The Lower Broadway building housing Jack’s Bar-B-Que has sold to the owners of Robert’s Western World for $15 million and possibly a per-foot record — with the venerable barbecue business having now ceased operations and the honky-tonk to expand into its space. The two-story structure at 416A Broadway has housed the restaurant for 31 years.

According to Metro records, Jack Cawthon purchased the property in April 1996 for $475,000.

A release notes the new owners are husband and wife JesseLee Jones and Emily Ann Jones, who own Robert’s Western World. That business operates in a building sitting adjacent to the Jack’s Bar-B-Que structure and offering an address of 416B Broadway. The Joneses plan to use the ex-Jack's space in some manner for RWW.

The Davidson County Register of Deeds we

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