New Big Bad Breakfast 'BBB' diner honors former City Cafe space in downtown Murfreesboro
Diner Robbie Calvo joined others for the recent Big Bad Breakfast grand opening where the historic City Cafe previously operated in downtown Murfreesboro. "I like the environment," Calvo told The Daily News Journal while seated on a stool at the lunch counter. "I like all the changes they've done. Cinnamon rolls are good , and I'm anxiously awaiting breakfast to see how that is." Big Bad Breakfast, a Southeast chain of 31 restaurants, also known as BBB, touts being a "Southern Scratch Diner" for breakfast and lunch with options that include house-cured bacon, biscuits every morning and a Bloody Mary bar. The Murfreesboro owners brought the restaurant space, at 113 E. Main St., up to code while retaining much of the decor of City Cafe, including signs, paintings and photos from the previous restaurant founded in 1900 before closing in 2020 , new business partner Molly James of Nashville told the DNJ. "We tried to mix the new with the old," said James, who runs the new eatery with founding BBB chef John Currence . A James Beard Award-winning chef, Currence started the restaurant chain in 2008 in Oxford, Mississippi. He is also known for his cookbook using the diner's