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The Best New Restaurants in America 2017
October 2017
Right now, we just want to break bread with good friends. We don't want gimmicks or concepts. And we don't want to be rushed. What we want is to be transported. And yes, of course we want another great bottle of wine. Because we want to toast the return of real restaurants.
Five Surprising Southern Food Towns
October.November 2017
Pack your bags for these emerging culinary hotspots.
These are Tennessee’s 10 best restaurants
September 18, 2017
From a whimsical tea room in Gatlinburg to an intimate, 24-seat eatery in Nashville, these are the top restaurants in Tennessee.
The 12 Best New Restaurants in America
July 26, 2017
From San Francisco to Knoxville, where to eat right now across America
The Most Luxurious, Romantic Resort Is Not on a Beach
July 7, 2017
Looking to take your partner on a super-luxe vacation? Skip the beach and book a flight to Tennessee.
A Blackberry Farm Chef Goes for a Broader Audience
June 20, 2017
Nothing is off limits to him now. One of his most popular specials is a plate of fiery gochujang ribs topped with scallions and peanuts.
VIENNA COFFEE CO.
Customer Highlight, J.C. Holdway
April 2, 2017
Back in December, we featured J.C. Holdway as our customer highlight. The restaurant features our delicious certified Organic Guatemala Santa Isabel coffee, served in a French press. Here is what they had to say about their experience with Vienna Coffee Company...
GARDEN & GUN MAGAZINE
Garden & Gun’s Fried Chicken Bucket List: A state-by-state guide to the best birds in the South
January 17, 2017
“You can’t go wrong with the spicy if you need a quick fix when you’re traveling. The fried chicken I served at Blackberry Farm was the love child of John Fleer’s and Popeyes.” —Joseph Lenn
Joseph Lenn Showcases Traditional Wood-Fire Cooking and Local Beer at J.C. Holdway in Knoxville
January 17, 2017
Blackberry Farm alum and James Beard award-wining chef Joseph Lenn opened J.C. Holdway to showcase locally and regionally sourced ingredients cooked using traditional wood-fire techniques. The restaurant name and mission also honor Lenn’s Uncle Joe Holdway,
GARDEN & GUN MAGAZINE
The Year in Southern Restaurants
December 29, 2016
In 2016, restaurants below the Mason-Dixon line continued to expand and play with regional flavors and ingredients. These five stood out.
The Most Beautiful Restaurants of 2016
December 21, 2016
Feast your eyes on these 19 stone cold stunners...Occupying a former photography studio, J.C. Holdway boasts a sophisticated interior with plenty of wood (the kitchen revolves around the hearth), incredibly high ceilings, and windows to match.
J.C. Holdway Deliciously Showcases Regionally-Grown Food
October 24, 2016
Chef Joseph Lenn’s solo venture, J.C. Holdway, had been one of the more anticipated restaurant openings this year. The 2013 James Beard Award-winning chef opened his eatery in the Daylight Building last month...
Sharing Our Favorite Things
October 20, 2016
The Channel 10 news team goes over a few of their favorite things...
KDUB Drinks :: Old Fashioned
October 17, 2016
JC Holdway makes simple, southern food well. And Ben Gordon gives us a demo of their classic, signature old-fashioned.
How a Beard Award Winner is Heating Up Knoxville's Dining Scene
September 29, 2016
Chef Joseph Lenn is back in the kitchen. Lenn made a name for himself as the chef of Tennessee's fine-dining destination Blackberry Farm, where he spent 10 years — five as executive chef — and where he became the first person in Tennessee to win the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southeast. Lenn left Blackberry Farm last year to open his own place in nearby Knoxville, and earlier this month, J.C. Holdway let in its first eager customers.
James Beard Award-Winning Joseph Lenn Opens J.C. Holdway Restaurant Downtown
September 14, 2016
It's taken more than a year to get there, but Chef Joseph Lenn officially is back in the kitchen with the Tuesday afternoon opening of J.C. Holdway Restaurant, 501 Union Ave. This is Lenn's first chef-owned operation since the Knoxville native left Walland's Blackberry Farm in April 2015 after 10 years of service.
J.C. Holdway Restaurant Design Plays Up View
September 14, 2016
Johnson Architecture Inc. is no stranger to working with restaurants. In addition to Blackberry Farm and Copper Cellar, the newly opened J.C. Holdway Restaurant on Union Avenue is one of its latest clients. Daryl Johnson, CEO of Johnson Architect, and Jeff Williamson, the point person for the project, said the biggest challenge was creating a design that took advantage of all the window space without impacting the view.
Gnoshing about J.C. Holdway
September 11, 2016
It seems as though all of Knoxville and much of the southeast has been awaiting the day that Joseph Lenn, former executive chef at Blackberry farm, would open his own restaurant. That day has come and we were treated to a preview of what he’s planning to show to the world on Tuesday when J. C. Holdway opens its doors to the public for the first time.
A Sneak Peek of Knoxville's Most Anticipated New Restaurant, J.C. Holdway
September 8, 2016
For Knoxville’s serious eaters this weekend marks the end of a long wait as Chef Joseph Lenn finally opens the doors to J.C. Holdway. The James Beard Award-winning chef’s restaurant on Union Avenue has brought some national attention to the Daylight Building as it was recently listed on Eater.com as one of the fall’s 23 most anticipated restaurant openings. Chef Lenn eased open his doors on Wednesday night...
Chef Joseph Lenn Opens J.C. Holdway at 501 Union Avenue
September 8, 2016
It’s been a long time coming. It was just over a year ago I profiled chef Joseph Lenn, at that time the only James Beard Award winning chef in the state of Tennessee. After his stint as head chef at Blackberry Farm, he’d decided to open his own restaurant and the location would be on Union Avenue in downtown Knoxville.
The 23 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings of Fall 2016
August 31, 2016
It's the most wonderful time of the year for restaurant openings. The fall season, generously defined by Eater as everything from September through the end of the year, is a time for blockbusters, a time for "summer openings" to still debut before city-dwellers scatter for the holidays, a time for tone-setting for the new year to come.
Chef Joseph Lenn Confirms That Opening of J.C. Holdway is Near
August 24, 2016
Chef Joseph Lenn has confirmed that the opening of his Knoxville restaurant — J.C. Holdway — will occur "just after Labor Day'. That's if all goes as planned. The restaurant, located in the Daylight Building at 501 Union Ave., has been under construction for nearly a year. It is named after Lenn's late great uncle, J.C. Holdway, who was a lover of restaurant dining.
The Southern Hot List
(February/March 2016)
The Kitchen Magicians: Seven enterprising chefs who are following their passions at their innovative new restaurants. Joseph Lenn won a James Beard Award for his work at the ultraluxe Blackberry Farm resort in Walland, Tennessee. Named for his great-uncle, the forthcoming J. C. Holdway will bring his confit guinea hen with dumplings and other tradition-inspired dishes to a more relaxed setting in Knoxville. “It’s a much smaller kitchen, which I like,” Lenn says. “I can keep my eye on everything.”
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