Club / Bar Guide

 

The Ultimate Guide to Knoxville Night Life
UPDATED
7/7/08

Most of my pics come from da top two clubs, so if want to be famous, 
or just have your pic on my webpage, now you know where to be.

Knoxville's Food and Drink (The Drink This is the new hot spot for knoxvegas!  It's 18+ but there are a lot of OGs wondering around in there.  And thanks to the warm weather, most of the outfits are rather skimpy!
Thr:  Top 40 / Hip Hop
Fri:  Top 40 / Hip Hop
Sat:  Top 40 / Hip Hop
Sapphire Right on Gay St., a very chill bar with a super, too-cool-for-you atmosphere.  But the staff a good peoples and the cliental is always dressed to impress, unless i'm there :D
Thr:  Old school Hip Hop
Fri:  Top 40 / Hip Hop
Sat:  Techno
Folarium I call it the Polarium but really i have no idea what it's really called.  It's got to be the biggest hip hop club in knox, it even has a VIP area on the top floor.  Very swanky.  It also had the highest population of mini-skirts i've ever seen in Knoxville!  Mind blowing!  
Thr:  Top 40 / Hip Hop / Techno
Fri:  Top 40 / Hip Hop / Techno

Sat:  Top 40 / Hip Hop / Techno
Blue Cat's / Tonic / Friction
125 E. Jackson Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37915
865-544-4300
 Closed.  Everybody moved to the Polarium. 
Thr:  NA
Fri:  NA
Sat:  NA

 
Hanna's Cafe II
(in da old city)
A decent sized club for Knoxville.  There's a dance floor on the bottom floor and on the 2nd floor.  They also have a big patio outside to chill when you get to hot, and you will get hot if you go upstairs.      
21+

Fri:  80's pop.  Up stairs - No up stairs 
Sat:  down stars - 80's pop.  Up stairs is closed cause they have old sprinkler system, but it's still the place to be on sat, for a lil while at least.
 
86
(in da old city)
106 S. Central Ave.
865-524-3033

 
I don't frequent this place very often cause the clientele usually isn't up to par, but i went in there the other day to see 2 Live Crew jus to discover they have some pretty hot bar tenders/bar dancers.  Kinda like coyote ugly, but without all that annoying country music.  
18+ (maybe) 
Fri:  Top 40 / Hip Hop
Sat:  Top 40 / Hip Hop / Techno 10-3am
O'Charley's Sports Grille
1915 Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37916
525-7665
Closed.
We had many a good night in this place, but all good things must come to an end
.  They closed good ol' o'chucks down.  I guess we got one too many drinks on da house :)   
Mon:  Nothing
Fri:    Nadda
Sat:   I told you this biatch is closed.
Hooters
8050 Kingston Pike Hwy
Knoxville, TN
423-694-4668
Don't party there much, but i still try to hit it at least once a week.  I go for da food, no, it's da boobies.
Rated E, for everybody!

Sat:  Oldies
Sun:  Oldies
Hanna's Cafe
1901 Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37916
522-9933
Small bar, normally packed with lil' cliques on the weekend.  Always a few cuties running around.  
21+

Fri:  Tape - Random pop 
Sat:  Tape - Random pop

 

Palace (Michael's)
7049 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN

865-588-2455

 

Closed.
This place shines on thurs.  Well shines might be stretching it.  It's the only place i've heard being referred to a meat market.  I guess that's a good thing.

Thr:  DJ - Random pop music 
Fri:  DJ - Random pop music
Sat:  DJ - Random pop music
Amsterdam 
Knoxville, TN 37916
Formally know as RT's Warehouse.  Lil' bar on the ground floor with a big dance floor above it.  How's that work?  Haven't really been in there since the remodeled, which means it probably sucks.    
Fri:  Not sure what they play
Sat:  Not sure what they play
(Charlie Pepper's)
Knoxville, TN 37916
716 20th St.
865-524-8669
The best night to hit this joint is Thursday too.  Who knows why.  Saturday is ok sometimes. 
Thr:  DJ - Random pop music 
Fri:  DJ - Random pop music
Sat:  DJ - Random pop music
Buffalo Wild Wings
1912 Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37916
865-524-9464
Call BW3's for some reason.  A nice sports bar to if you're in the mood to lounge around and not do much.  They do have trivia if you into that stuff.  
Fri:  Tape - Random pop 
Sat:  Tape - Random pop
Bar
Knoxville, TN 37916
Yet another strip bar that lost to the down town appeal. 
Fri:  Not a damn thing
Sat:  Traffic noise
 
Cool Beans
Knoxville, TN 37916
Frat boy & gurl hang out.  Usually really drunk by the time i get there.  Not sure what they do in there.  Some cute gurls according to my camera.
Fri:  Random pop music (really who knows)
Sat:  Random pop music
Chili's Grill & Bar
7304 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN
865-584-8195
A good pre-party spot.  2 for 1 until 10pm.  
Fri:  Random pop music
Sat:  Random pop music
Barley's
200 E. Jackson
Knoxville, TN 37830
865- 521-0092
Good place to go if you like different types of beer on tap.  They've got some good calzones too.    
Fri:  Random pop music
Sat:  Random pop music
The Spot
6915 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919
865-588-8138
Everybody agreed that this place suck, so it closed down.  Bar Darwinism at work. 
This place sucks.  Why'd i add  it you might ask.  I have no idea.

Fri:  Bad live rock 
Sat:  Bad live rock

 

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