Toasted Walnut Table and Market owners Audria Weimer and Amy Hegar said they want the restaurant to offer a welcoming environment to anyone who visits.

What’s on the menu

The menu is filled with an “explosion of flavors,” Weimer said. Several items, such as the chicken salad sandwich are “craveable," she said.

One of the most popular menu items is the burger, Weimer said. The burger features two patties of half angus and half wagyu beef, bacon, lettuce, onion and tomato.

Another popular menu item includes the brisket tacos, which features tortillas, brisket marinated with onions and bell peppers, pickled onions, sriracha mayo, cilantro, barbecue sauce, tomatillo and cotija cheese. The brisket patty melt is also popular and comes with brisket and cheddar cheese on jalapeno cheese bread.


The background

Weimer said she was one of the founders of Tender Smokehouse, which opened in 2017. After she opened the restaurant, she continued to work in corporate America. However, she decided to open Toasted Walnut as a way to exit Corporate America.

After Tender opened, Weimer said her business partner urged her to focus on her restaurant concept.

“We never force anything,” Weimer said. “We believe that goes against nature. We need the feeling to be there that now is the time ... If you’re forcing it then you’re going against God’s plan.”


Hegar said her husband, Brent Hegar, was Weimer’s co-worker. Hegar said that Weimer approached them about investing in the restaurant and after praying about it, decided to join.

“They were both very similar in their work ethic,” Hegar said. “Very likeminded and respectful of each other.”

What’s special about it?

Weimer said the staff at Toasted Walnut “love to serve” and her hope is that customers have an elevated dining experience when they come into the restaurant.


“Our mission is to serve,” Weimer said. “It gives us gratitude to be able to welcome people in, sit around the table and have them enjoy the delights of our menu while they visit with family.”

Weimer says a quote on the back wall captures the experience they want diners to have: “Bless the food before us, family beside us and the love beside us.”

Quote of note

“There’s so much to explore on our menu,” Weimer said. “You stick with one item and you love it ... but you don’t venture out, you could be missing out.”