Crispy Detroit-fashion rectangular pizza slices and standout double-stacked burgers are on the menu for Green Hills this week, as Emmy Squared opens a 2nd Nashville area there on May 31. Emmy Squared Green Hills’ debut comes after achieving the Eater Nashville Restaurant Import of the Year award in March 2018 within the Gulch. The eating place’s large new outpost is in the former Table Three area, positioned at 3821 Green Hills Village Drive. It underwent a fast facelift — one friendlier for large events and families than the much smaller Gulch region.
The fourth Emmy Squared inside the team’s portfolio is the most important so far — five,500-square-ft entire with expansive patio areas plus a personal dining room for large events. The pizza joint is the second concept below the parent brand Pizza Loves Emily by way of Emily and Matt Hyland, whose restaurants are famed for pizzas of the spherical and rectangular sorts. Born in Brooklyn, the primary concept is a neighborhood pizzeria specializing in spherical, thin-crusted pies perfected in a wood-fired oven. The duo accelerated their empire with Emmy Squared’s commencing in Williamsburg in 2016, two years after the opening of Emily’s flagship spot in Clinton Hill. The team opened the Nashville outpost in March of 2018.
Green Hills seats 240 and has a brighter vibe with a fresh coat of paint and lighter tables and chairs. A wall was cleared to allow greater natural light into the dining room, and backlighting adds interest to the bar alongside refreshed brass and copper furnishings. The bar can even have TVs. In addition, Nashville native chef Graydon Atchley expands his position, now managing the kitchen in both Music City locations. Atchley works closely with founding chef Matt Hyland to execute Emmy Squared’s Detroit-fashion rectangular pizzas, seasonal salads, and sandwiches, together with the tremendously acclaimed Le Big Matt burger.
Green Hills’ Emmy Squared beginning menu additionally capabilities the brand new hot chicken wedge and warm chicken pie — worthy tributes to Nashville’s signature, exceedingly well-known dish. In addition, the Green Hills menu will encompass greater salads for the lunch crowd and longer youngsters’ items, alongside the circle of relatives-style private dining options for large groups and private parties. Delivery and takeout alternatives through Postmates and Uber Eats will ultimately roll out, plus unique parking areas for curbside pickup. Reservations are available on Resy and OpenTable. A complimentary valet is to be had during lunch and dinner.
“Our first enlargement outside of NYC became The Gulch, and we like being a part of this community. The company has many ties to Nashville as well — Matt has a circle of relatives in Green Hills, myself and our different associate Ken Levitan live right here — whilst we saw the Table 3 area was available, we knew it’d be a super new home for our second Emmy Squared Nashville place. Our footprint will continue to grow as we open in new markets alongside the East Coast, looking to Philadelphia and DC next, with extra expansion plans in the future,” says proprietor Howard Greenstone.
