Kingsport area

Paladin656 · Post by **Paladin656** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:40 pm

Having to go up there for something here soon. What's good to do up there? Never been there myself, and looking for places and things.

Any suggestions?

fangirl17 · Post by **fangirl17** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:26 pm

I partly grew up in kingsport,and well there really isnt anything there..not unless you want to go to the mall thats about it...

sorry :/

necrosynthesis · Post by **necrosynthesis** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:50 am

not much in kingsport except bay's mountain, if you're into nature.

johnson city is 15 minutes away with a good nightlife and music scene.

http://www.ahideaway.com/

if you're into microbrew, check out the sophisticated otter.
and the last I heard, there was a small weekly goth night happening at downtown rafters.

junkie christ · Post by **junkie christ** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:20 am

necrosynthesis wrote:not much in kingsport except bay's mountain, if you're into nature.

johnson city is 15 minutes away with a good nightlife and music scene.

http://www.ahideaway.com/

if you're into microbrew, check out the sophisticated otter.
and the last I heard, there was a small weekly goth night happening at downtown rafters.

i thought the otter closed?

necrosynthesis · Post by **necrosynthesis** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:39 am

404 on the website, so yea. my bad.

johnson city though. land of mullet metal and punkabilly. weeeee.

Silent Huntress · Post by **Silent Huntress** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:08 am

I did grow up in Kingsport and there is nothing to do there. Johnson City does have some nightlife, but not to my tastes. necrosynthesis suggested Bays Mountain if you're into nature. It is pretty good and they do have wildlife (deer, wolves, otters) and a planetarium. Good way to waste an afternoon.

Biker bars abound as do country places.

Sorry, but the Tri-Cities is a black hole for suitable entertainment.

mehem · Post by **mehem** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:17 pm

i grew up near bays mtn.,like someone said it's a very cool place to spend an afternoon...

hideaway is a good place to see a show...they get some pretty cool shows there...i plan on seeing unknown hinson there next week...

the otter(can't remember the new name) now is run by a friend of mine...the food is a lot better...poor richards (j.c.)has good sandwiches,but i'd check out smaller restraunts like nick's or lynn garden restraunt....i'd suggest the mountaineer,but i haven't been there in a while...

the highway is a killer shop for your....errrr...t-shirt needs...one of the guys who owns it drew a few album covers for saint vitus....very cool freaks...

too bad the backdoor shop is no more,but the cat's in j.c. has some cool people who work there and they keep it well stocked...

i can honestly say that after walking in to the downtown pub,the "sports" bar,ralph's,and yes...once..."hog wild"...or hanging out near boozy creek,i can say i've never been scared to walk into anywhere else,anytime...

other than that all i can tell you is it's a great place for a kid build up their imagination...or ride backwood's roads all day ;-)

necrosynthesis · Post by **necrosynthesis** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:03 pm

Is Dad's cd's still in business? I heard there's a new underground cd shop as well. Any word on that?