
We’re Jarod, Courtney and Liam. We’re just a family. We’re not entrepreneurs, legacies and certainly not trust fund babies. We’re not trying to build an empire or a dynasty. We’re just trying to make our own way and be part of our community. We love community. In many ways we live for it. It was after we came to a neighborhood meeting in East Nashville that we decided to move here. We loved a place where people cared about what was going on in their community; cared about things that were going to make it better. Many neighborhoods are more concerned with how long your grass is or how well your new landscaping project makes everyone else’s house look. To each his own. But again, we’re about community. That’s what Ugly Mugs is about too. It is a place in the community for you to come read, write, sing, meet, blog, connect, talk, listen or do whatever it is you want to do in a coffeehouse. That’s why we’re here, that’s why we built this place. We are wide open, we don’t have a problem being honest with you. We don’t have an angle or a hidden agenda. Of course we didn’t open a business to fail. Like I said, we’re just trying to make our own way. Our vision is to look around and see people in the community connecting with others, sharing stories, and supporting each other. And with any luck doing that with a little time left over to hang out as a family. We hope you like our place. We hope you like all the local coffeehouses in Nashville. Thanks for visiting us.