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Jun 9 2024
06:50 am
Our visit to Kern's Food Hall
By: bizgrrl

We finally made it to the Kern's Food Hall. It was a bit better than we expected. Nicely refurbed inside. Liked the event lawn. People were watching a baseball game. Made me want to watch baseball.

The variety of food is intriguing. We look forward to the cuban (Hemingways) and pizza (Ava Italian) restaurants. We got donuts at Richy Kreme and coffee and a breakfast bite at Awaken Coffee.

We browsed through Archer Paper Goods and Mae Lee's Boutique. Didn't see Mellow Knox or we would have visited. Loved Archer Paper Goods. Well done.

There were quite a few customers there, from entire families to singles. We were there around noon and the brew pub and bar already had customers.

Parking was easily accessible, flat, and paved. We lucked into a spot right at the entrance. Currently there is no traffic light to get out of the area. You can easily turn right, but you are taking your chances to turn left to go South on Chapman Hwy. We did it, but a little dangerous. It is my understanding they will eventually have access to the light just south of the facility.

Here are some pics (click image for more...):

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jbr's picture

Kerns Food Hall vendors waiting out slow summer

Submitted by jbr on Thu, 2024/06/13 - 9:28pm.

Kerns Food Hall vendors waiting out slow summer

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Kern's Food Hall introduces parking fees after 2 hours ...

Submitted by jbr on Tue, 2024/09/03 - 11:23am.

On most days, people will be allowed to park for free for up to two hours. After that, they will be charged $5. If they park longer than four hours, they will be charged $10.

On game days, when Tennessee Football plays in Neyland Stadium, the food hall will charge everyone who parks. It will cost $5 to park for the first hour, and an additional $5 for subsequent hours. It will cost $30 to park for more than five hours, but the fee will not rise higher than that on game day.

Kern's Food Hall introduces parking fees after 2 hours on most days, more charges on game days

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Does this mean I have to give

Submitted by bizgrrl on Tue, 2024/09/03 - 2:57pm.
(in reply to jbr)

Does this mean I have to give payment information when I arrive and they don't charge until the 2+ hours pass? How will it work?

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Kern's Food Hall suspends plan to implement parking fees

Submitted by jbr on Thu, 2024/09/05 - 10:15am.
(in reply to jbr)

Kern's Food Hall said on Aug. 29 that it planned to start charging fees for people to stay parked for longer than two hours on most days. On Tuesday, the food hall decided to suspend those plans indefinitely and find another way to generate revenue.

Kern's Food Hall suspends plan to implement parking fees

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‘We made a mistake;’ Kern’s Food Hall explains parking...

Submitted by jbr on Thu, 2024/09/05 - 10:55pm.

When customers who have already set up an account with Metropolis visit Kern’s, they’ll get a text and then scan a QR code once they make a purchase, and their parking ticket will be validated. After that, they are welcome to stay as long as they like with free parking.

For those using the service for the first time, Dominguez explained that they will need to scan a QR code to sign up for the service, link their license plate, and then follow the same steps as those who already have an account.

‘We made a mistake;’ Kern’s Food Hall explains how parking will work

bizgrrl's picture

It appears to me that they

Submitted by bizgrrl on Fri, 2024/09/06 - 5:44am.
(in reply to jbr)

It appears to me that they will still charge for parking if you don't make a purchase.

"While it was not directly stated on Thursday, it seems that those who park at Kern’s and do not make a purchase may still be subject to parking fees through Metropolis."

They are using Metropolis for parking management. Sheesh. What could go wrong? As possibly mentioned before, we had a problem with the Metropolis parking downtown where we already had a Metropolis account. We pulled into a garage we tried to sign up for the parking but it wouldn't let us add a second license tag, thus it tried to charge us for a car that we weren't driving that day and would never leave the garage that day. We pulled out of the garage and went to another garage and all was ok. However, we had to contact the company to get the 1st garage parking fees removed. Not all that user friendly.

Then, getting your parking ticket validated. Bleah. Will it be remembered? Will I have to return to get it validated? Is there a minimum purchase? Yada yada yada...

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Discrimination?

Submitted by Up Goose Creek on Fri, 2024/09/06 - 3:58pm.

So only people who have smart phones or remember to bring them can park at Kerns? And those who want their privacy invaded by an app. This feels dystopian.

I was there last week and just backed into the space. I was relieved when I heard the first 2 hours are free.
I wasn't about to participate in a convoluted song and dance.

I don't understand not charging for game day parking. Post someone at the entrance to collect money like all the other businesses and give tickets that include a couple of $5 coupons for food vendors. That's my old school solution.

The way it stands now discriminates against geezers , luddites, and the tech challenged.

bizgrrl's picture

Exactly.

Submitted by bizgrrl on Fri, 2024/09/06 - 4:06pm.
(in reply to Up Goose Creek)

Exactly.

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