Honeybee, A Bee Kind Cafe

one of those spots that knoxville keeps to itself, more or less. honeybee sits on sevier avenue in the fourth and gill adjacent stretch where the city gets quieter and a little more itself, and if you haven't made the detour down that way yet, the coffee alone is reason enough. they roast in-house, which means what ends up in your cup has a shorter, more accountable chain behind it than most places can claim. locally, people talk about this one with the kind of easy confidence that doesn't need much convincing. the neighborhood pulls you in on its own terms, and honeybee fits that register well. worth going on a weekday morning, before the afternoon gets going, when sevier ave is still unhurried.