Cafe Coco — a Midtown institution of sorts popular with Vanderbilt students, health care workers and random bohemians and hipsters — will close, with its space to be reinvented with an Italian market.

Verna Hospitality has opened two restaurant concepts in the former Cafe Coco space in Midtown. Located at 210 Louise Ave., Verna Café & Bar, an all-day café, serves Japanese-Cajun comfort food. Connie ...

Louisiana native Beau Gaultier studied Nashville's restaurant and bar scene over the last six years since moving to the city. He started at Pinewood Social on Peabody Street, known for its industrial ...