Milano's Murfreesboro

With a pair restaurants respectively named BJ’s and CJ’s opening in Murfreesboro within a month of each other, confusion may occur.

Let’s set the record straight on some of the area’s often confused eateries:

BJ’s/CJ’s
BJ’s is the new brewhouse near the Avenue, serving its own line of craft beers along with burgers, pizzas, steaks, ribs, jambalaya and more; CJ’s, which has taken over the former Fuji spot on Northfield, serves heirloom tomato salad and raspberry chipotle chicken along with burgers, steaks, fish and more.

Marina’s/Milano
Two places to get pasta and salad within two blocks of one another, both near the Rutherford County Courthouse.

Maple Street/Wall Street/Main Street
Maple Street is a steakhouse on Maple Street; Wall Street is also on Maple Street, just a few doors down. Main Street is a live music venue on Main Street. . . . Oh, yeah, Maple Street Grill also has a location in Eagleville . . . on Main Street.

The Alley/The Boulevard/The Block
Some street, somewhere.

Bunganut Pig/Slick Pig
Two very different pigs, they be. The people of Murfreesboro go to Bunganut for mixed drinks and live music; they go to Slick Pig for 99-cent barbecue sandwiches on Tuesdays and smoked wings.

China Panda, China Spring, China Garden, China Wok, China Star
Chinatown!

Jim ’N Nick’s/Whitt’s/Rick’s 
Barbecue everywhere! Whitt’s has two Murfreesboro locations, as does Rick’s. Jim ’N Nick’s has only one Murfreesboro location . . . but it has two names.

Campus Pub, Campus Sub
Do you want a sub, or do you want a pub?

Your Pie, Your Burger
Pizza, or burger. Within a mile of each other.

Smoothie King, Burger King
OK, now you’re grasping at straws. No one confuses those.

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