Well if you grew up in North Knoxville --- you knew where the original Louis' Pizza Restaurant was! And I remember when the brothers had a fight and 1 opened a 2nd Louis' restaurant next door to the original.
And in Lonsdale, where my grandparents lived until retirement, there was a small restaurant where we went to Sunday dinner (Heath's I believe was the name) after church at Euclid Ave. Baptist Church! Lordy the memories when I was little with my granny and grandpa in that area! Sometimes when I'm in Knoxville visiting now, I still go by their old house.
Oh, and I used to watch the Cas Walker show in the early mornings just to hear Ms. Dolly Parton sing -- I loved hearing her then and now. PLUS, we used to vacation every summer in Pitman Center (where she was raised) -- and walk to the Parton store for ice cream!
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Kay's Ice Cream with the big ice cream cone outside was a S Knoxville icon, and had been since the 50s I think, when I moved to Knoxville in 1982. Kay's closed (sadly) during the pandemic, but the ice cream cone is still there, and there is a Thai restaurant where Kay's used to be, but it does serve ice cream of some sort.
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So who won between the Louis brothers, or did they both go out of bidness?
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