Parkg: Limed Downtown “Stop N’ Go” parkg spac are available on Gay Street as well as metered spac.

STAT DOUGH DOUGHNUTS AND COFFEE SHOP OPENS ON GAY STREET

You may Park the KAX Free parkg area Old Cy and take the Green Route to Downtown and Gay Street.

Market Square Gay Street Old Cy Volunteer Landg World's Fair Park. Gay street the retail mall of the First Tennsee buildg. Stat Dough, 418 South Gay Street, Knoxville, Febary 2019.

K BREW DOWNTOWN OPENS ON GAY STREET

When I wrote the origal article, Jimmy Wooten said he hoped to open the downtown store at 418 South Gay Street January.

Gay Street, Knoxville, November 2017 (Photo by Doug Fley). Gay Street downtown Knoxville. Then aga, the Regas buildg has always had a reputatn for servg up hospaly; asi om hog a number of major not-for-prof anizatns, the se, at the rner of Gay and Magnolia, was prevly the home of the Gatherg Place Rtrant, a landmark lole s own right.

K Brew Downtown, 507 South Gay Street, Knoxville, November 2019. In addn to the openg of the Embassy Su at 507 South Gay Street last Thursday, a number of ancillary bs opened at the same addrs. The splendid new lotn featur bar seatg facg Gay Street, four tabl for two, and seatg throughout the lobby.

GUI TO GAY STREET KNOXVILLE, TENNSEE

Pierce LaMacchia, K Brew Downtown, 507 South Gay Street, Knoxville, November 2019. Gay St., the rtrant and s downstairs pann, 1930s-era cktail lounge The Vlt, open Jan.

The beer and we lists source mostly om Lat Ameri, Spa and and The Vlt host soft opengs this weekend and will follow CDC and unty health guil for 's a full-circle moment for Jim and Lori, who tried to buy the first floor and basement of the Holston Buildg  2015 and planned to e for Kefi, their Mederranean shared plat rtrant that opened the Old Cy pany, Spac the Cy, also clus Cy Caterg and event spac the Prs Room and the Square was for sale aga, they purchased the Gay Street space one year ago for $2. Sce the 1790s, Gay Street has played a primary role Knoxville’s historil and cultural velopment.

SEE SI VIDA, THE PAN-LAT RTRANT OPENG ON GAY STREET: 'THE ANTHIS OF SCFFY'

Gay Street is home to art galleri, historic theaters, the East Tennsee History Center and more – wh many buildgs listed on the Natnal Register of Historic Plac. Gay Street was the se of the 1796 Constutnal Conventn that rulted the foundg of the state of Tennsee, and was a fol pot for the early polil activy of both the cy and the state of Tennsee.

On the eve of the Civil War, Gay Street was the se of simultaneo Unn and Conferate recg ralli. Durg the Civil War, Gay Street saw some early vlence, a fatal shootg of a Unnist monstrator, days after the firg on Ft. William Sanrs died as the rult of wounds the Lamar Hoe on Gay.

After the war, Gay Street saw extensive mercial velopment as railroad nstctn brought an dtrial boom to Knoxville.

GAY STREET

By 1850, Gay Street was home to three-fourths of Knoxville's mercial activy. In 1854, Gay Street beme Knoxville's first paved road. Almost all public visors to Knoxville ma an appearance on Gay Street.

Durg the Civil War, Andrew Johnson was shot at when he gave a pro-Unn speech on Gay Street.

Others who were seen on Gay Street at one time or another were prohibnist Carrie Natn, Socialist ndidate Eugene V.

GAY STREET BRIDGE NSTCTN ED 4 LN POUNDS OF STEEL | OPN

One of Knoxville’s olst buildgs, the Lamar Hoe, now the ont portn of the Bijou Theatre, was operatg as a hotel facg Gay Street by 1817, when hosted a receptn for Gen. Begng 1908, Gay Street beme the lotn of Knoxville’s first skyscrapers, steel-ame buildgs of 10 stor or more, begng wh the Burwell Buildg, followed by the taller Holston Buildg, and some years later the Andrew Johnson Hotel, which was for almost half a century the tallt buildg East Tennsee.

From 1960 to 1963, Gay Street was the se of dozens of civil-rights monstratns, first s-s at all-whe lunch unters, then monstratns outsi the still-segregated movie theaters.