KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Maryville-based coffeehouse and roaster Vienna Coffee announced Friday it will be closing its Knoxville location after four years inside The Regas Building.
The company said its coffeehouses in Maryville and Oak Ridge will not be impacted, and it's planning to open a new location later in October at Pellissippi State's Hardin Valley campus.
Vienna Coffee said it had to close its Knoxville location due to the COVID-19 pandemic's continued impact on staffing and customer traffic.
"Watauga Coffee Company and Vienna Coffee are sad to announce the permanent closing of the Vienna Coffee at The Regas Building," the company said. "We appreciate those of you who embraced our business at this location for almost four years and became part of the community in this space."
The Knoxville Leadership Foundation, who owns and manages
The Regas Building, said this is the only closure inside the building and that it will continue to offer meeting room space inside for non-profits and other organizations.
John Clark, Vienna Coffee's owner and roastmaster, had wanted for years to expand his popular Maryville business into Knoxville. In summer 2017, the company announced it would be opening a new location inside The Regas Building where the original Regas Restaurant was formerly located.