A little more than 18 months after opening a full-service restaurant, Tasty Table and Olive Branch Bakery will be closing the doors to the public. The last day of operation for the Murfreesboro restaurant is Saturday, Aug. 29.
Hours are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
"The restaurant will not be open but ... we'll continue to run the building as an event venue and we'll still be running our catering," said Tasty Table owner Laura Gossett.
Gossett and Olive Branch Bakery owner Jacqueline Edwards joined forces in January 2019 to open a combined restaurant space at 215 N. Church St., the former location for B. McNeel's.
In addition to a breakfast and lunch menu and a whole host of pastries and baked goods, the restaurant offered meal prep and to-go meals and casseroles.
"We'll still be doing our casseroles and personal meals. We'll still be doing special orders, cakes and catering. And we're really trying to push our breakfast and lunch catering. We hope to continue to grow that," Gossett said.
The two women will remain together in the space and continue to collaborate on pop-up and catered events, as well as occasional brunches that will be open to the public.
And there are plans in the works for "something else, but we can't talk about it," Gossett said.
COVID-19 made an impact
Gossett said the decision to close the public restaurant portion of the businesses is definitely related to COVID-19.
Tasty Table and Olive Branch Bakery were one of the first to adapt to the shutdown of foot traffic during the pandemic.
Even though their family-style meals grew in popularity, the drop in foot traffic greatly affected restaurant sales. They also had a "hard time keeping employees" during such a shaky time.
Because catering accounts for 90% of their business, they chose to focus on that side.
Gossett said she's "not sad" about the restaurant because she still has customers, just in a different format.
For more information on catering with Tasty Table and Olive Branch Bakery, visit tastytable.net, call 615-482-0543 or email info@tastytable.net.
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