Caroline Galzin
Partner & Director of Operations
Originally from Alabama, Galzin has been in the hospitality industry for over 20 years. She has excelled at a range of positions from beverage director to manager, and currently serves as Nicky’s Director of Operations. In 2010, Caroline attended Kendall College in Chicago, where she studied culinary arts.
OUR STORY
Following their move to Nashville in 2013, Tony and Caroline opened Fifty First Kitchen & Bar, earning best new restaurant from the Nashville Scene, and Eater Nashville chef of the year.
The two opened Nicky’s Coal Fired in December of 2016. Nicky’s is a neighborhood restaurant inspired by Tony's own Italian family and their traditions, focusing on seasonal Italian antipasti, pasta and pizzas fired in Tennessee’s only coal burning oven. They again garnered best new restaurant from The Nashville Scene, as well as notable mentions from Nashville Lifestyles, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Conde Nast Traveler, USA Today, and The Tasting Table, to name a few.
