Jim Myers

jtmyers@tennessean.com

The heavens have parted, and cayenne paste will fall.

Prince's Hot Chicken Shack is opening a second location on the corner of Old Hickory Boulevard and Nolensville Road, confirmed Andre Prince Jeffries, the godmother of Nashville's signature dish, calling it Prince's South.

The new location, tentatively scheduled to open September 5 in the former Thi3d Base Sports Bar at 5814 Nolensville Road, will seat approximately 100 people, with space for close to 30 more outside on the patio. What should come as great news to many, the restaurant will accept credit cards and is working to secure a permit to sell beer. Mike Alexander, who works at the current location, has been tapped to be the general manager of the new spot.

Still undergoing the transformation from sports bar to a future site of hot chicken pilgrimages, the space already boasts a large mural on a rustic wood wall of Thornton Prince serving a signature plate of hot chicken. Amari Booker painted the mural and bathroom doors, drawing from the window art at the original Prince's Hot Chicken Shack. Like the space itself, the painting is a noticeably dressed-up version of Prince, who's wearing a silver tuxedo and a bright red tie that blows in the breeze.

Parked outside is the new Prince's food truck that will be serving at Jazz on the Cumberland downtown on Sunday, Aug. 21. Jeffries says the truck was a "birthday gift."

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