Arriving from the Big Apple, Julia Jaksic-noticed very few Music City restaurants or cafes opened all day. Back in New York, as a restauranteur, she would get up at 10, piddle around, then be ready to eat at 1pm. That was fine in a city with inifinite food served all day long, but here in Music City, she found a shortage of such. Hence, the concept for Cafe Roze, her beautiful cafe in East Nashville where you can get breakfast and lunch all day long and dinner after 4pm. “On the menu, I try to have something for everyone.” And she does, from a Dinner Bowl of coconut curry broth, rice and vegetables to Steak Frites to a Grass Fed Burger (with beef from Pinewood Farms. ) “Healthy-ish with just enough decadence around the edges to keep it all interesting.”
The cafe is cool and sleek, one long wooden banquette, pastel pink tables, cement floors, and a white embossed tin ceiling–one of the things that drove Julia to the building. “I got this place while still in Singapore, sight unseen. A friend face-timed me so I could see it.” (Julia was formerly with Jack’s Wife Freida, and has the restaurant Employees Only in NYC and Singapore along with Cafe Roze.)