Emeraude Bakery outgrows its Mt. Juliet home. Where it's moving
A popular Mt. Juliet bakery that specializes in artisan sourdough bread and pastries will relocate to a bigger space in the city, chef, founder and owner Hunter Briley said. The Emeraude Bakery will leave its eatery at 9904 Lebanon Road near Golden Bear Gateway and go west into the heart of Mt. Juliet at 11330 Lebanon Road, said Briley. The new location will give The Emeraude Bakery just over 3,000 square feet of space in a multi-tenant building with Nutrition Nova and Resha's School of Dance. Nicoletto's Pasta Company also plans to open a new location there, near the intersection of North Mt. Juliet Road across from Starbucks. "We've officially outgrown the building," Briley said about the current 1,200-square-foot space that can have lines of customers waiting to get in, especially on a Saturday, along with limited parking and a difficult intersection to get in and out of." "We have maxed out on storage and output and the amount of people we can even fit in here. We've been presented with an opportunity and we've taken it." Briley opened The Emeraude Bakery storefront in late 2024, specializing in traditional sourdough bread that uses all natural ingredients with 48-hour fermentation to