The Fried Tater Cafe has opened in the old Versailles Grocery building in Rockvale, serving fried chicken, okra, cornbread, beans, desserts and, of course, fried taters. Melissa and Elijah Wright opened their restaurant in September 2020 in the restored structure, originally built in 1810.
“I loved watching my dad cook as a child. I admired his talent. He had a knack for seasonings and marrying flavors together,” Melissa said.
She had planned to open a restaurant with her father in 2015, but he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer in December of that year.
But the Fried Tater Cafe, offering his favorite food, fried taters and pinto beans, will honor his memory, as well as Elijah’s grandparents, Meem and Papa, and so many other Southern cooks who passed down the traditions of good eating.
The Fried Tater Cafe, located at 11088 Versailles Rd., Rockvale, Tennessee, will open from 6:30–10:30 a.m. and from 4–8 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and from 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Melissa also said that the venue plans to host live musicians. For more information, call 615-722-1151 or visit thefriedtatercafe.com.
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Main Street Murfreesboro has announced that the weekly Murfreesboro Saturday Market, held from 8 a.m.–noon each Saturday on the Murfreesboro Public Square, will run an additional month, now scheduled for every Saturday through Oct. 31. Craft vendors will join some of the existing booths offering locally grown produce, honey, baked goods, flowers and more.
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Overkill Auto Garage, a local shop with the goal of getting more customized cars on the road, has moved to a new shop in Smyrna. The shop sells and installs all sorts of custom automotive aftermarket accessories including electronics, suspensions, lighting, body parts, headlights and taillights.
Find Overkill Auto Garage at 875 Seven Oaks Blvd., Suite 410, Smyrna, Tennessee, just off of Almaville Road, or for more information, call 615-462-6074 or visit overkillautogarage.com.
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Drip Purple Vintage has opened on the Murfreesboro Public Square at 105A N. Maple St. The shop offers a wealth of vintage music, concert, sports and pop culture items, T-shirts, jerseys, posters and more.
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The folks behind the Peach Cobbler Factory plan to soon open Pepper + Peach Hot Chicken, blending sweet cobblers, spicy fried chicken and other items, at 1824 Old Fort Pkwy., the restaurant space that previously housed Santa Fe, Jazzmatazz and, most recently, Uncle Bud’s.
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Dr. Austen Scheumann has opened Horizon Spinal Care, a new chiropractic office on Church Street in Murfreesboro.
Scheumann said he follows the process outlined by the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association, which pays special attention to the top two bones in the neck (C1, C2) and the function of the central nervous system. This technique gently adjusts the top bone in the neck, or atlas, to eliminate nerve interference and restore balance to the spine. There is no twisting or popping of the neck. The adjustment influences the entire human frame and all of the body’s systems.
This technique has helped alleviate headaches and fatigue issues in his own body, Scheumann said.
As a kid involved in sports growing up in Indiana, Scheumann visited chiropractors as a youth. Seeing the difference that chiropractic care made in people’s lives at a young age inspired him to pursue that as a career.
Horizon Spinal Care is located at 745 S. Church St. Ste. #405, Murfreesboro. For more information, visit horizonspinalcare.com.
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Following a period of closure, Campus Pub ownership does expect to open again soon, saying the business, located just off of Greenland Drive near MTSU, had to redo its liquor license process.
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Seafood Sensation opened a Murfreesboro location in the fall of 2019 at 123 SE Broad St., but the location never truly got off the ground. Seafood Sensation does not plan to reopen the Murfreesboro restaurant, staff confirmed, but the Nashville location on Jefferson Street remains in operation.
