A new restaurant will be opening in Gallatin in early November in the building formerly occupied by Cycles at 200 Park Street.
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Tim and Stephanie Champagne, owners, say Joe Jump Eatery and Smokehouse will focus on farm-to-table dishes, always fresh, never frozen. A variety of family-style meals will be included, from steaks to baked chicken. Favorite barbecues, like smokehouse ribs, sausages and burnt ends, will also be on the menu; but the Smokehouse will not serve exclusively barbecue.
“We’ll have good home-cooking, feel-good type meals,” the Champagnes say.
The goal for this fall is to open the main part of the building. By next spring a sports bar area with TV is slated for another section of the building. Catering and private parties will be offered as well.
The name of the restaurant — Joe Jump — was chosen for its connection to the town’s past.
“We wanted to tie the theme of the restaurant to local history,” the Champagne say. “We read up on the history of the Gallatin area and thought Joe Jump would be a catchy name.”
Joe Jump was the name of one of two men hanged in Gallatin’s first (and certainly the last) execution. Joe Jump and John Smith murdered William Gladson in 1885. Smith was hanged two weeks after Jump. These hangings were among the last conducted in Missouri.
Light interior work is being done on the building and some outside painting.
Mr. Champagne grew up in Michigan, took his culinary studies at Oakland, MI, and his internships in Makinac Island, IA. He now lives in Shawnee, KS.