Each time opera singer Jonathan Cilia Faro pulls into his Nashville driveway, he looks across the gate at his neighbor's house and has one wish.
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Stephen Chandler has made a career of the food industry working in steak and ramen restaurants that specialize in the total dining experience in Colorado and Nashville, so when the opportunity to join Eunice and Carlos Kal as general manager of a new venture in Chattanooga, he jumped at the chance.
In 2010, Jim Masiella had a stroke and was looking for a new gig. He decided to get out of the brick-and-mortar restaurant business and bought a food truck in 2012 after seeing an ad online for a truck in Nebraska. Today, Masiella and Elaine Essary co-own California Smothered Burrito, which offers a variety of Southwest favorites.
For the last part of 2020 and the early part of 2021, any Chattanooga-area event or festival involving live music had a line through it indicating it had been canceled.
Chattanooga's Friends of the Festival, the organization that produced the Riverbend Festival for nearly 40 years and the Riverfront Nights summer series for more than a decade, is back in business.
For all the forced downtime resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, count Grace Potter among those who have used the time for deep introspection. The Americana singer said the break has helped her rediscover herself, her family and her music.
Tivoli Foundation Executive Director Nick Wilkinson said his team of employees had been gearing up for Monday's opening of the application process for the national Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program for months.
The Chattanooga Market will open on schedule this weekend at First Horizon Pavilion with the usual assortment of winter and early spring produce, arts, and crafts, and you will even be able to get a meal from a food truck or a glass of beer or wine, something you couldn't do last year.
Since opening in 2014, the Bitter Alibi on Houston Street has been a popular place for folks looking for a craft beer or cocktail and delicious food.
