Matt Ward

• Nightlife: The Outlook is a late-night foodie's dream bar Published 05/15/2013 at 5:11 p.m.

  It’s not often that I give an overwhelmingly glowing review, but this time out The Outlook has earned it. Of the more than 100 bar reviews I have done in the past 18 months I have not come across a ...

• Nightlife: Green's Tavern is smarter than your average bar Published 05/09/2013 at 1:15 p.m. 2 Comments

  Green’s Tavern is located in the shopping center where the Kroger used to be near the corner of Cedar Bluff and Kingston Pike in West Knoxville. (It is my second shopping plaza bar review in as many weeks.)

• West Knoxville nightspot Roger's Place ventures into live music Published 04/30/2013 at 3:38 p.m.

  On several occasions while visiting Off The Wall in in West Knoxville I have noticed a bar in the back of the place called Roger’s Place.

• The Half Barrel still going strong on the Strip Published 04/24/2013 at 6:31 p.m.

  The Cumberland Avenue Strip is a wonderful place even if you aren’t in college.

• Wannabe rock stars welcome at Bullfeathers Published 04/18/2013 at 1:46 p.m. 1 Comment

  Many a night I have been in bars when karaoke was the main form of entertainment. Even more often, I have seen posts on Facebook from friends singing on a stage with lots of 45 records wallpapering the area behind ...

• Nightlife: Magnolia venue strives for constant creativity Published 04/10/2013 at 3:20 p.m.

  I find the places I cover in a number of ways. One is by looking at the event calendar on Knoxville.com.

• Blackstock rises from ashes of Valarium Published 04/04/2013 at 2:39 p.m.

  Not long ago, a fixture in the Knoxville music scene closed its doors for good.

• The Lineup Bar in South Knoxville keeps on chugging Published 03/27/2013 at 5:53 p.m.

  Chapman Highway in South Knoxville has become somewhat of a graveyard for bars since the closure of the Henley Bridge a few years back. In the last six months alone, two bars I have covered in the past have closed ...

• North Knoxville's Melody Bar left writer singing a new tune Published 03/20/2013 at 4:24 p.m.

  Knoxville was a very different place in the 1950s. Clinton High School became one of the first school’s in Tennessee that was required to desegregate only to be destroyed by a series of bombs not long after. Depot Avenue was ...

• Old City's Wagon Wheel rolls with simple approach Published 03/13/2013 at 2:07 p.m.

  Wagon Wheel, a new bar in the Old City, is completely OK with being called a dive bar. In fact, if you find them on Facebook it says, “Wagon Wheel — Dive Bar.”

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