The business is owned and run by 3 partners: Odaine Lindo, Davie Allen and Christian Hyde. Lindo began the business a couple of years back in North Carolina prior to bringing the tastes home to Clarksville.
The start
“I wanted to do something quick and easy,” Lindo informed Clarksville Now. “We worked at a lot of breweries and things like that, because that’s big in North Carolina, but I grew up in Clarksville, and a lot of my friends wanted me to come back and bring that same flavor and taste to Clarksville.”
In the fall of 2022, Lindo said, he chose to broaden the business and started a business on Dover Road.
“Honestly, I just felt like it was time. The food truck was doing good, it was being consistent, but I wanted to see what it would take to actually transition over to the brick-and-mortar and see how a brick-and-mortar runs so that we way we can just continue to grow,” Lindo said.
This is where Allen and Hyde enter play. Allen informed Clarksville Now he owns the building and brought Hyde on as a business partner. Hyde then presented Allen and Lindo and the 3 chose to partner for Big Dog Kitchen.
“We decided to create a three-headed monster and attack it all at once. When me met, I told them (Allen and Hyde) the business plans,” Lindo said. “They were like ‘Let’s do it’ and we got the keys that day and hit the ground running. We never looked back since.”
The Food
“I’m from Jamaica, so we do a lot of American and Jamaican-infused foods,” Lindo said. “Nothing is frozen; everything is fresh.”
Lindo included that the only products fried are the wings and french fries, keeping in mind that whatever else is grilled. The menu includes numerous seasonal products year-around.
“We always provide something new. There’s never the same thing. There’s like a couple of items that are big sellers that stays the same, but a lot of times, like with the seasons, or when there’s new fresh ingredients that comes in, then we change the menu,” he said.
Popular products consist of the quesadillas, jerk chicken Alfredo pasta, Cajun pasta and the “Big Dog Basket,” including wings, filled french fries and a disaster.
“A meltdown is basically like a burger, but instead of all the extra condiments and things like that, you have the burger, the grilled onions, and then you have the Big Dog Sauce and the lamb chop sauce on top. It’s like a smash burger; it’s just good and messy,” Lindo said. “It’s good comfort food.”
Big Dog Kitchen is open for dine-in and carryout Tuesday through Sunday from twelve noon to 7 p.m. and will extend hours to 10 p.m. in the summertime.
To keep up to date on the latest seasonal menu products and other info from Big Dog Kitchen, you can follow their Facebook page or come by the place on Dover Road.
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