Building Housing Jay's Family Restaurant Listed for Sale

An East Nashville commercial building that houses meat-and-three Jay’s Family Restaurant — in business for almost 30 years — has been listed for sale for $1.5 million. Located at 3037 Dickerson Pike , the 2,290-square-foot building opened in 1979 and sits on 0.

57 acres. The for-sale property is located near multiple sites either previously (and recently) developed or eyed for projects (read here ). Despite Some High-Profile Closures, Nashville’s Meat-and-Threes Are Thriving Iconic spots like Silver Sands Cafe, Bailey & Cato and Wendell Smith’s are adapting Austin Davis, the grandson of the late Jay Davis and Charlotte Davis (who opened Jay’s Family Restaurant), owns the property.



Charlotte Davis acquired the property in 2015 for $485,000, Metro records show. David Davis, Austin’s father, owns the restaurant business, which is expected to cease operations once the property sells. Jay’s Family Restaurant opened in 1996 and is known for, among other menu items, its fried chicken, cornbread and cobbler.

The property is located across Dickerson from Casa de Dios, one of Nashville largest churches for Spanish-speaking congregants. Austin Davis has enlisted Steven Fox, Lisa Curtis and J.P.

Powell with Hendersonville-based Powell Commercial Real Estate to handle the marketing of the property. Fox tells the Nashville Post initial interest in the property has been strong. This article was first published by our sister publication, the Nashville Post.

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