The group behind well-loved East Nashville restaurant Noko and its in style sister restaurant Kase x Noko is planning to broaden west of the Cumberland. Noko companions Jon Murray, Wilson Brannock and Dung “Junior” Vo will open a 3rd restaurant within the West Finish website final residence to Tin Angel.
The restaurant, to be referred to as Kuya, will open at 3201 West Finish Ave. — however its house owners are staying mum concerning the particulars.
With an distinctive Asian-inspired menu and nice service, Noko leads with its coronary heart
“We’re excited to share extra quickly, however for now it’s a bit of early — we’re nonetheless within the strategy of bringing her to life,” Murray says in a press release to the Scene.
Noko, an Asian-inspired restaurant providing wood-fired delicacies, opened in 2023 and rapidly received Better of Nashville nods — together with a writers’ selection for Greatest Restaurant Bar Expertise in and a readers’ ballot win for Greatest Restaurant. It additionally earned a rave evaluation for its service and meals from Scene meals critic Kay West.
Noko’s sister omakase restaurant, Kase x Noko, opened in December 2024, that includes simply 14 seats and providing prix-fixe multicourse eating experiences.
Scene sister publication the Nashville Publish reported earlier this yr that the previous Tin Angel house would home a restaurant referred to as Kuya, although additional particulars had been unclear. Metro issued a $2 million allow in September for renovation of the house.
Tin Angel closed in 2019 after 25 years in enterprise, with house owners Rick and Vicki Bolsom having deliberate to promote the enterprise and retire. The property has since sat vacant. The property bought in 2019 for $1.33 million. Nashville-based Artisan Construct Assemble will function contractor, having beforehand labored on Noko.
