There is a Mellow Mushroom where I am from, and my family has a tradition of ordering pizza and watching a movie every Friday night.”Ĭameron said Mellow Mushroom also offered a unique atmosphere. “I also feel a sense of homesickness with it closing. “I remember freshman year going after every Gen Chem exam, and it was always a relief to eat good pizza and hang out with friends,” Cameron said. Junior Dillen Cameron said she was disappointed that Mellow Mushroom closed because she said it was an accessible dining option for students. “Their brunch was fantastic and, every time we went, it was always super crowded.” “Tavern’s closing came as a huge surprise to my friends and me,” Troost said. Junior Lukas Troost expressed shock about Tavern’s closure. M Street Entertainment Group and Tavern’s manager did not respond to request for comment. The announcement similarly cited “required facility updates” for the closure, adding that they would be evaluating the future of the space. In the announcement, M Street Entertainment Group said all employees affected by the closure would be relocated to Saint Añejo, another restaurant owned by the group. Tavern’s parent company, M Street Entertainment Group, announced the former restaurant’s closure via an Instagram post on Sept. According to the employee, remaining staff were told that the owner did not have the funds to remodel the location, and that the location would be closing permanently. The employee said that the restaurant’s staff was working hard to keep it running despite these conditions, but a majority of the managerial staff became burnt out and quit between January-May 2022. “We are always open to adding new restaurants to the Taste of Nashville program and are open to suggestions.”Ī former employee at the Mellow Mushroom location, who is being kept anonymous for fear of retribution, said the store was in need of a remodel, due to frequent flooding from heavy rain and necessary roof replacements. We are grateful that we had the opportunity to partner with their team,” Campus Dining said. 10 message to The Hustler, Campus Dining said that Meal Money funds do not apply to the other Mellow Mushroom locations since they are farther than a 10-to-15-minute walk from campus. Other nearby Mellow Mushroom restaurants are located on Broadway in Downtown Nashville and in Franklin, Tennessee. Mellow Mushroom was part of Vanderbilt’s Taste of Nashville program, which allows Vanderbilt students to use Meal Money to purchase food at select Nashville restaurants. Tavern, a former restaurant in Midtown and another popular dining location among students, similarly closed permanently on Sept, 13, 2022-11 years after its opening. The Mellow Mushroom location on 21st Avenue recently closed permanently after 20 years of operation in part due to understaffing issues.
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