You’ll be able to say quite a lot of issues about Nashville restaurateurs, however you’ll be able to’t say they’re not optimistic! Even within the face of a number of restaurant closures and in an setting the place enterprise has been extraordinarily sluggish since Christmas, we’re in the midst of a spate of recent openings — all from skilled house owners/operators with observe data for achievement. I wouldn’t wager towards these new spots seeing related success going ahead, as a result of their house owners have already been by way of the wars. Right here’s what’s new on the native eating and consuming scene.
The Whiskey Dip
A brand new neighborhood cocktail bar opened final week within the coronary heart of the Nations at 1105 51 Ave. N., the previous dwelling of Rock’n Dough Pizza & Brewery. Now referred to as Completely Nice, the brand new enterprise is a venture from a bunch of bar trade veterans: Jerrod Carlgren, Scout Crampton, Steve Perdue and Joe Zakowski, together with appearing normal supervisor and advisor Jacob Forth.
It’s clear these vets know what they need out of a watering gap, and Completely Nice ought to be a pleasant addition to the neighborhood as what the house owners describe as an “all day, each day” informal cocktail bar and kitchen, open three hundred and sixty five days a 12 months from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
The bar menu is deliberately obscure and unpretentious, providing choices like Vodka Drink, Gin Drink and Tequila Drink. Simply because they didn’t dig right into a tome of poems to provide you with drink names doesn’t imply that they aren’t artistic, so don’t be afraid to ask what’s within the glass. You is perhaps stunned to find a delight like a martini variation made with vodka and an asiago fat-washed olive brine with caper berry and pepperoncini.
The meals menu appears excellent to accompany a bit of day consuming, with huevos rancheros and a bodega-style ham, egg and cheese biscuit for breakfast, fried pickles, sticky wings, mojo pork nachos and truffle fries for bar snacks or lunch, and extra substantial objects akin to a Juicy Lucy Burger, pierogis, a fried Buffalo hen sandwich and a Whiskey Dip made with shaved ribeye, caramelized onions, Swiss cheese and a smoked whiskey jus that calls out to me.
Completely Nice cultivates an appropriately dim, barely divey atmosphere, that includes outsized cubicles, classic furnishings, a free-to-play pool desk and a completely enclosed patio and an outside yard area for visitors.
“It was a real crew effort when it got here to constructing the menus and the setting of Completely Nice,” says Zakowski in a gap announcement. “We shopped, examined and constructed this collectively, from the wallpaper to the cocktails to the couches. If you need it, likelihood is we will make it and we’ll do it fortunately, whether or not it’s a easy beer and a shot, a basic cocktail, or one thing extra on-trend. The bar and kitchen will function with these key targets: quick, pleasant, and high quality. From there, it’s regardless of the visitor must really feel completely superb. We’re your escape and we’re your common hang-out, and we will’t wait to see you.”
Completely Nice will welcome all ages in the course of the day, providing a full food and drinks menu earlier than changing into a 21-and-up bar after 7 p.m. every day.
Twenty-First not too long ago opened at 1602 twenty first Ave. close to Hillsboro Village within the constructing that was previously dwelling to Kay-Bobs and H-Cues poolroom. The brand new restaurant is a three way partnership between Dalton Crow of Simply One Extra Hospitality Group (Crow’s Nest, Dalton’s, Nobles, and so forth.) and Pizza Excellent proprietor Amir Arab. The pool corridor has moved subsequent door above the pizza parlor, however visitors ascending the steps to Twenty-First’s enticing higher eating room won’t ever acknowledge the area because the earlier gritty billiards room.
Seating 186 within the two eating rooms together with extra space on two patios, the restaurant options versatile seating choices on the bar, alongside banquettes, cubicles and free-standing tables. A beautiful see-through wine wall units off the area between the staircase and upstairs eating space, and a soundtrack of clean jazz completes the ambiance.
It was initially deliberate as extra of a sports activities bar idea, and there are nonetheless just a few televisions above the bar and a big display on the higher patio, which ought to turn into a well-liked place to observe video games when the climate is hotter. The menu is unquestionably extra upscale than typical sports-bar fare, that includes internationally impressed apps like tuna tartare with soy caviar and a crab rangoon dish that was extra like a fritter than what you may see on a Chinese language buffet. The remainder of the limited-opening menu included a pleasant scallops dish, a New York Strip and a pan-fried duck breast. The kitchen expects to broaden the menu after Twenty-First will get its toes beneath it and add lunch and brunch service quickly.
The restaurant will finally be open from 11 a.m. till midnight with upstairs turning 21+ for a “reverse comfortable hour” from 10 p.m. till midnight. These of us of a sure age may keep in mind the favored late-night discounted menu at Sundown Grill, so I’m wanting ahead to that choice. (If I can keep up that late.)
Alebrije tacos, 2022
Edgar Victoria has lastly gotten all his permits in an effort to open the doorways at his new location of Alebrije, which I first informed you about late final 12 months. Taking the place of the previous Otaku Ramen area at 604 Gallatin Pike, Victoria has spent his time ready on inspections to cowl the partitions with dramatic murals and refine his menu of “high-end informal” Mexican delicacies. After a short while providing carryout orders and serving to patrons at his next-door neighbors at Coral Membership, Victoria will formally welcome visitors Wednesday, Jan. 22.
I’ve been monitoring his menu experiments on Instagram, and dishes like carne asada en salsa verde and chorizo potato flautas have gotten me fairly excited. When you get there earlier than I do, tell us what you suppose!
Gramp’s Storage Bar
Lastly, Sean “Large Daddy” Porter is proud to announce the delivery of the newest addition to his Daddy’s Canines empire with Gramp’s Storage Bar at 2913A Gallatin Pike on the nook with Trinity Lane. Porter reached out to his legions of followers to dig by way of their very own garages to assist furnish the brand new joint with a riot of litter lining the partitions and cabinets. (You may even spy a giant saltwater fishing rod and a crappy blue Walmart bicycle with no pedals which have cleared up some area in my very own basement to discover a dwelling among the many “decor” meant to imitate the cupboard space of a hoarder grampa.)
Along with a daily menu of informal food and drinks, Porter has introduced what he’s calling “Twisted Tuesdays,” an all-sober weekly occasion in partnership with Killjoy. Tuesdays will function no alcoholic choice, simply mocktails and THC/CBD drinks, however all of the enjoyable you’d count on for a night deliberate by Large Daddy. Gramp’s Storage Bar opens nightly at 5 p.m. till Porter decides to go dwelling.
