Alcoa’s First In-N-Out Burger Clears Planning Commission Hurdle

Alcoa’s first In-N-Out Burger has moved a step closer to reality. The Alcoa Municipal-Regional Planning Commission approved concept plans and a related subdivision plat for the restaurant development at Springbrook Farm June 18. A representative of In-N-Out Burger declined to comment on an anticipated construction schedule. The proposed restaurant would be located on Tesla Boulevard […]
The Possum Set to Bring Old-School Southern Cooking to Maryville This Summer

Jack Townsend wants The Possum to feel like “a pocket in time that doesn’t exist anywhere else.” The Maryville native and chef-owner is set to open his first restaurant this summer at 313 N. Houston St. The restaurant’s unlikely name traces back to a tattoo Townsend got around 2019 — a possum eating a slice […]