Phone: (615) 733-3119
Address: 493 Humphreys St
Nashville, TN 37203

September Special

Maui Wowwie

Whether you are crying because school is back in session or because summer is coming to an end, we have a special that will make you smile! We will start with our burger meat, marinade it in pineapple juice, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic for a few days. We grill it over the char broiler’s flames to caramelize the sugars. We then top the burger with bacon and pepper jack cheese. That combination will send your taste buds to paradise. Want to add a little volcanic heat? Drop some grilled jalapenos to    the top. That, my friends, is Living the Dream!                                                                                   $17.49

Shake Special

Cookie Monster

What make Cookie Monster SOOOOOO amazing? He is blue and loves cookies. So, in honor of our hero, Tess has come up with a blue shake full of chocolate chip cookie pieces. Good for adults and kids alike. We all need to love our heroes now a days!                      $4.25 / $5.25

Living the Dream

I have worked in restaurants since bussing tables at Bonanza in Green Hills at age 17. My dream has always been to have a beautiful wife, healthy children, and my own thriving restaurant. I achieved that goal several years back but found that the amount of work required to keep that business growing meant that I did not see my wife and children as much as I wanted. When I expressed this problem to others in the industry, everybody shook their heads in knowing acceptance. Something inside said the dream was not achieved yet. I was not having the cake and eating it too!
So, I sold my old restaurant and started a new one. Named it Gabby’s after my daughter. Now we close at 2:30, do not do Sunday’s and shut the store down to take vacations! I have time for my family. Thank you to my wife Coreen for letting me “sell a very profitable business and open a restaurant in the middle of a recession”. I married up!
Our goal is great food and great service at a reasonable price. I need happy customers who will come back again and again (maybe with a friend). If you do not receive great food, great service and you do not feel after paying like you got a great deal, my dream will fail. Please, let me know what I can do to keep living my dream. 2/24/09

Living the Dream II

People are always asking “are you living the dream?” And I always answer “Yes”. But I must say the dream has changed over the past few years. There is less about the restaurant and more about the children. Seamus and Gabriella are growing up FAST, and I want to be here less and with them more. Once I began down this new path, I loved it more than I thought possible.
I do dream that Gabby’s will become a Nashville institution like Haptowns, Rotiers or the Loveless. But today, I just want to pay my bills, get out of debt, and hug my wife and children as much as possible. Simple. The way dreams ought to be. 4/30/12

Living the Dream III

And then came Covid! I had two stores by then and the only goal was survival. We still have most of our employees and one store. Now I just want to make it with the one store. I do not even think I want to be as busy as before. But I have been reminded how precious this all is. It is FUN again. And we are lucky to still be here. I am grateful for this simple burger joint, my family, the employees, and the customers. We are still living the dream! 8/10/22