Hawkers Asian Street Food Is Opening at McEwen Northside in Franklin TN

Hawkers at McEwen Northside in Franklin

What restaurant is opening at McEwen Northside in Franklin, TN? Hawkers Asian Street Food, known for tapas-style shared plates and street food flavors from across Asia, is opening its second Middle Tennessee location at McEwen Northside, 4031 Aspen Grove Drive in Franklin, TN 37067.

If you've eaten at the Hawkers location in East Nashville, you already know what's coming. If you haven't, here's the short version: shareable plates built for a table full of people, flavors pulled from Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Hong Kong, and a bar area that stays lively even when there's a short wait for a table.

I've been a regular at the East Nashville location for years, usually on a Sunday evening, often with out-of-town guests in tow. Hawkers is landing a few floors below my own office at McEwen Northside. Here's what it means for Franklin and Williamson County more broadly.

What Is Hawkers Asian Street Food?

Hawkers Asian Street Food takes its name from the street food hawker stalls found throughout Asia, small, family-run stands where recipes get passed down and perfected over generations. The concept was built by four friends with roots in Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Hong Kong, and much of the menu comes directly from their own family recipes.

The format is built for sharing. Plates are meant to move around the table, which makes it a natural fit for groups, date nights, and the kind of visiting family or friends who want to try a little bit of everything.

Why McEwen Northside

McEwen Northside has been filling in steadily over the past few years, office space, residential, and now an expanding lineup of dining and retail. Hawkers joins that mix, and Paris Baguette is opening in the same stretch soon after.

Restaurant groups don't pick locations on instinct. Before signing a lease, they study daytime population, trade area demographics, and foot traffic patterns. When a concept with years of proven loyalty in East Nashville chooses Cool Springs for its next Middle Tennessee location, that's a read on the area's growth, not just a new place to eat.

For Franklin, that's one more data point in a pattern that's been building for a while. Restaurants, retailers, and employers all study the same signals buyers and sellers should be paying attention to: is an area gaining daytime energy, walkability, and tenant variety, or losing it.

What Else Is at McEwen Northside

Hawkers and Paris Baguette are joining an already active dining and retail lineup at McEwen Northside, a 45-acre mixed-use district managed by Boyle Investment Company. Current tenants include:

• Shake Shack
• Perry's Steakhouse & Grille
• Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
• Just Love Coffee
• Oak Hall
• Warby Parker
• Vuori
• Culinary Dropout
• Radish
• North Italia

For a full, current directory, visit McEwen Northside's website.

What This Means If You're Consideringa Relocation to Franklin or Williamson County

If you're relocating to Williamson County, whether for a corporate move or simply choosing a new home base, dining and retail options around a neighborhood matter almost as much as the home itself. Along with the home and the neighborhood, amenities like this are part of what shapes where someone ultimately decides to live.

McEwen Northside sits in the heart of Cool Springs, one of Franklin's most active mixed-use developments, and its dining lineup keeps expanding. It's also one of Franklin's most walkable districts, with free on-street and garage parking, which matters for anyone weighing day-to-day convenience alongside a home search. That's useful context whether you're evaluating a specific listing near McEwen or just trying to understand what day-to-day life looks like in this part of Franklin, Tennessee.

FAQ

When is Hawkers opening at McEwen Northside? An exact opening date hasn't been confirmed yet. Follow along on social media or check back here for an update as soon as it's announced.

What kind of food does Hawkers serve? Hawkers serves tapas-style, shareable plates drawing on street food traditions from Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Dishes are designed to be ordered in variety and shared around the table.

What else is opening at McEwen Northside? Paris Baguette is opening in the same stretch of McEwen Northside, adding to a growing lineup of dining options in Franklin's Cool Springs area.

What other restaurants and shops are at McEwen Northside? McEwen Northside's dining and retail lineup has included Shake Shack, Perry's Steakhouse & Grille, Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Just Love Coffee, Oak Hall, Warby Parker, Vuori, Culinary Dropout, Radish, and North Italia, with new tenants continuing to join the 45-acre district.

Where exactly is McEwen Northside located? McEwen Northside is located at 4031 Aspen Grove Drive in Franklin, Tennessee 37067, in the heart of the Cool Springs area of Williamson County.

Let's Talk

Whether you're relocating to Franklin, evaluating homes near Cool Springs, or just curious what's changing in this part of Williamson County, I'm happy to walk you through it.

Let's talk. Call or text 615-337-3660.

Bill Diebenow | Compass