AMERICANO COFFEE SLATES OPENING IN WEHO
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- 22 Nov, 2018
Also: Chaatable lands permit; The Bakery Cos. upgrades McDonald’s buns
Americano Coffee Lounge will open Thursday, Oct. 25, in Wedgewood-Houston's Houston Station.
The café will have an address of 434 Houston St. and will be accessed via the exterior of Houston Station. The space is located to the left of restaurant/bar Bastion. In addition to coffees and tea, Americano will offer menu items including Italian sodas, pastries, charcuterie boards, sandwiches and dessert flights.
With 1,200 finished square feet, the space offers about 50 seats and features a stage and piano for live music performances. Owner Cody Pellerin, who previously worked in the music industry as a singer-songwriter and then in the financial industry, said Americano will offer a 1940s décor vibe with its furniture, accessories, lighting and color scheme.
The café (read more here) will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Chauhan team lands permits for Chaatable
Nashville-based celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan and her team have landed a permit related to their future West Nashville restaurant Chaatable.
To take cues from Indian street food, the restaurant will be located at 4001 Charlotte Ave. in the former Salt & Vine space in Hill Center Sylvan Heights. S&V closed in June after a two-year run.
Chauhan will team with husband Vivek Deora to operate the restaurant, via their Morph Hospitality Group, which operates Indian restaurant Chauhan Ale & Masala House, Chinese restaurant Tansuo and modern diner The Mockingbird, all located in the North Gulch.
The latest Chaatable permit is valued at $20,000.
The Bakery Cos. eliminate preservatives for McDonald’s buns
Nashville-based The Bakery Cos. has eliminated preservatives from the buns it supplies to long-time client McDonald's, according to a release.
The move comes as McDonald’s recently announced that its seven burgers have been stripped of artificial preservatives. The Bakery Cos. operates bakeries in Nashville and Dickson that crank out about 169 million buns for McDonald’s each year. Founded by Cordia Harrington (who serves as CEO), the company has been with the burger chain since its opening in 1997 and is a key supplier of the McRib bun, baking more than 700,000 of those per day. That sandwich will make its return to McDonald’s restaurants this fall.
The Bakery Cos. supplies its McDonald’s buns to the chain’s eateries in Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri.
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The Five Points-area building long home to Family Dollar has been sold for $2 million.
Nashville-based Magnolia Capital Investments was the buyer. Ben Bonner, Magnolia Capital president, told the Post the company plans to continue to use the building for retail purposes and is looking to rent the space. Family Dollar ceased operations last week.
Family Dollar Stores of Nashville TN was the seller. The acquisition follows Magnolia Capital’s recent $12.6 million purchase of the Green Hills building last home to Nashville-based prison management company CoreCivic Inc.
Constructed in 1986 and spanning about 6,750 square feet, the nondescript Five Points brick building has an address of 1000 Woodland St.
“We believe in the real estate and the neighborhood, and are excited to be a part of Five Points,” Bonner (pictured) said, adding some upgrades are planned. “This property fits well with Magnolia’s strategy to purchase well-located real estate in core and emerging submarkets.”
Austin Benedict and John Maxwell, brokers with the Nashville office of CBRE, represented Magnolia in the acquisition and will also rep the company in finding a tenant.
Family Dollar Stores of Nashville TN acquired the 0.56-acre property from Exxon Corp. in October 1985 for $100,000. That entity is affiliated with Charlotte-based Family Dollar.
Sources said the closed Family Dollar will not reopen within the area.
