When the digital clock on the desk struck 11:11, my faculty roommate would soar up and exclaim “get together minute!” and we’d all dance across the room for 60 seconds. So in fact I used to be eager about her as I went to take a look at ELEVEN11, the brand new East Nashville restaurant and bar.
ELEVEN11 involves Dickerson Pike courtesy of Alexis Soler (of Previous Glory and The Solar Room) and Michelle Pham. I’m a longtime fan of Soler’s work, so it did look like a celebration within the making as I headed over. Pham confirms that they selected the title due to the magical nature of that hour on the clock, and the truth that the promise of something occurring at 11:11 is known around the globe. “Anybody around the globe can take a look at a clock and see that it’s particular,” Pham says.
Alexis Soler’s new enterprise units up store within the constructing as soon as dwelling to The Stadium Inn
ELEVEN11 opened within the outdated Piggly Wiggly location between Fancypants and Junior. Their new spot is each a bar (on the left) and a restaurant (on the suitable). The restaurant has simply 11 seats, at excessive tops and a bar counter. The bar had a smooth opening final month, and slowly opened the restaurant this month. The small menu is full of flavorful, Vietnamese-inspired dishes, together with tomato rice — a savory fried consolation meals that appears extra like a hash brown than rice. Different standouts embrace the hand-cut garlic noodles and grilled entire fish or ribeye. The ginger tofu ice cream is served on a chilly rock that retains its low temperature while you’re consuming, no threat of melting. With so few seats and such a stellar menu, reservations are extremely really helpful.
Events of 4 or extra might also make reservations for one of many cozy cubicles within the bar. The bar is a separate room, and in some ways, feels worlds away from the tiny eating room. This house is pure cocktail lounge; with the type of ingenious cocktail listing we’ve come to count on from Soler. She and Pham have developed an intensive cocktail menu, together with zero-proof drinks, beer, sake, combined cocktails and wines, together with glowing and orange wines. Soler and Pham let the house dictate the format and vibe. The bar aspect provides alternatives for intimate conversations in cubicles, chatting with new pals on the bar, and an open flooring for dancing gone get together minute.
ELEVEN11 is positioned at 913 Dickerson Pike and is open Wednesday via Sunday.
