Colorado-based fast-casual restaurant chain Rush Bowls will open in The Gulch on Tuesday, July 25.
Located in the 1201 Demonbreun building and fronting 12th Avenue South, the new store will be the first of at least three that the franchise would like to open throughout Nashville over the next several years, according to a release.
Husband-and-wife business partners Erin Wilkins and Jason Wilkins are the franchisees of the new eatery. The couple previously worked in the health care sector for a combined 42 years.
Founded in 2004, Rush Bowls offers meals crafted from all-natural fruit, topped with organic granola and honey, and blended with protein and vitamins.
Rolf and Daughters owner eyes pizza for east side
Rolf and Daughters chef and owner Philip Krajeck will open a pizza restaurant in East Nashville’s McFerrin Park, Nashville Business Journal reports.
Krajeck has signed a lease for a Meridian Street building (read more here) in the fast-changing area located west of Five Points and east of downtown.
NBJ reports Krajeck will call the eatery Folk and hopes to open by winter. He plans to relocate the Rolf and Daughters bread and pastry baking operations in Germantown to the new place. This could allow for retail sales of the restaurant’s bread.
Whiskey with Nashville tie launches
Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey, a brand with a Tennessee connection, has launched in Portland, Oregon, and will be available in Nashville in August.
The Uncle Nearest team worked with two Tennessee-based distilleries on the product, according to a release. The release does not note which distilleries.
The whiskey is made, in part, to honor the memory of Nathan "Nearest" Green, believed to be the first African-American master distiller and who taught distilling techniques to Jack Daniel.
Uncle Nearest operates a small office in Nashville and also has a Portland presence.
“This whiskey is meant to bring to the forefront the man who so few outside of Lynchburg, Tennessee, knew was one of the most important master distillers in the creation of what is now known as Tennessee whiskey,” the release notes. “Having spent so much time with Green’s descendants, our founders knew their desire was to honor him with a premium whiskey made as close to his way as possible and bring it to every bar and spirit shop around the world, so everyone would know his name.”
The price for the product as recommended for Portland retailers is $59.95.
Holland House closing
Holland House Bar and Refuge, the popular East Nashville restaurant known for helping start what is now a booming food beverage scene on the east side, will close after more than seven years in operation.
Known largely for its craft cocktails, Holland House opened at the northeast corner of McFerrin and West Eastland avenues in March 2010.
Read more here at Post sister publication Nashville Scene.
One Bellevue Place to see Bar Louie open
One Bellevue Place is slated for a Bar Louie, to open Monday, July 31, The Tennessean reports.
It will be the third Nashville-area location for the bar/restaurant chain.
A massive mixed-used project, One Bellevue Place is located on the site of the former Bellevue Center mall.
Jeff Ruby’s turns 1
Jeff Ruby’s Steakhouse Nashville will recognize one year of operation when it holds an anniversary celebration on Thursday, July 27, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Festivities will include a live band, complimentary sushi and cake, and a complimentary passed app, according to a release.
A signature drink (created for the event) and additional menu items will be available for purchase.
The restaurant is located at 300 Fourth Ave. N.