Our bread and butter: Nashville’s changing food landscape

We’ve all been hearing significant chatter about the landmark restaurants we’ve lost in the last few years. What exactly makes a “landmark”

Tasha A.F. Lemley

Dairy King owner, Jeff Jones, points to a 1979 picture of a flooded Dairy King. The point he’s marking is the higher water line from the 2010 flood.

restaurant, and are we experiencing more loss than normal? Or, are we just cycling through some nostalgic sensitivity as storefronts reach their inevitable finish line?

To chew on some of these questions, we’re bringing long-time restaurateurs to the table. We’ll hear about how they started and, for some of them, how it ended. We’ll also talk with some folks about Nashville’s changing restaurant scene and how they’re pivoting to make it work – 100 hours a week.

But up first — it’s Thursday! That means @ us!

Guests:

• Dandgure “Mr. Dan” Robinson, owner of Dandgure’s
• Jeff Jones, owner of Dairy King
• George Ramzy Sawers, owner of Ramzy’s Meat and 3
• Anna Myint, owner of International Market
• Kahlil Arnold, owner of Arnold’s Country Kitchen

Additional reading: 

• WPLN: Taking On Water: The Story Of Dairy King And The 2010 Nashville Flood
• This Is Nashville: ‘I’m going to eat myself into a coma today’: Longtime Hermitage Cafe patrons enjoy last plates at the closing diner

Special thanks to Randy Rayburn, Jennifer Justus, Jill Melton, and Tom Morales for their help with this episode.