Grow Local Kitchen

The Grow Local Kitchen (GLK) was founded at the Nashville Farmers’ Market in 2012 to offer a space for startup food entrepreneurs to incubate their businesses, as well as offer a demonstration and workshop kitchen space for food artisans and community organizations. Located in the heart of the indoor Market House, our pop-up kitchen provides a vibrant and diverse line-up of rotating food options for visitors to the market.

For more information, or if you’d like to schedule a tour, please fill out the form below!

 
 

For GLK users, the space provides a platform to introduce your cuisine and food service concepts to the greater Nashville community and potential investors. The rentable kitchen program is outfitted with essential, commercial-grade kitchen equipment and tools to help you make your ideas and dreams into reality. The GLK has fostered the growth many of Nashville’s best food concepts into fully operational restaurants, such as the market’s own Succulent Vegan Tacos. Ultimately, the goal of the GLK is for your business to outgrow our program and into a thriving permanent location of your own.

PAST SUCCESSES

  • Bowl & Roll

  • Caracasville

  • Citizen Kitchens

  • Cocorico

  • Delicias Colombianas RR

  • Laovin It

  • Music City Crepes

  • Nicoletto’s Pasta

  • Otaku Ramen

  • Radical Rabbit

  • Succulent Vegan Tacos

  • Thai Ni Yom

  • VEA Supper Club

For more information about renting the kitchen, including rates, equipment and more, please review the Grow Local Kitchen Handbook for an up-to-date guide on the GLK program. Once you’ve reviewed the handbook, we encourage you to apply to join us in the GLK!

Questions about the kitchen? Please reach out to Heather Hoch at heather.hoch@nashville.gov or 615-880-1464.