Restaurant Owner Carey Bringle Talks Pork BBQ & Nashville Property Taxes

05/26/20 • 45 min

Carey Bringle owns and operates Peg Leg Porker, a highly successful barbecue restaurant in Nashville's Gulch area.

When Nashville, Tennessee Mayor John Cooper proposed raising property taxes by 32% to keep all government employees on the payroll, Carey protested in an open letter that went viral.

I sat down with Carey in the Gulch on May 13, 2020, soon after restaurants were allowed to reopen in Nashville. We discussed the challenges restaurants would face in a post-coronavirus world, Memphis barbecue, bourbon, and his podcast, Live From BS Corner.

You don't want to miss this episode!

Carey Bringle owns and operates Peg Leg Porker, a highly successful barbecue restaurant in Nashville's Gulch area.

When Nashville, Tennessee Mayor John Cooper proposed raising property taxes by 32% to keep all government employees on the payroll, Carey protested in an open letter that went viral.

You don't want to miss this episode!

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