SHAKE RAG, TENNESSEE WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1850’S NEAR WHAT IS NOW THE INTERSECTION OF SHELBY ROAD AND RANKIN BRANCH. THE POPULATION “44 & 1/2” DID NOT APPEAR UNTIL 1969 WHEN THE ‘MAYOR’ OF SHAKE RAG – MARTENDALE ABBY WAS PAINTING A NEW SIGN… MAYOR ABBY WROTE “1/2”, THEREBY CREATING THE THEORY THAT “EVERY TIME A WOMAN GETS PREGNANT, A MAN LEAVES TOWN”… SHAKE RAG BAR AND GRILL IS CURRENTLY ON IT’S THIRD RESURRECTION AND OPENED AGAIN IN JULY OF 2015.COLD BEER AND A WARM WELCOME AWAITS EVERYONE FROM FAR AND WIDE!