NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In Nashville, one longstanding burger joint has reinvented itself under new ownership.
Brown’s Diner in Hillsboro Village opened inside an abandoned trolley car in 1927. In nearly 100 years, the diner has changed ownership just 3 times. The man now in charge has made some changes, but said he has done so with the goal of maintaining the soul of Brown’s.
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“It kind of was intriguing to me to take something that had it’s soul and had it’s core, and put my little touch on it and see what we could do with it,” owner Bret Turk told News 2. “It’s a unique place. It’s not going anywhere. We’re doing much better now, everything’s kind of flowing and we’ve got into our groove.”
Turk took over in 2021. He knows restaurants — having co-founded the popular local barbecue chain Edley’s. He’s spent the past few years building the diner back up, creating a designated space for bands to play, modernizing the kitchen and menu, and adding an outdoor patio deck…