In focus: Benjamin Goldberg

Restaurateur Benjamin Goldberg of Strategic Hospitality has been helping Nashville become a hipper place since 2003, so he was pretty gratified to see the city’s culinary scene garner national attention in 2012.

In a year filled with U.S., and even international, media outlets praising Nashville’s food and entertainment charms, one of the most talked-about restaurants remained The Catbird Seat, which Goldberg launched in late 2011 with his business partner and brother Max. The kudos Catbird has received could fill a book.