Family's businesses expand into 

Mt. Juliet

Revelettes plan senior care facility, restaurant

Members of the same family involved in two business ventures that began in Williamson County have chosen Mt. Juliet for additional locations for both.

The Revelette family is investing around $11 million into a new sports-themed restaurant and a senior care facility in the Providence MarketPlace area of Mt. Juliet Maristone at Providence is the senior care and assisted living complex, which recently opened at the end of October at 140 Providence Trail.  

Jonathan’s Grille is the restaurant, which is targeted to open in late May on Providence Parkway in an approximately 7,200-square-foot building between the Kroger and Publix grocery stores and behind First Freedom Bank.  “The original concept was to come up here with the assisted living business, and as we started to do a little more research, we didn’t see any other players doing what we were doing,’’ Curt Revelette, chief executive officer of Maristone at Providence, said of the decision to do the restaurant. “The timing was right.’’ The timing coincides with Mt. Juliet’s growth and the emergence of Providence MarketPlace, said Jonathan’s Grille president Candace Revelette. 

“Providence looks like the Cool Springs explosion 12 years ago,’’ Candace Revelette said. 

The original Jonathan’s Grille opened in 1999 in Cool Springs and has established itself as a sports-themed restaurant with an emphasis on its menu, claiming food sales generate more revenue than alcohol, which will be the same approach in Mt. Juliet.

The Revelettes have another Jonathan’s Grille in Bellevue. They had a Jonathan’s Grille location on Old Hickory Boulevard and Nolensville Road in Nashville that has since been sold.  

Mason Revelette, also a son of Candace Revelette, will manage the Jonathan’s Grille in Mt. Juliet. Candace and husband, Alan Revelette, started with their company Advantage Builders.  “We’re not a basket food restaurant where everything is fried,’’ Candace Revelette said. “We strive to look at (upgrading) the menu every 30 days.’’  The new Jonathan’s Grille restaurant is being built for about $2 million.

It will have private areas that Candace Revelette says will be economical for groups to reserve. One of the private areas will be near a bar for ages 21 and older, and the other will be geared toward family gatherings and business luncheons. Outside patio areas are also planned.

Primed for growth

Jonathan’s Grille evolved from a sports bar to a sports grill after two or three years, and now food accounts for about 70 percent of sales with 30 percent from alcohol, which “wasn’t always that way,’’ Candace Revelette said. The senior care facility was about $9 million. The senior living facility comes after Curt Revelette opened Maristone at Franklin just over a year ago in Williamson County. Maristone at Providence, right behind the Target at Providence MarketPlace, offers assisted living, respite care and adult day services. The facility has 47 units for assisted living. It’s licensed for 86 residents, including up to 18 in a secured wing for memory care. 

Maristone at Providence operates on month-to-month lease agreements, Curt Revelette said.  The first 10 residents moved in at the end of October.  “It resembles a boutique hotel and is more hospitality driven,’’ Curt Revelette said of the business model for Maristone at Providence.  The area surrounding Providence MarketPlace, especially south where Jonathan’s Grille will build, could see more new business according to Mt. Juliet economic development director Kenneth Martin.

The Full Spotlight

The college basketball season kicks off this weekend and with the NBA acting like a bunch of babies, we should see a surge in the love for college basketball.  You will see a true love for the game as these young men compete all across the country and ratings will probably be at an all-time high.  You won't see grown men complaining about making 5, 10 or 15 million a year while really old men say they're losing money, but for some reason refuse to show their books.  It's all ridiculous.  However, we will see UNC & Michigan State battling on a Navy Carrier for our troops.  That's awesome.

I'm excited to see how the early games turn out, especially the Vandy/Oregon and Belmont/Duke games along with the UNC/Michigan State matchup.  Will Vanderbilt be able to live up to the hype of being the 7th ranked team in the country.  We're talking about Vanderbilt here!  They're never ranked 7th in anything except maybe men's tennis (killer back hands).  One of the important things I learned from Coach Pitino about evaluating a team was the amount of seniors, and more specifically senior guards.  For that reason, I think Vanderbilt is going to be able to live up the new expectations and be a serious contender this season with their experience in the backcourt.

As for the Tar Heels and Spartans, it's a good thing that Hansbrough isn't playing anymore because I wouldn't be surprised if he dove over the side going for a lose ball.  That's a long fall.  Heels by 12.