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Business Lunch: The Overpass Merchant

May 22, 2019

business lunch overpass merchant — The fixed menu excels at shareable small plates and sandwiches, including the longstanding, fancy fried chicken sandwich, the Billy Ray Cyrus. The chicken is brined in tea, then painted in a “hot lacquer” sauce that falls between buffalo-style and Nashville hot. It’s served with buttermilk slaw and homemade pickles on a slightly sweet brioche bun. “It’s been on the menu since the very beginning,” Hufft says of its popularity. (Collin Richie)

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A neighborhood watering hole with an eclectic menu sums up the ethos of The Overpass Merchant, the gastropub launched three years ago by Curbside Burgers founder Nick Hufft and business partner Lon Marchand. Located in the Perkins Road overpass spot once occupied by Zee Zee Gardens, the Merchant’s intention has been to

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