The two-story brick building at 1017 Woodland Street, longtime home of Margot Café & Bar, is on the market for $3 million, putting one of Five Points’ most recognizable corners in play. Chef-owner Margot McCormack has said the restaurant will close on June 5, 2026, after a 25-year run that helped put East Nashville’s dining scene on the map. The listing underscores how changing real estate economics are reshaping Woodland Street in real time.
Listing details
The 2,547-square-foot property at 1017 Woodland Street is listed at $3,000,000, according to the commercial posting on Showcase. The listing names Stride Commercial as the broker and identifies the site as parcel APN 083-09-0-185 on roughly 0.09 acres, a compact footprint that has punched above its weight in neighborhood visibility.
Margot’s farewell
McCormack announced that Margot Café & Bar would close on June 5, 2026, saying she was “ready for a new chapter” as the restaurant winds down after a quarter-century run. The closure timeline and her comments were reported locally and summarized by Axios, which framed the move as the end of an era for East Nashville dining.
Sale history
Public property records show that McCormack bought the building in 2015 for about $730,000, with the sale recorded in April of that year. Those records, along with the commercial listing, outline the building’s size and ownership history, details echoed on property pages from Compass and the posting on LoopNet.
What the sale could mean for Five Points
Neighborhood owners and local coverage say sales like this are part of a broader wave of investor attention and turnover along Woodland Street, where rising rents and fresh concepts have steadily changed the tenant mix. Nashville Scene has tracked nearby departures and the arrival of national brands, while earlier 4 best Italian spots coverage highlighted how long Margot had anchored East Nashville’s restaurant reputation.
Next steps
Stride Commercial’s marketing materials pitch the property as suitable for owner-users or investors and provide agent contact information for prospective buyers. What comes next will decide whether this corner stays a neighborhood restaurant address or is turned to another use, a turning point noted in reporting by the Nashville Post and in the commercial listing itself.
