Boxed into a Corner
The restaurant group that includes the The Corner Pub in midtown and Alley Pub and Dalton's in Bellevue is adding two new nameplates. The Corner Pub in the Woods opened May 9 at 8058 Highway 100, and the owners are in the process of renovating the former Box Seat in Green Hills into a family-friendly smokehouse-style restaurant slated to open July 1.
Keith Blakely, former general manager of South Street and Bound'ry, is overseeing the renovation of the building at 2221 Bandywood Drive, which housed the bygone den of teenage iniquity known as Gameland prior to its sports bar days as The Box Seat. The building has been taken down to the studs and will be rebuilt with a new kitchen and bathrooms and garage doors that open onto patios on both levels (read: smoking will be allowed).
Chef Kelly Weatherford, an alumnus of the recently shuttered Trace restaurant, will man the menu of house-smoked ribs, brisket and salmon. In addition to barbecue, the restaurant will have a taste of the Gulf Coast, with oysters on the half-shell and fresh grouper.
The Corner Pub in midtown and The Corner Pub in the Woods were founded by the same group that opened The Corner Pub in Green Hills at 4111 Hillsboro Pike, but that restaurant is now run by an independent team.
Comments
So when they say "house-smoked ribs," they mean nicotine?
Am I just starting to notice them, or is Nashville starting to get a lot more barbecue joints (or at least ones worth frequenting)? Dee's on the East Side is new to me, though they've been open a few years. Has anyone tried Bailey & Cato's or White's?
Posted 05/21/2008 at 11:10:52 AMEvery time I've been tempted to swing by Bailey & Cato, either they've been closed or I just couldn't stop myself from driving the extra sixteenth of a mile to Mitchell's
Posted 05/21/2008 at 11:36:08 AMThe back patio/grotto at Mitchell's may be my new favorite place to eat in town. This morning, songbirds were chirping everywhere; traffic was slow and seldom; only one or two other people came by. A perfect place to read and gather your wits. And I love the take-a-book/leave-a-book stand outside, courtesy of nearby Inglewood Backs and Tracks.
Posted 05/21/2008 at 11:58:55 AMBailey & Cato is pretty reliably good - more soul foodish than meat and three. The hours are nutty, though; it's pretty much a lunch joint but then sometimes they're open late at night. I can never figure it out. The fried fish on Friday's is totally worth a stop, though.
Posted 05/21/2008 at 01:33:29 PM