“We wanted to get back to the roots of cooking,” says Philip Krajeck of his new restaurant Junior , which opened earlier this month.

Y ou’d be forgiven if you find yourself asking, “Isn’t that what Krajeck already has been doing?” Yes, he’s a James Beard Award semifinalist, chef and the owner of two of Nashville’s most acclaimed restaurants. Rolf & Daughters opened in Germantown in late 2012, and Folk opened in 2018 in McFerrin Park.

But Junior, built on the site of a former Piggly Wiggly on Dickerson Pike ( Fancypants shares the same parking lot), is a new take on the kitchen for Krajeck and his accomplished team. First, it’s small, with 50 seats and plans in the works for a patio that will seat 16. But that’s far from the only difference between Junior and Rolf and

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