J.W. Ray's Steakhouse

Category: Restaurants

.w.rayS Steakhouse® opened for business in Columbia, TN, September 6, 2003. The vision for J.w.rayS® was to operate a restaurant that was smoke free and alcohol free, a restaurant that could rely on the quality of food to bring people back. From the beginning we were winning customers with high quality food and excellent service. Our hand-breaded products (Jw Fingers, jumbo shrimp, fried green tomatoes, and several others) quickly became customer favorites. These are signature products for J.w.rayS®, because we use our own secret recipe breading that we developed. We introduced Certified Angus Beef® six months after opening to give us an advantage over our competitors, but it also put us on a much higher level with upscale steakhouses around the country. In January 2004 we were voted by the readers of The Daily Herald® as "The Best Undiscovered Restaurant" in Maury County.

In the fall of 2004 marked our 1 year anniversary and the momentum started to build, we were flooded with new customers through an aggressive advertising campaign and "word of mouth" as our loyal customer base started to grow and word spread quickly.

Winter 2004 plans were set in motion that would eventually move us out of our 70 seat location where it all started and into a brand new building that seats over 175!!! That January our customers spoke once again in The Daily Herald®, and voted J.w.rayS® as having the best steaks and the best service in Maury County.

In March 2005, J.w.rayS Steakhouse® of Pulaski, TN opened for business. Along the way we were asked by numerous customers "is this a chain" due to the excellent food and professional service - and now we say YES it is.

Summer of 2005 the original J.w.rayS Steakhouse® in Columbia, TN will be moving to its new home, 4 1/2 miles north of it's current location. The new location will be the World Headquarters for J.w.rayS Steakhouse®

We look forward to adding to this success story for years to come and we hope that if you've never experienced the J.w.rayS® difference that you'll come and give us a try. If you are a customer of ours already we thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you and hope that you will keep coming back again and again.