🛒 Old Sevier's long-awaited grocery is open

🏗️ TCAT Knoxville's $77M campus nears the finish line

The Gist: TCAT Knoxville's $77 million, three-story campus at Liberty and Division streets is nearing completion. Students are expected in January 2027, with larger labs and updated equipment for automotive and diesel technology, cosmetology, and office programs.

Why It Matters: Larger training labs will give Knoxville students more room to learn trades such as repairing cars and diesel engines.

🛒 Old Sevier Market is officially open

The Gist:Old Sevier Market is now open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 906 Sevier Avenue #130. Founded by Chris Morton, the independent grocery stocks everyday pantry staples, regional produce, and local goods, with staff actively taking shopper requests to fine-tune the shelves.

Why It Matters: South Waterfront residents can walk or bike to buy groceries, and early shoppers can get in when the doors open at 7 a.m.

🥘 Shared platters scooped with soft injera bread

3609 Sutherland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37919

Gosh Ethiopian Restaurant serves Ethiopian meals on shared platters in Knoxville. Injera flatbread takes the place of a fork for scooping slow-cooked beef, chicken, lamb, lentils and vegetable stews. The Sutherland Avenue restaurant opens for dinner Wednesday through Saturday, with Saturday service starting an hour earlier at 4 p.m. Keep Sunday through Tuesday off your dinner plans here; those are its closed days.

✨ Sugar, lemon and water downtown

107 Main St SW Ste 200, Knoxville, TN 37902

Downtown Smooth Spa is a Knoxville facial and hair-removal studio owned by licensed esthetician Kendra Gibbs. Her team includes Paige Campbell, whose specialties include sugaring and brow shaping, and Jessie West, who offers advanced facial treatments. Sugaring uses a paste of sugar, lemon and water. The upstairs studio asks first-time visitors to arrive about 10 minutes early; park in spaces marked “Downtown Smooth Spa Tenants Only.”