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Dining The guide was updated: 2023-03-30

The creative spirit of Nashville is reflected not only in it's music, but also on beautiful symphonies it crafts for your taste buds. The vibrant and flavourful cuisine of Tennessee stems from decades of Southern cooking entertwined with the influence of immigrants from the far reaches of the globe.

Naturally, the region is known as the birthplace of Nashville hot chicken. Fried to a crunchy golden crisp, doused in fiery spices ranging from mild to "clucking hot", served on a bed of soft white bread with a pickle — you'll keep coming back for more.

Tennessee is known for its low-and-slow barbecue culture, and Nashville is happy to offer you a taste. It’s easy to find biscuits and barbecue by the bucket-full in the many barbecue restaurants.

Cheap, delicious and satisfying eats are found on every street in the Music City, and, with no shortage of music, Nashville is the perfect destination for a weekend getaway. Discover the spots that make Nashville the culinary destination it is today:

Monell’s Dining & Catering

Monell’s Dining & Catering

Enjoy Southern Cuisine with a Nashville twist all-you-can-eat style in a historic setting of a Victorian house. The food is served in a familial atmosphere at huge communal tables. Featured dishes include local favorites like the skillet-fried chicken, pork chops, pot roast and BBQ ribs. The menu changes daily to ensure the freshest of local, seasonal ingredients.

Kayne Prime

Kayne Prime

Kayne Prime is both Nashville's independent "boutique steakhouse" and M Street's dining gem. The name “Kayne” derives from the historic Kayne switch yard, located directly across 11th Avenue. Kayne celebrates both traditional American steaks and modern interpretations, featuring classics, market-driven fresh ingredients and farm-to-table dishes. Craft cocktails accompany the extensive wine list, and dinner is served 7 nights a week. You will also be spoiled with spectacular views of the historic train yards, Union Station and the downtown skyline while dining.

Burger Up

Burger Up

Burger Up epitomizes “thoughtful consumption” through providing a menu of locally sourced food supplied by local farms with sustainable farming practices. Burgers and house fries are the ever-favorite specialties, with salads and delectable appetizers to keep every palate satisfied. Excellent food is is complemented by comfy interior of reclaimed wood.

The Capitol Grille

The Capitol Grille

The Capitol Grille in Nashville’s Hermitage Hotel is lauded to be a favorite of Nashvillians who are “in the know.” Striving to preserve the past while utilizing current methods of sustainability, the Capitol Grille serves vegetables that are grown within 5 miles of the restaurant. Also, the beef is raised at The Hermitage Hotel's own Double H Farms just west of Nashville. The menu features Southern Fusion with dishes that have reinvented Southern gourmet cuisine.

City House

City House

City House is a chef-owned and operated restaurant featuring Italian cuisine that’s inspired and influenced by the American South. The restaurant serves a menu of antipasti, pizza, pasta, fish, meat and a wide selection of drinks. Complement every dish with a cocktail, bourbon, whiskey or wine. Desserts include delicious chocolate stout and espresso ice box cake, butterscotch panna cotta and more. You can trust the chef to masterfully marry subtle flavors.

Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar

Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar

Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is a high-end steakhouse chain that invites guests to indulge in the finest aged prime beef and lobster tail complemented by their award-winning wine list featuring 100 wines you can try by the glass. The warm ambiance boasts an open dining room constructed around an exhibition kitchen and expansive bar. Private dining rooms are adjacent to the main room.

Joey's House of Pizza

Joey's House of Pizza

Joey's House of Pizza dishes out real, homemade, authentic New York style pizza whole and by the slice. Northerners will immediately feel at home. Besides pizzas, they serve Italian pastas, salads, calzones and more. You will not be disappointed!

Etch Restaurant

Etch Restaurant

Etch restaurant is the go-to place for eclectic, upscale dining in an open-kitchen setting. The chefs use seemingly discordant ingredients to bring together the most unexpected flavour combinations that surprise and delight every time. The homemade ice cream, appetizers and cocktails are excellent and together with the very knowledgeable staff it is the recipe for a great evening. Open for lunch and dinner.

Mas Tacos Por Favor

Mas Tacos Por Favor

Mas Tacos Por Favor serves tacos that are just that little bit different from the typical taco. Try Sweet Potato and Quinoa tacos as well as Cactus and Chorizo, you will not regret it and do not forget the ice-cold margaritas to complement your dinner! Also serving fish tacos, soups and chilaquiles, all in a delightfully cozy, no-frills venue.

The Wild Cow

The Wild Cow

The Wild Cow is serving vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free food cooked freshly with local and organic produce — you will not find any microwave or freezer in the restaurant. Their cruelty-free dishes are complemented with homemade sauces and umami-rich vegetable stocks.

McNamara's Irish Pub and Restaurant

McNamara's Irish Pub and Restaurant

As the name already suggests, this Irish pub serves authentic Irish classics in a traditional pub environment. The obligatory live music and whiskey are not missing either. From the menu, you can choose dishes like fish and chips, Guinness stew, Scotch eggs, salmon salad and potato soup.

Hathorne Restaurant

Hathorne Restaurant

Head to Hathorne Restaurant for either dinner or brunch that take advantage of local and fresh produce. There are many options for vegetarians, like grilled cabbage or squash and roasted golden beets, but also meat-based offerings such as confit pork shank and venison short ribs.

Prince's Hot Chicken Shack

Prince's Hot Chicken Shack

Started in 1945 by James Thornton Prince, Prince's Hot Chicken Shack is known for Nashville's unique deep-fried poultry specialty, deliciously spiced from mild to XXX hot levels. A true regional classic and an integral part of local cuisine. You can visit their main restaurant in the south of the city, pop in for a bite in The District or catch their food truck.

Hattie B's Hot Chicken — Lower Broadway

Hattie B's Hot Chicken — Lower Broadway

A family-owned and operated restaurant chain serving Nashville-style hot chicken. Try the classic and delicious combination of hot waffles and deep-fried chicken, spicy or not. Be warned: the spicy version is Spicy, as it's prepared with ghost peppers. The chicken is served with pickles and atop white bread, as is customary here. The restaurant was started by a father and a son, both called Nick Bishop. It is named after three women in their family with the name Hattie.

Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant

Puckett's Grocery & Restaurant

Puckett’s is family owned and operated, serving Southern meat-and-three (one meat and three sides) for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Since the 1950s, Tennesseans have been spoiled by Puckett’s perfection. Cherry smoked hot wings, smoked sausage & cheese, shrimp & grits, Puckett’s cherry smoked baby back ribs and other tasty entrees keep you coming back for more. To round things off, they even feature live music Monday through Saturday.

Darfons Restaurant & Lounge

Darfons Restaurant & Lounge

The contemporary Darfons is under the helm of Executive Chef Todd Albertson, who specializes in Traditional American cuisine. Steaks, seafood, sandwiches and salads are all served alongside a selection of fine wines, beers and specialty cocktails from their lounge. If you’re seeking the perfect setting for a romantic dinner, then Darfons is the answer. Modern design and lighting is paired with intimate seating.

Maggiano's Little Italy

Maggiano's Little Italy

Maggiano's Little Italy is merely minutes from downtown Nashville. They offer guests authentic Italian cuisine in a comfortable setting. Prepare to be impressed with a selection of both classic and contemporary Italian-American recipes: homemade pastas, signature salads, prime steaks, fresh fish, regular chef specials and specialty desserts are paired with wines from acclaimed vintners and Maggiano's own private wine label, Salute Amico.

Merchants Restaurant

Merchants Restaurant

Merchants Restaurant is located within a historic former hotel building in the heart of downtown Nashville. Rejuvenated in 2010, Merchants offers a casual and lively bistro dining experience on the first floor, a refined dining space on the second floor and private dining on the third floor. Enjoy a menu of prime, contemporary Southern food.

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