Hall Monitor

The food hall craze makes its way to Clarksville with The Common Kitchen.

- MIKE UNGER

THE COMMON KITCHEN, A COLLECTION OF 10 EATERIES serving a world of flavors under one roof, is located in a mixed-use development in Clarksville. Although small by contemporary standards, it offers an impressive array of complex flavors.

Trifecto, which serves locally roasted coffee, cold-pressed juices, and local kombucha, is its anchor. Sit at the bar and sip one of its signature cocktails, like its take on a mule, mixed with its yin and yang juice—a combination of oranges, apples, cucumbers, carrots, and ginger. The drink tastes like a health shake—with vodka. Trifecto, which has all local beers and spirits on tap, also serves smoothies, breakfast, and sandwiches like the crab melt, essentially a grilled cheese with crab dip. It’s messy, but worth it.