- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — It’s been nearly a year since the Christmas Day bombing on Second Avenue in downtown Nashville and for many business owners, they are still in the same place they were in 2020. Some, have no idea when they will reopen. Rodizio Grill and the Melting Pot are two of them.
Christmas is the only day each year the Melting Pot and Rodizio Grill are closed. But that day in 2020 was probably the most unforgettable day for owners Mark Rosenthal and Demetrius Kelley, owners of both restaurants.
2nd Avenue restaurants build bond over ‘shared trauma’ from Christmas bombing
For Kelley, it started with a phone call from the alarm company. “I don’t know if our ovens or our grills or something exploded and cut the gas off,” remembered Kelley. “But there’s been a massive explosion at the restaurant. I don’t know what’s going on.”
“Then the phone rang, and it was my partner Demetrius on the…
