Top 23 coolest places in Knoxville that no longer exist 1.

The Stone Bench (in the backyard of a house that used to be on Clinch &16th). 2. Raven Records in its original location, where I bought Velvet Undergroound w/ Nico in 1990. 3. Aunt Bee's Diner 4. Acme Pizza 5. Vatican Pizza 6. Salvador Deli 7. Retro Junction 8. Planet Earth 9. Gryphons (I could do an entire list just on Gryphons) 10. The park at the Hyatt Regency. 11. The Torch on open mic nights. 12. Kaveh's house on Highland Ave. 13. Chelsea Station. 14. Surplus City (you can still visit the crumbling foundation on Chapman Hwy, a block down from the turnoff for Ft. Dickerson). 15. Kay's Ice Cream at Kingston Pike and Forest Heights. 16. The drive-in movie theater out in South Knox that used to advertise pornos. 17. Harold's 18. Sam & Andy's 19. Vic & Bill's on the strip 20. Fort Sanders 21. Hawkeye's 22. Laurel High School 23. Mercury Theater