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By: By ERIN EDGEMON, Business Editor

Toot’s tasty wings could be coming to a location near you.

Owner Wade Hays confirmed that he has been looking for a location to build a third Toot’s restaurant in Middle Tennessee.

“We want to do another location in the next year or so,” he said. “We haven’t found what we are looking for yet.”

Toot’s officials have looked at sites on South Church Street near a future, unnamed big box retailer to be constructed at the intersection of the major thoroughfare and County Farm Road.

Other possible locations include Cools Springs and Hermitage.

Hays said he is looking to open a new location to grow the restaurant chain and offer new opportunities for Toot’s existing employees.

“We have a recognized concept in Middle Tennessee,” he said. “We want to continue our run of success.”

Toot’s has been one of Murfreesboro’s most popular restaurants since opening in 1985; the Smyrna location will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year.

Toot’s franchises are located in Bowling Green, Ky. and Cincinnati, Ohio.

For more information on Toot’s, visit www.toots.com.

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Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches is still on its way to Murfreesboro.

The Post reported in January that the sandwich shop would be open for business at 577 N. Thompson Lane next door to the AT&T Wireless store by mid-March.

Franchisee Rocky Carlson said it would likely be the end of May or early June before the shop opens due to delays in receiving permits from the city of Murfreesboro and construction.

Jimmy John’s is a Champaign, Ill.-based restaurant franchise that was built on the concept of providing speedy and friendly service. Sandwiches are designed to be ready in as little as 30 seconds. Bread is baked in-house every four hours; meats and vegetables also are sliced in-house daily.

Carlson and co-owners, his father and mother, Art and Linda Carlson, have already started looking for a second Murfreesboro location close to MTSU.

For more information on Jimmy John’s, visit www.jimmyjohns.com.

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Plato’s Closet at 429 N. Thompson Lane is giving motorists a little relief from high gas prices for the rest of April.

The store that sells gently used, in-fashion clothing is offering customers a percentage off purchases of $50 or more based on how far they drove to the store.

Call the store at 896-8511 or visit www.platosclosetmurfreesboro.com for more information.

Erin Edgemon can be reached at 869-0812 and at eedgemon@murfreesboropost.com.

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Member Opinions:

By: DMW37128 on 4/20/08
"The Post reported in January that the sandwich shop would be open for business at 577 N. Thompson Lane next door to the AT&T Wireless store by mid-March."

Surprised Lenny's subs did not get an exclusive clause in their lease.

Sandwich in "30 seconds" means either pre-made or cheaply made. Not looking forward to this one. Obviously not hot sandwiches either.

By: Trvlace on 4/21/08
I have heard Jimmy John's is good. I will give them a try at least one time. 30 secs means the meat is not sliced fresh like at Jersey Mike's which has my vote right now as Best Sub in the boro.

By: DMW on 4/22/08
Wow, I would love to see a Toot's in Cool Springs! With many Nissan employees driving form M'boro and Smyrna there would already be a familiar customer base. Currently, I'm pretty sure there isn’t a 3.99 lunch special to be found anywhere close to Cool Springs.

By: DMW on 4/22/08
In my opinion Jimmy John’s is just okay. It's just a plain sandwich, nothing special. I would pick Lenny's over it any day. I think they do a lot of deleivery business so maybe they are banking on the all the new offices on Medical Center Parkway for their customer base.

By: justdance on 4/25/08

Jersey Mike' subs, not so good, Lenny's does have great subs however, tons of meat on their regular size sandwich.

As far as I'm concerned, they can knock down the Toot's we have here in the Boro' and move it somewhere outside the state of Tennessee! I don't see how anyone can call their food good! I'd say four meals at four different times is giving them enough chance to prove me wrong. The last time we went, my husband practically had to DRAG me there! No more!