The Corner Lounge

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According to Jack Neely’s Metropulse story, “Back to the Corner,” the Corner Lounge’s beginnings can be traced to the early part of the 20th century.; The building at the corner of Central and Fulton “opened up as the Dutch Diner around 1937, was later the S&S Sandwich Shop, then Turner’s Caf?,” Neely wrote. “Millworkers and car salesmen would come in here for lunch and after work. By 1942, it was known as the Corner Grill.; … “The Corner Grill was a beer joint even in those earliest days. Ernestine Purkey remembers it from when she was a girl. Later running the place, Purkey changed the name to the Corner Lounge after she stopped serving breakfast, concentrating her efforts on the evening crowd. Beginning in 1969, she had reason to. A handsome young fellow from Fountain City, fresh out of the service, showed up at the Corner Lounge, wanting to play piano. ‘If he can play, he can play,’ Ernie remembers as her response. ‘I don’t want to hear no damn banging.’; For the next decade, Con Hunley was an even bigger draw than Ernie’s chili. Women came in hopes of meeting Con; men came in hopes of meeting women. Ernie sold it in 1988.”; After that, the Corner saw some bumpy times. Mike Moore took over in 2003 and made the Corner Lounge a popular local bar again, but he closed the doors in 2004.; The Corner reopened on February 4, 2005, with familiar Knoxville musician and sound man Ed Corts and his family taking the reins. Since then, the Corner Lounge has grown into one of Knoxville’s most popular music venues and neighborhood hangouts. Offering a full menu, live music and great beer on tap, the Corner Lounge is here to stay.

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