An establishment of the Old City will soon be closing its doors for good after its owner confirmed it will be sold alongside another well-known Old City restaurant.
Randy Burleson, the owner of The Crown & Goose and Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria, confirmed he has agreed to sell the properties to Thomas and Harrison Boyd.
The Boyd brothers plan to keep Barley's Taproom open at 200 East Jackson Avenue, but said Crown & Goose at 123 South Central Street will close at the end of October.
The Central Street property will become home to an unannounced project. The sale is expected to be finalized in November, and the Boyds will take over officially on Nov. 15.
Burleson said it was difficult to give attention to the Old City locations, saying the sale will allow him to focus more on his family as well as his long-standing chain of restaurants, Aubrey's.
He said he plans on expanding Aubrey's to Greeneville and Hixson, and also is moving forward with plans to open one in the Kerns Bakery in South Knoxville in 2019.
Burleson also said he's planning on opening a new concept restaurant in Happy Holler sometime in the near future, saying it will be a small restaurant that 'his wife is very excited about.'
These closures and changes are only the start of more growth not just in the Old City, but all along Central Street down into Happy Holler.
That's where Abridged Brewing will open a second location this spring.
But until they need it, the building at Central and Anderson will be known as 'The Outpost,' a pop-up music venue with more than 60 concerts scheduled between November and March.
"We've seen the city come alive for live music and we're really happy to continue it right here in Happy Holler," said Kent Oglesby, owner of Borne & Raised Productions.
His group has been working for about two months to book shows in their temporary venue.
Oglesby hopes this musical pop-up can connect both ends of Central Street.
"We really believe in this area," he said. "It's kind of a nice little, its own like entertainment district here in Knoxville from right here in Happy Holler just up Central Street all the way in to the Old City."
As more restaurants and venues open along this corridor, Oglesby hopes to see more people venture past the train tracks.
"We've got one more spot for people to come and spend their Friday and Saturday nights that is a really cool place to be," said Oglesby.
You can check the concert line-up here.