Sweeza and SS Gai will open in The Wash, East Nashville’s outdoor food hall, this summer.
You Are Here Hospitality, the local restaurant group behind East Side Banh Mi and East Side Pho, will open the two new concepts.
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Michael David Rose
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Sweeza
An ode to the Mexican American cuisine found in San Francisco, Sweeza is the latest concept from husband-and-wife culinary duo chef Gracie Nguyen and Chad Newton of You Are Here Hospitality group. Sweeza is named as a play on the Mission District street food staple, super quesadilla suiza. Mission-style super quesadilla suizas are filled with cheese, meat, salsa, crema, and avocado before being wrapped in an oversized flour tortilla and griddled golden brown. The handheld meal is a lunchtime-through-late-night staple, and is accompanied by a menu of tostadas and ensaladas grandes, as well as house-made salsas and agua frescas year-round.
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Michael David Rose
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Michael David Rose
SS Gai
SS Gai was built on the notion that flavorful, street food-style Thai chicken can thrive in Nashville’s bustling dining scene. Chris and Emma Biard will open SS Gai – same-same, but different chicken in June. Through regular travel to Southeast Asia and extensive recipe development, Chris and Emma were inspired to bring SS Gai to Nashville upon tasting a particular style of Thai chicken during their travels. The small, focused menu is centered around traditional recipes for Gai Yang (grilled chicken) and Gai Tod (fried chicken) – each paired with sticky rice, shallots, tamarind chili fish sauce, and aromatic chili vinegar. Local produce and meats are intertwined into authentic Thai flavors by using time-honored techniques such as coal-roasting and using a mortar and pestle to make marinades, sauces, and salads. Additional menu items also include Som Tum and a charred eggplant salad.