Others remarked how the Old Spaghetti Factory was their preferred pre-game hang for a night of dancing, karaoke, and otherwise painting the town red way before tourists ever flocked to Second Avenue. Memories of sitting in the train car as a child, first dates in one of those canopy beds turned romantic dining interlude, and their love for the Mizithra cheese that could be bought by the pound were shared by many on social media. I’ve had school trips there, friends work there & so many date nights there The Spaghetti Factory was my basic foundation of dining out. The virgin Colada’s/daiquiris when I was 9. “If I’ve eaten there once, I’ve eaten there a hundred times. They help each other at work and away from work, they are truly a ‘family,’” Todd Saxey, district manager for Nashville Old Spaghetti Factory, said in a statement last week.Īnd though officials say they are looking to reopen in a new Nashville space, this particular blow gutted locals, who shared stories of meals decades back at the downtown restaurant. “The hourly team in Nashville is a group of fun-loving, caring individuals, that have come to work each day ready to make others happy. Some of the 56-member team had worked more than 20 years for the international Old Spaghetti Factory chain, based in Portland, Oregon. Still, officials reportedly had intentions of complete restoration. The restaurant space had barely survived the horrific Christmas Day bombing’s destruction.
After 40 years as a resident of the District Nashville community, Old Spaghetti Factory announced last week that its landlord, LOFTS 160 Nashville LLC, terminated its lease -even though the downtown institution had rights to the space through the end of 2035.