Celebrated Nashville restaurant Locust announces major shake-up

Why it matters: The restaurant's dinner service has become the center of the culinary universe in Nashville. Reservations evaporate almost immediately.

• Locust has received rapturous acclaim from the New York Times and other national publications. Just last week, chef Trevor Moran was named a James Beard semifinalist.
• The whimsical, and unexplained, shake-up is rocking the foodie scene.

What they're saying: Not much. The restaurant outlined the change in a brief Instagram post. Their PR team didn't say what is driving the switch.

• "Why?" one commenter asked on Instagram.
• "why not," Locust answered.

The intrigue: The Tennessean's food reporter Mackensy Lunsford wrote that the "irreverence with which they approach the idea of fine dining" is part of Locust's magic.

• "It's a boisterous place to be that should be a great deal of fun to hang out in. ... And if switching to drinks and dumplings is going to help facilitate that? I'm all for it."