MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The Memphis Art Museum, which is scheduled to open in December of this year, has announced that it will be operating a new restaurant in their Downtown Memphis building.
According to the museum, the restaurant feature a full-service catering kitchen, a dining room, a 20-seat bar, and both indoor and outdoor seating.
The restaurant is scheduled to open in January 2027.
Famed Memphis restaurateur, John-Paul Gagliano, will be leading a full-service restaurant as part of the in its new downtown building.
The executive director of the Memphis Art Museum state the following about the new venture:
Memphis Art Museum is somewhere you come for the art, and also for a long lunch, a glass of wine after work, or a Saturday night out. The restaurant is an integral part of how people will experience the museum and the riverfront, with its own entrance and its own life on the street. Choosing a Memphis family to run it mattered deeply to us. The Gaglianos have long been known as innovators in dining, bringing the city so many beloved spots, and bringing that to Front Street is exactly the ambition we wanted on this campus.
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