How a former car wash is bringing new microrestaurants to East Nashville and reducing barriers for small business owners

Chef Gracie Nguyen and her husband Chad Newton are buzzing around a small kitchen space on Gallatin Avenue on a recent weekday. The owners of East Side Banh Mi have just gotten the green light to open their newest concept — East Side Pho — and they're starting in just a few hours.East Side Pho occupies Bay 5 of The Wash, a new food hall retrofitted from an old car wash. It’s pretty unusual. There’s next to no parking.

Ex-car wash site on east side set for restaurants

What you'll find at The Wash, East Nashville's newest micro food hall

Two locally owned restaurants slated for East Nashville's The Wash

Ex-car wash site on east side set for restaurants

Three Local Restaurateurs on the Challenge of Financing a New Spot

Two locally owned restaurants slated for East Nashville's The Wash

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How a former car wash is bringing new microrestaurants to East

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