Friday, March 12, 2010
Restaurant openings ¡Vamos a celebrar! La Hacienda to Reopen on Monday
Posted by Chris Chamberlain on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:40 AM
After a midnight grease fire damaged much of the kitchen earlier this year, Bites readers have been clamoring to find out the fate of Nolensville Rd. favorite La Hacienda. Luckily, the wait is almost over! According to a member of the Yepez family, providing that La Hac passes all final inspections they hope to be open for lunch Monday, March 15, at their regular opening time of 10 a.m.
Since much of the damage to the restaurant was smoke-related, the owners are confident that they should be able to add the finishing touches and welcome their adoring public back home as promised. Renovations include a total makeover of the dining room, with the exception of the beloved original tables and chairs. The orientation of the bar has been switched around to provide more space for tables and three new electronic point-of-service stations should mitigate the long lines to check out which once occasionally plagued Hacienda diners.
Every piece of kitchen equipment has been replaced, but luckily the recipes have not. Head on down on Monday to welcome back an old amigo and share your impressions here in the comments.
UPDATE: As often happens, inspection delays have the postponed the reopening. We originally reported Friday. Now Carlos Yepez Jr. says Monday will be the big day.
La Hacienda Taqueria
2615 Nolensville Road
Nashville TN 37211
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BTW, P.O.S. means "point of sale" in the restauarant world. Not what I used to think it meant...
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FYI - I called there this morning to see if they were back open yet. Hadn't seen this post. It could be as early as tomorrow(Wednesday). This assumes the inspector comes out and passes them in the morning.
I can't wait!!!
Seeing that we are at the mercy of our inspectors, we went ahead and scheduled the grand re-opening to occur on Friday as a safeguard for us all. Thank you for your continued support and all of us here at La Hacienda Taqueria look forward to seeing you all this Friday! Many a thanks to Chris, Brent, and to the Nashville Scene for letting the word out. Best.
In the absence of La Hacienda and upon the recommendation of a foodie friend, we tried Las Americas further down Nolensville (just south of Haywood Ln) this weekend. Not the same style of Mexican as La Hacienda...Pupusas are one of their specialties and they rocked. Huge inexpensive portions, fresh ingredients, friendly service. I am glad La Hacienda is back, but will definitely put Las Americas in our latin food rotation.
