Again in February, I gave y’all the heads-up {that a} new Ford Fry restaurant venture was coming to city, and I feel my pleasure was palpable. Effectively now that I can formally announce a gap date for Little Rey, I’m positively pumped!
Little Rey will make you neglect all about Qdoba
Monday, April 14, will likely be Day 1 of a brand new period of eating in Midtown as Little Rey chars its first rooster and pulls its first marg in Nashville, becoming a member of the opposite Little Rey places — Atlanta, Houston and Raleigh, N.C. Backing like a hermit crab into the previous location of Qdoba at 2019 West Finish Ave., Little Rey will occupy virtually 5,000 sq. ft of indoor house, plus a big patio up entrance and a smaller “Secret Backyard” in again. Former Qdoba followers in all probability gained’t acknowledge the place now that the restaurant group’s design group has stripped again the partitions and ceiling to reveal the unique bricks and picket helps of the Nineteen Thirties-era constructing.
Wooden is greater than only a decor merchandise at Little Rey; it’s additionally the first gas supply for the restaurant’s well-known rooster al carbon, which is the premise of many menu gadgets, from road tacos to pozole rojo. Entire and half birds can even be accessible for carryout (so you possibly can skip that grocery retailer rotisserie rooster sooner or later).
Little Rey options an all-day menu, so long as you possibly can wait till 11 a.m. throughout the week to get pleasure from breakfast tacos and huevos rancheros. (They do plan to open a pair hours earlier for weekend brunch, which is able to embody Little Rey’s legendary pancakes.) Different enjoyable particulars at Little Rey embody two styles of margaritas (a home particular and a ruby pink grapefruit version), plus rotating soft-serve flavors and fried plantains as candy treats. Additionally supplied are house-made aguas frescas and a wide array of Mexican beers on faucet and in cans.
To introduce Little Rey to the neighborhood, chef-owner Ford Fry and his group are throwing slightly pre-opening celebration 5 to 9 p.m. this Saturday, April 12. They’ll be handing out free meals, together with queso, street-style tacos, smoked rooster wings tossed in salsa macha and extra. Drinks will likely be accessible for buy. Different leisure will embody face-painting for the children and a DJ to maintain the celebration pumping.
So head on down and welcome the brand new little king to the neighborhood!
