New Restaurant Coming

LaVergne will be getting a new restaurant early in 2001 - a Wilstan's Grill.

Joining Wilstan’s Grill at Madison Square Plaza (behind Burger King) is Kum Sung Taekwondo and Sir Pizza. There is room for three more commercial retailers, as well. The city provided a press release with the following information about Winstan's:

Wilstan’s Grill, owned by Rick Stansil and Dave Willits with Danny Dillon as their business partner, will be a casual dining restaurant that caters to “hard-working middle-class families.” It is a full-service sit-down restaurant concept with a full bar, Stansil said. The projected opening date is Spring, 2007.

“La Vergne is growing very fast and has a lot of potential for more growth. It's small town America with very friendly people centralized in nice communities, Stansil said. “This area compliments our concept very well.”

The restaurant’s specialties will be steaks, pastas and seafood. We will also have a full lunch menu with several selections to choose from. They will also have a large banquet room.

Their hours will be Sunday - Thursday, 11a.m.-10 p.m. and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday."

According to the news release, Sir Pizza is moving to Madison Square Plaza and closing the current location on Waldron Road.

“We are closing the Waldron Road location and moving to (Bill Richmond’s) building quite frankly because of location, said owner Herb Fortner, nephew of Bob Fortner, who started Sir Pizza in 1966. “Our decision to relocate is due to the traffic count on Murfreesboro Road which is approximately 30,000 cars per day,” he said.

Fortner said that their restaurant is “more than competitive” with other pizza restaurants in the area.

Read more about it here in the Daily News Journal. We'll chat more about the Taekwondo business tomorrow!