Restaurant Owner Jim Hagy Discusses Coronavirus Impact

Jim Hagy is a third-generation restaurant owner. His grandfather
started Hagy's Catfish Hotel on the banks of the Tennessee River
near Shiloh Battlefield after hosting a fundraiser for Tennessee
Governor Gordon Browning in the 1930s.


After 80 years, Hagy's Catfish Hotel is still thriving. Some say
they serve the finest fried catfish and hushpuppies on the
planet. Jim and his wife Cheryl, also own and operate Chef's
Market, a restaurant and catering operation in Goodlettsville,
TN, just outside of Nashville. 


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Our families go back over 70 years so I interviewed Jim about the
state of the restaurant industry and how the coronavirus pandemic
has and will change the future of the restaurant industry for the
foreseeable future.