3083 Wilma Rudolph Blvd. — Approximate Site of First Watch Opening
Clarksville got its first taste of First Watch on Sunday, as the breakfast-and-brunch chain opened its doors at 3083 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard, just off I-24’s Exit 4, in a building that spent years serving up Shoney’s classics before getting a major makeover. Big crowds showed up for the debut, eager to try a concept that’s been building buzz in the Clarksville area for months.
According to Main Street Media of Tennessee, the new restaurant is the product of a $1.4 million renovation of the former Shoney’s space, a figure attributed to the City of Clarksville Building & Codes Department. The permit itself showed that valuation on a 5,050-square-foot building, the outlet reported in earlier coverage of the project. City Building & Codes director Justin Crosby had said the permit for the project was pulled back in May, setting the renovation timeline in motion months before Sunday’s grand opening…