Our Story: From the Hotel del Coronado to Hendersonville's Best Nutritional Drink Shop
Don Miguel Juicery + Rustic Kitchen is a family-owned healthy restaurant in Hendersonville, TN serving fresh açaí bowls, smoothies, wraps, salads, sandwiches, fresh juices, wellness shots, and house-made drinks. Our Baja Coastal menu is built around real ingredients, fresh preparation, and meals that are satisfying without feeling heavy.
How it started
Our story starts in San Diego, where Miguel and I met while I was working as a server at the Hotel del Coronado. When I moved back to Tennessee with my family, Miguel followed — and we married here in 2010. Not long after, we got the opportunity to open a deli and juice bar in San Diego with Miguel's parents, which we ran from 2011 to 2014. That's where our knowledge of fresh food really started — it's where we discovered the açaí bowl and began making it from scratch with freshly juiced apple.
Bringing it home to Tennessee
We moved back to Tennessee in 2014, and by the summer of 2015 we were serving out of a tent at the Hendersonville farmers market — açaí bowls, fresh juice, smoothies, and wheatgrass shots, with no guarantee anyone would show up. They did. By June 2015, we'd upgraded to a food truck, where we expanded the menu with wraps, sandwiches, and salads we'd learned to make in San Diego, plus ideas of our own. On January 3, 2019, we opened our Hendersonville brick-and-mortar at 115 Walton Ferry Rd, Ste 13.
Where we are today
We've now served the Hendersonville community for years, were voted Sumner County's Best Nutritional Drink Shop in the 2025 Main Street Awards, and were named a finalist again in 2026. That growth led us to open a second location in Nashville at 300 James Robertson Parkway.
What makes our food different
We cook with olive oil and avoid seed oils. Our açaí bowls are made with our own house-made blend — Grade A açaí, fresh fruit, and no processed ingredients or added sugar — inspired by their beachside origins as an energizing post-surf food, not a high-calorie dessert. Our signature Santa Maria-style tri-tip brings bold, live-fire California flavor to Tennessee, served in wraps, sandwiches, salads, and tacos alongside our fresh juices and smoothies.
We are not your typical restaurant, and that makes us exciting.
