Treehouse welcomes executive chef | Nashville Submit

East Nashville cafe The Treehouse has named Richard Jones as govt chef.

Post sister publication Nashville Scene stories that Jones comes from Green Door Connoisseur and is planning a total menu overhaul for January.

“I’m enthusiastic to elevate the dining working experience at this community hold,” Jones (pictured) informed the Scene.

Caroline Black and Kelly Black function the cafe, positioned at 1011 Clearview Ave., by means of POP Hospitality Team proprietor. The Blacks’ places to eat in Middle Tennessee involve NashHouse Southern Spoon and Saloon at the Cambria hotel downtown, The Row Kitchen area & Pub and The Honeysuckle in Franklin.

 
Peg Leg Porker entrepreneurs land permit for foreseeable future Nations locale

The proprietors of Gulch barbecue joint Peg Leg Porker have landed a important permit relevant to the restaurant they are planning in The Nations.

Carey Bringle owns the home at 4901 Centennial Blvd., which is home to two properties. The possession entity comprises Bringle spouse and children associates exclusively and does not include exterior investors, Bringle reported. The household paid out $1.1 million for the .37-acre assets in November 2019, in accordance to Metro information (examine in this article).

The triangular home, past property to car or truck services store and garage U.S. Autocraft, is located on the northern fringe of the quickly-modifying West Nashville district and near the important intersection of 51st Avenue North and Centennial.

The allow, valued at $750,000, will allow for for the renovation of two buildings. Brentwood-based Armstrong Building Group will handle the position.

Bringle opened Peg Leg Porker in The Gulch in 2013, with the BBQ and craft beer eatery possessing considering the fact that garnered significant praise from buyers and culinary aficionados alike. The Bringle loved ones also owns the residence from which that restaurant operates at 903 Gleaves St., obtaining paid out $500,000 for it in late 2012, Metro information demonstrate.

 
Pennington Distilling captures awards

Pennington Distilling Co. has declared its numerous alcoholic beverage manufacturers gained 12 nationwide spirit tasting awards at 3 2020 tasting competitions.

According to a launch, the tasting competitions bundled the San Francisco Planet Spirits Level of competition Awards, the Beverage Tasting Institute/Tastings.com Spirits Opposition and the SIP Awards Worldwide Spirits Level of competition. 

The 2020 San Francisco Planet Spirits Competition Awards drew the most awards for the Pennington manufacturers. Walton’s Vodka and Davidson Reserve Tennessee Whisky the two been given the double gold medals, when Pickers Initial Vodka and Davidson Reserve Tennessee Whiskey One Barrel been given gold medals. Davidson Reserve Tennessee Straight Rye Whiskey acquired a silver medal. Genesis Tennessee Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Whisper Creek Initial Tennessee Sipping Cream positioned with bronze medals. 

Pennington was launched in 2011 in Nashville by wife-and-spouse workforce Jenny Pennington and Jeff Pennington. 

“Winning these awards is a substantial honor for just about every of our models,” the Penningtons explained in the release. “We are extremely happy of our full crew who have labored tough to make Pennington Distilling Business and Nashville come to be regarded in the liquor small business on a nationwide stage.”

 
TailGate now offers waffle fries

Bellevue-spot based TailGate Brewery has released a new food menu in each of its three taprooms, with loaded waffle fries the featured merchandise.

New specialty pizzas on the menu consist of earlier preferred flavors like Hot Honey, Jamaican Jerk, BBQ Hen and Bierfest Pizzas.

“The taprooms have normally existed to showcase our beer, [but] this calendar year we acquired that the food stuff component that we usually genuinely valued as a organization, now was the variation concerning open or closed,” Wesley Keegan, TailGate’s operator, explained in a launch. “We know that as our market evolves, we have to as well. Investing in the addition of waffle fries will allow us to keep making TailGate taprooms improved. We are definitely thrilled to share these and some of our new pizza favorites.”