Tue
Feb 23 2010
06:00 pm
By: R. Neal
We are told that Nama is moving in next door to the downtown Regal Regal Riviera cinema where Gridiron Burgers was going to be before they folded.
Nama currently has two locations, one in Bearden and one on the 100 Block of Gay St. which is currently closed for construction but still accessible to pedestrians. Guess they are moving from the 100 Block to the 500 Block?
UPDATE: Bill Lyons notes this City Council agenda item. Guess that confirms it.
UPDATE: Bill Lyons reports in comments that City Council approved the lease by a 9-0 vote.
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Proposed lease of Cinema Retail Space
It is on tonight's agenda. For the details go to the following link and scroll to item 11b in resolutions and click on blue outline around summary.
(link...)
By the way the detailed agendas with are put on line at this link either late Thursday or early Friday every other week before the council meeting. The council members get their packets with hard copies of this information delivered on Thursday PM.
I'm still trying to picture
I'm still trying to picture dinner and a movie, featuring Nama octopus tako sashimi followed by Dukes of Hazard IV starring Johnny Knoxville.
I haven't been there, but
I haven't been there, but their menu looks pretty good.
Randy, it's really good.
Randy, it's really good.
I'm still trying to picture
Yes Bubba, it is indeed hard to picture that, but I could see a nice rainbow roll, maybe an "ocean commotion", and some house infused saki followed by something like Michael Clayton, or Avatar.
Dear Bubba, it appears you are trying to smear my wife's favorite restaurant in Kville (even after the sale) as somehow out of step with what the average Joe really wants and thus not a good idea. Even if this is only in jest...have you ever tried to get a table at Nama on even a Tuesday night? Always a wait. And forget TH-Sun unless you have Olympic caliber standing-in-line muscles.
Lease was approved
I easily could have missed it but have not seen that the outcome has been reported anywhere as of yet. FYI City Council did approve the lease last night by a 9-0 vote.
Good News
The Bottom Line is reporting:
So it looks like the result will be a net gain for downtown.
~m.
From Bill's link above
From Bill's link above (thanks, Bill!), it's a ten year lease proposal. More details:
(link...)
Oh well
No. Not particularly good for the 100 Block. But it is good for the city to have a tenant, and I expect Nama will welcome additional space. And life has not been easy for them during this construction.
On the other hand, it would have been nice to have recruited an additional business, rather than one we already have. Maybe once the 100 Block gets past this construction the current space will attract a new tenant. The current location has limitations that would preclude most restaurant models from working out (i.e. size of kitchen and dining area).
Whatever goes in, I think it would do best by focusing on catering to the few hundred people that live within a block of its front door.
~m.
no, on balance this is good
no, on balance this is good news. I was worried that they might abandon the 100 block and keep Bearden. Not a net gain. But in this market with 100 block construction to boot, at least downtown hasn't lost Nama.
In unrelated program activities, saw a realtor friend at the store this afternoon. A listing in Fourth and Gill on Luttrell Street that's been sitting through the winter suddenly has multiple offers.
Sounds like a spring thaw may be upon us.
Worshiping Mediocre
seams like everyone on here worships Nama. Its overpriced for the mediocre sushi they serve and to attack poor "R. Neal" for voicing his opinion just because it differs from yours........... Realy.......
So where can you get better
So where can you get better sushi for less in Knoxville?
I'd love to know, as I am continually held hostage by my wife's sushi habit/obsession.
Sure you can get better sushi in OTHER towns for less, but we've looked long and hard here. SOBU is cheaper, but not better. And Nama's 1/2 price nights are hardly overpriced.
Just for the record, I never
Just for the record, I never said anything about Nama sushi except a) I haven't tried it, but b) their menu looks pretty good.
nama
Never been to nama. I found it amusing when a Beacon reporter did a review and said "The place is pretentious and overpriced!" But its always crowded so they must be doing something right. I like sushi and cupcakes and bacon, but there is something that seems too pretentious and cutesy about Knoxville's food trends, like eating bacon cupcakes at a yoga studio. This is a little off post, but was on my mind.
Well, what are those
Well, what are those expectations?
Bacon sushi. Bacon. Wrapped in bacon.
And an all-bacon cupcake, with bacon fat frosting.
And a purse made of bacon that you can carry bacon in.
I mean, bacon's good and
I mean, bacon's good and everything, but the Great Hipster Bacon Frenzy of 2009 started to wear thin pretty quickly. Time to move on.
The "Great Hipster Bacon
The "Great Hipster Bacon Frenzy" – best phrase I've heard today. I never quite caught onto the utter coolness of saying "ummm, bacon," and I agree with Stacey. Something about the combination of cupcakes, bacon and yoga just seems like it's trying too hard.
Not that I don't like a nice rasher, not-too-crisp. Don't think I could stomach salo, though.
I suppose I know what was on your cornflakes this morning
Starting my week on this note, thanks!
You didn't attend. You don't know the people who put it together.
So it's logical that you decide you must call out a pretentious event sponsored by people trying too hard. The fact is your opinions are presumptuous and you aren't trying hard enough.
It's not a trend. It's a way to have fun, meet people, eat good local food, and encourage the community to come together. We're here all the time and it is an attitude that we are trying to live out day to day.
You are the ridiculous aginners of the day.
You are the ridiculous
You are the ridiculous aginners of the day.
I see, and raise a bacontini. And bacon toothpaste.
You don't know what you're talking about ergo ridiculous aginner
Swine & Dine Menu:
Holly Hambright, General Manager Nama Sushi Bar Bearden, Catering Consultant EOS Catering:
Lobster Bacon “Bisque”, Bacon Wrapped Sea Scallop, Corn and Bacon Timbale
Dave McCauley and Chris Dufree Pitmasters for Q the Pig a BBQ Production:
Smoked, bacon wrapped, stuffed peppers with a smokey, three cheese and bacon macaroni with a Strawberry Habanero sauce
Robert Birkholz, Tomato Head Maryville:
Confit pork shoulder croquette with frisee, alan benton’s country ham, sorghum vinegarette and country ham/cola jus
Meg Parrish and Lindsay Beeson of Craft and Spoon:
A Dessert table of: Bourbon Bacon Caramel Corn, Bacon Toffee Ice Cream with Maple Cones, Bacon Toffee Bars, Sugar Cookies Coffee from Java Coffee, creamer, sugar
You don't know what you're
You don't know what you're talking about
Hey, I got no problem with you guys, or with the local baconfest stuff. We've got an actual legitimate reason to celebrate bacon in ET, but the larger nationwide bacon fashion trend is just stupid.
Confit pork shoulder
Pairs well with PBR...
Don't think I could stomach
Don't think I could stomach salo, though.
Vodka is the key.
Is this a haiku?
Ahh bacon
how I loved you once
No longer on my diet
OK, I dunno about
OK, I dunno about "pretentious," and I certainly wouldn't apply it to Peg, who is top drawer and Magpies, which is one of my favorite places (sadly for my pitiful attempts at dieting), so I'll take that part of my 'agreement' back.
There ain't enough vodka
I have a friend who took a job in Kiev about a decade ago whom I used to kid about salo (the thought of which turns my stomach).
He loves it now.
(shudder)
Pretentious
I felt the atmosphere at glowing bowl was pretentious, but I put up with it as it was convenient to work and healthy fast food is a rare & wonderful thing. Especially dishes that are a lot of trouble to make at home (restaranteurs take note).
So is the bacon festival a way of saying "we're just down home folks"?
Or is it saying "we're so healthy we can get away with eating bacon cupcakes".