I love Don and Jackie Gregory, the owners of the Henpeck Market on the corner of Henpeck Lane and Lewisburg Pike in Franklin. This is a fabulous country market that is great for the neighborhood, but not really in the country. They transformed this place about 6 years (?) ago and it has continued to grow into something more and more interesting.
But wait, I am getting ahead of myself. The Henpeck Market is lots of things. It is a small grocery store that has a gas station attatched to it. I know, there are lots of those. But I seldom go there for the groceries. I go for the food! Jackie is a great cook. They transformed a rather yucky grill to a gourmet stop for delicious food. They have a great assortment of salads, an area for hot foods with fried chicken and vegetables, and burgers and sandwiches as well. They serve breakfast and lunch everyday except Sunday and dinner sometimes (I don't know if the dinner serving has changed or not - I always go for lunch). And desserts! It looks like a bakery. Sometimes they have Catfish dinners and live music. It is a fun place to eat with lots of atmosphere.
Jackie used to have a small gift area in one side of the store. I guess they did okay with it, because they have bought many more things and opened up a store in "The Loft" upstairs of the store and restaurant. What a great collection of fun gift items. I was thrilled to find something I had seen but didn't know where to buy - a box of questions. What? Well, we like to spur each other and guests to good conversation. So we bought a box of questions. They have a such a great collection of things - very fun!
In the place downstairs where the gift items are, they added a small post office. You can do your mailing from there instead of going in to the frequently crowded post office.
Talk about great one-stop-shopping "in the neighborhood"! What a treat. I often take my clients there because it is a neat place to eat and always find friendly faces. Go by and visit if you are in "our" neighborhood!
You can check out their website for yourself, www.henpeckmarket.com
Have a great week! If you need something to do this weekend - Stop by the Henpeck Market for a treat!
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