Joe Muer Seafood, a staple in metro Detroit since 1929, is set to open its first location outside of Michigan, right here in Nashville, on August 23.
Owned by Joe Vicari Restaurant Group, the restaurant will be joining the Capitol View mixed-use urban district at 500 11th Ave. The 12,000-square-foot restaurant will seat more than 300 through people, and features a 200-seat dining room, central bar, two 40-seat private dining rooms, and a two-sided 80-seat patio.
Joe Muer Seafood will offer an upscale dining experience serving fresh, sustainable seafood, flown in from purveyors across the globe, as well as premium aged meats, sushi, and an award-winning wine list. The restaurant will be led by Certified Master Chef Daniel Scannell and chef Jim Oppat.
Local ingredients and regional cooking styles will inspire the dishes on the menu as an homage to the restaurant’s new home. Tasty Southern meals include a bacon-wrapped shrimp stuffed with crab imperial and a blackened redfish with crawdad “yabby” butter. Fan-favorite Detroit menu items like a crab stuffed flounder with grainy mustard beurre blanc sauce and a fresh Dover sole fillet, served tableside with Herbs de Provence, brown butter and lemon, will also be on the menu.
“I visited Nashville several years ago for the Country Music Awards and fell in love with the vibrancy of the city, which led me on a quest to find the perfect location for the next Joe Muer in Music City,” says Joe Vicari, president of the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group. “I’m excited to share the exemplary dining experience and high- quality food and spirits Joe Muer is known for with our Nashville guests.”
Joe Muer Seafood’s Nashville location will be open for dinner service from 5 to 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday. Offering live piano music nightly, the bar opens daily at 4 p.m. with happy hour available on weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. joemuer.com