The Stock Yard Story

When the Nashville Union Stock-Yards opened its doors in 1924, livestock corrals lined Second Avenue and were filled with cattle, hogs, sheep and mules awaiting sale.  For more than 50 years the stockyards prospered as the livestock trading center of the mid-south for Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky Mississippi and Alabama.

As buyers and sellers entered the handsome building, they found hallways lined with pink Italian marble trimmed in the finest cherry wood.  The main floor is where you would find the offices of numerous livestock trading companies as well as a bank, Western Union office, a barbershop, saloon and a private gambling room with a 10-foot Craps table.  The upper floor housed the commissioner’s offices and livestock was auctioned off in the lower level.  As transportation and distribution channels evolved in the latter half of the century, the Nashville Union Stock-Yards were no longer necessary. 

The Stock-Yards closed their doors in 1974, but the classic building would not be shuttered for long.  In 1979 after extensive renovations the Stock-Yard re-opened as one of Nashville’s top restaurants.  Experience dining in an atmosphere that is significantly relevant to the history of Nashville and enjoy outstanding cuisine with quality of service that is unrivaled.

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