Brandon Styll

Brandon Styll is the founder and host of Nashville Restaurant Radio and the driving force behind the Nashville Area Restaurant Alliance (NARA), a community built to help independent restaurants survive, grow, and win together.

After spending nearly a decade as Director of Operations for some of Nashville’s most respected restaurants, Brandon saw a problem most operators live with every day: incredible people running great businesses — completely alone. No buying power. No shared resources. No real support system.

So he built one.

Through NRR, Brandon sits down with restaurant owners, chefs, founders, and industry leaders to tell real stories about building businesses, navigating burnout, scaling teams, managing money, and staying human in one of the hardest industries on earth. No hype. No guru talk. Just honest conversations with people doing the work.

Beyond the podcast, Brandon works hands-on with restaurant owners through NARA, helping them negotiate better vendor agreements, improve operations, and build community — all while keeping local restaurants competitive against national chains.

He’s also the owner of New Light Hospitality Solutions, where he provides fractional operations leadership to independent restaurants across Middle Tennessee and beyond.

Brandon believes strong restaurants build strong communities. Everything he does flows from that simple idea.

When he’s not recording episodes or negotiating deals, you’ll find him spending time with his family, coaching youth soccer, hiking, or chasing good food with good people.