Two restaurants opened in Green Hills in the middle of September, one day apart. A third has bought a lot on Cleghorn Avenue and plans to build on it. Over the same weeks, the neighborhood's best-known deli confirmed it has until the end of June 2027.
All four stories turn on the same thing, which is the space. In a neighborhood where restaurant space is hard to come by, the places arriving now got their space first. A developer put its first restaurant inside its own building. A restaurant group bought land. A chicken chain moved into a building that was already a restaurant. The deli leaving after three decades is a tenant, and Nashville Post reports its closing date matches the date its lease expires.
A Developer's First Dining Room
Lupo Notte opened on Wednesday, September 16, at 2035 Richard Jones Road, inside Vertis Green Hills. Southern Land Company, the Nashville developer that built Vertis, owns and operates it. It is the company's first full-service restaurant, though Williamson Source notes Southern Land already runs the dining at Westhaven Golf Club in Franklin.
Lupo Notte was planned into a building its owner controls, so the design could be fitted to it from the start. That shows in the room. At nearly 3,100 square feet, it seats about 110 inside and another 20 on two patios. Southern Land's in-house team designed it with HASTINGS Architecture around an open kitchen, a full bar, and several separate dining areas.
Executive Chef Owen Lane runs the kitchen. He was most recently executive sous chef at Pastis and has also cooked at Audrey and June in East Nashville and The Boardroom in Franklin. He grew up on a family farm in Leiper's Fork. David Rehrmann, whose résumé includes A Voce in New York and Modern Italian and Zuzu in Nashville, is general manager.
Up Next Nashville lists the opening menu. Lupo meatballs are made with wagyu, Italian sausage, and veal and served over whipped ricotta. Pastas include campanelle cacio e pepe and a veal and pork bolognese over tagliatelle, and the pizzas range from margherita to soppressata with Calabrian honey. For a weeknight, three details help. Reservations are on OpenTable. Parking in the Vertis garage is validated for two hours. Dinner runs from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Lunch was announced for later this fall but has no start date yet, so for now the restaurant's own site is the place to check.
A Restaurant Building That Was Already There
Waldo's Chicken & Beer opened the day before Lupo Notte, on Tuesday, September 15. It took over the longtime Wendy's at 4106 Hillsboro Circle. Moving into a building that was already set up as a restaurant is the other quick way into Green Hills. The kitchen location, the drive aisles, and the use itself were all in place before the new sign went up.
Founder Mark Waldo launched the brand in Nashville in 2019, according to What Now Nashville. The company's locations page now lists ten Tennessee restaurants, Green Hills among them. The menu includes Southern fried and rotisserie chicken in sandwiches, baskets, bowls, and plates, along with cheese biscuits, house-made sides, beer, and cocktails. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Siege Hospitality Bought the Lot on Cleghorn
Epice is the slower version of the same strategy. The Lebanese bistro has been at 2902 12th Ave. S. in 12South since 2014. It plans to move to 3827 Cleghorn Ave. in 2027, as the Nashville Business Journal first reported and What Now Nashville followed up. Metro permit filings show plans for a new 2,600-square-foot restaurant on the site, which an LLC affiliated with operator Siege Hospitality bought in 2025.
Siege Hospitality is not new to the neighborhood. The group has been in Green Hills for more than 20 years through Kalamatas and Santo, and it also runs Lola in Sylvan Park. It told the Business Journal it expects only a few weeks of downtime between closing on 12th Avenue and reopening on Cleghorn. That short gap is possible because the group owns the destination. Building from the ground up takes longer, though, which is why the opening is a 2027 target and not a date. Cleghorn Avenue has seen restaurant construction move slowly before, as an earlier look at the street described.
A Lease With a Date on It
Noshville has the opposite setup. Founder Tom Loventhal opened the first Noshville at 1918 Broadway in Midtown in 1996. Green Hills followed in the mid-2000s, and over the years came Cool Springs, the airport, and a Franklin location at 1000 Meridian. The Midtown deli closed in 2015, and the others closed one by one. Hillsboro Circle is the last one left.
The Tennessean broke the news in July. It reported that rising costs, more restaurant competition, and trouble hiring led the owners to "go out on a high note." Nashville Post added that the closing, set for June 30, 2027, comes when the parent company's lease expires. Those reasons fit together. A restaurant that rents gets a natural decision point when the lease runs out, and costs and staffing weigh on that decision.
The deli announced the date on social media in a post that Williamson Source reprinted: "After 31 years of slinging hash, our beloved Noshville will say goodbye in June of 2027." Co-owner Mary Loventhal Jones told The Jewish Observer that "it's just heartwarming to know how many people love us and consistently come back." The paper describes the deli as a gathering place for Nashville's Jewish community, music industry professionals, and longtime regulars.
Nashville Post, citing The Tennessean, reports that the owners recently sold the Noshville name to Ben Weprin, founder and CEO of AJ Capital Partners. That firm is developing Belle Meade Village on the former Belle Meade Plaza site, and its first buildings are expected in 2028. Nobody has announced plans for the name. For now, the matzo ball soup, the Reubens, and the all-day breakfast are still served daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Hillsboro Circle.
Where Things Stand in Early November
| Restaurant | Location | Status | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupo Notte | Vertis Green Hills, 2035 Richard Jones Road | Open since Sept. 16, 2026 | Dinner from 5 p.m. nightly; lunch planned, no date |
| Waldo's Chicken & Beer | 4106 Hillsboro Circle | Open since Sept. 15, 2026 | 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sun–Thu; to 10 p.m. Fri–Sat |
| Noshville | Hillsboro Circle | Closing June 30, 2027 | 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily |
| Epice | 3827 Cleghorn Ave. | New building planned; move expected in 2027 | Still open at 2902 12th Ave. S. |
The Season Ahead, In Order
The holiday season adds traffic to all of this, starting on Saturday.
- November 7. The Santa Photo Experience opens at The Mall at Green Hills and runs through December 24, with reservations available and packages from $44.99, according to Nashville Guru. Lupo Notte's validated garage and Waldo's late hours are both a short drive from the mall for dinner after.
- Later this fall. Lupo Notte has said lunch service is coming. No date has been announced.
- Through June 30, 2027. Noshville keeps serving breakfast and lunch every day until it closes for good.
- 2027. Epice is expected to move from 12South to its new Cleghorn Avenue building, with a few weeks of downtime in between.
What goes into Noshville's space after June hasn't been announced. When it is, the Hillsboro Circle building will be the next restaurant space in Green Hills to change hands. More on the neighborhood's streets, parks, and restaurants is on our Green Hills neighborhood page.
Bainbridge Realty Group has worked in Green Hills long enough to see many of these restaurant spaces change hands more than once. If you're curious about what one corner of the neighborhood used to be, or what it might become next, we're glad to talk it through.
