Coming Soon: Gray & Dudley

Nashville
Written By Catherine Courtney

The cat's out of the bag!  Levon Wallace, formally chef of Cochon Butcher, has reunited with 21c Museum Hotels to create the new dining concept, Gray & Dudley.  

Previously in charge of Proof on Main in Louisville, Wallace moved to Nashville March 2015 to open the Germantown location of Cochon Butcher. 

We continue to learn more and more about the upcoming concept from 21c.  The restaurant's name is an homage to the building's past life, Gray & Dudley Company, a hardware company that resided in Nashville in the early 1900's. 

Gray & Dudley will have a "largely communal menu offering guests the opportunity for shared experiences and culinary discoveries", the announcement says.  "Wallace's approach is eclectic with a variety of influences inspired by the Mediterranean, regions of France and Italy and his own West Coast Roots."

Focusing on "traditional hearth cooking" that's used across many of these regions, the menu will change frequently offering dishes that are "fresh, bright, simple and playful".

Gray and Dudley will offer breakfast, lunch and dinner daily as well as weekend brunch.  In addition to the daily food offerings, guests can choose from a carefully curated wine and cocktail menu which will focus on timeless classics while delivering a few elements of surprise.

At this time, an exact opening date is unknown, but room reservations  at 21c Nashville are now available for May 14, 2017.  For booking information, click here. 

 

Photo: Courtesy of Gray & Dudley

Catherine Courtney

Welcome to Blonde Voyage Nashville!

I am so excited to finally see this dream become a reality.  Between the destination restaurants, the copious amount of food photos and insanely crazy travel stories, I have decided to share my journey. 

My name is Catherine Courtney and I am a Nashville native with a penchant for culinary creativity and epic travel adventures. I'll admit... I also have a slight obsession with handbags.

Two years ago, my life changed completely.  Everything that I knew to be was completely turned upside down.  I quickly realized that time is our greatest commodity and it's not to be taken for granted. I couldn't wait for the perfect time, who knew when that would be.  I needed to take the leap and explore the world on my own.  There were so many places I wanted to go, but where would I start. 

France was always one of those places that I had romanticized.  Wandering the streets of Paris and seeing the Eiffel tower were at the top of my list. Without hesitation, I booked a two week trip to the French Rivera and Paris.  It was a journey of a lifetime.  Not only were amazing friendships cultivated, but it was on that trip that i discovered that food and travel are the embers that that keep my soul on fire. 

It wasn't until I arrived back in Nashville with my passport that I realized I had been bit. Wanderlust had completely taken over.  I already started thinking about where I wanted to go next.  It was then that I decided that it was more important to have camera full of photos and a tattered journal full of stories than anything else. My heart was overflowing.

One of my favorite quotes that resonates is from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland:

"Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures...."

Join me as I explore near and far away places, filling my passport full of stamps and satiating my appetite with some of the most amazing cuisine the world has to offer. 

Thanks for reading! 

       

 

 

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