Midtown Kenect Nashville’s mixed-use tower saw the opening of MR*T Cafe.
According to a release, MR*T (pronounced “market”) will focus on takeout food and beverage options. The adress is 800 19th Avenue S.
Terms of the lease with Infuse Hospitality, owner of MR*T, and Akara Partners, owner of Chicago-based Kenect, as well as the cost of commissioning are not disclosed.
MR*T will feature a full coffee bar via local coffee concept Frothy Monkey and grab-and-go selections from Tennessee entities such as The Loveless Cafe, Oliver & Sinclair Chocolate Company, SuckerPunch Hydration and Walker Brothers Kombucha.
Local artist and designer Joe Geis created a mural for the interior of the space.
New York-based Infuse also plans an MR*T in a Kenect building in Phoenix. Infuse operates its concepts out of residential and hotel buildings. The company’s Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea is its flagship coffee concept, with locations in Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Los Angeles. The company also operates a concept in Providence.
“We are passionate about celebrating local flavors and fostering connections within communities,” Ashley Hartle, CEO of Infuse Hospitality, said in the release. “Our collaboration with Kenect Nashville to introduce MR*T reflects our commitment to delivering immersive experiences that resonate with the dynamic spirit of Nashville. We are excited to bring this vision to life and contribute to the thriving local culture.
Other Infuse concepts include Noa, Remedy Tenant Lounge, Poindexter Coffee, Reiners Bar and Game Room and The Foyer.
MR*T is open every day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
East Nashville Hotel Rooftop Bar Opens on Main Street
Waymore’s Guest House and Casual Club in East Nashville saw the opening of rooftop bar Tall Tales.
According to a release, Tall Tales features a 2,000-square-foot indoor bar and lounge and a 4,000-square-foot rooftop. Hundreds of feet of custom planters, curated by Oasis Design, are filled with more than 500 trees, bushes, flowers and herbs.
Chef Daniel Gorman oversees the bar which opened a few days ago.
Through an LLC, L+R Hotels and Bullwhip Capital acquired the building (but apparently no element of the business) from Lyla Tov Hospitality Holdings LLC, which included Nashville-based developer Adam Leibowitz and various partners commercial. This transaction took place in September 2022 and amounted to $27.75 million (read here).
“Tall Tales is about celebrating the independent spirit in all of us,” Jeff Burns, co-owner of Bullwhip, said in the release. “But above all, it is a space where everyone should feel welcome. This is where you can be whoever you want – dreamer, joker, good time, lover – with the famous Nashville skyline as your backdrop.
Nashville-based Dryden Architecture and Design led the redesign of what had been called FieldHouse Jones Hotel, with Austin-based New Waterloo Hospitality Group managing the property.
The five-story hotel building opened briefly in late 2019 before closing after suffering damage in the March 2020 tornado and then in the face of the pandemic.
Waymore’s Guest House and Casual Club is billed as a “pet-friendly hotel” featuring 93 rooms, 15 suites and several dormitories, each with floor-to-ceiling windows, a walk-in shower and a conventional workspace. The hotel also offers an all-day café at Waymore’s.
Tall Tales is open Sunday through Thursday from 4pm to 11pm and Friday and Saturday from 4pm to 1:30am.
Double Dogs sports bar to close in west end
Dog-friendly burger and beer company Double Dogs will close its Sylvan Heights location on July 1. Nashville Business Journal reports.
Quoting a social media post, JNB reports that the Hillsboro Village Double Dogs will remain open (read here).
The Bowling Green-based parent company opened the Sylvan Heights location in summer 2016, and the Hillsboro Village location on 21st Avenue South began operations in 2015.
Double Dogs operates out of a building on a site developed by Nashville-based HG Hill Realty Co. (and which includes a residential component).