Nashville Food Map:
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The best food, top restaurants, & my favorite spots in Nashville & environs…
NOTE: All establishments are worth a trip. ** = best choices for 1-2 day stay.
American & Upscale
**Tayst Restaurant & Wine Bar, **City House, **Marché Artisan Foods, **Margot Cafe, Miel, Flyte World Dining & Wine, Cha Chah Tapas Bar, Park Cafe, Mad Platter, Capitol Grille at the Hermitage Hotel, Rumours Wine Bar, Watermark, F. Scott’s
Diners, Delis & Dives
Gourmet/New School: Mitchell’s Delicatessen, Burger Up, Silly Goose, Greenlight Market & Deli
Old School: Monell’s Dining & Catering, Prince Hot Chicken Shack, Arnold’s Country Kitchen, Loveless Cafe, Bobbie’s Dairy Dip, Rotier’s, Elliston Soda Shop, At The Table
BBQ: JimmyCarl’s LunchBox (@ the Station Inn, Tues-Fri 11am-3pm), Martin’s BBQ, Center Point Barbecue, Jack’s Bar-B-Q, Jim N Nick’s BBQ, Bacon & Caviar Melrose BBQ
International
East Asian: King Market, International Market (off-the-menu house salad), Thai Phooket, Kien Giang, Fujiyama, Korea House, Lucky Bamboo, Ginza Japanese
Indian: Woodlands Indian Vegetarian, Sitar Indian Restaurant, Bombay Palace Fine Indian
Mexican/Latin: **Mas Tacos, El Paisa Taco Truck, Taqueria Express #2 Taco Truck, Taqueria El Recodo Taco Truck, Back to Cuba Cafe, El Mirador
Middle Eastern: Lazziz, Anatolia Turkish Restaurant, Athens Family Restaurant, House of Kabob, Hot Kabobs, Istanbul
Ethiopian: Gojo
Music
Venues (Country): **Station Inn (esp. Time Jumpers on Mondays), **Ryman Auditorium, **Grand Ole Opry, **Texas Troubadour Theatre (Saturdays at 10pm – Opry Midnite Jamboree, free), Douglas Corner Café (esp. 45rpm last Wednesday monthly), 3rd & Lindsley, Rutledge Live Music Venue
Venues (Broadway St.): **Robert’s Western World, Layla’s Bluegrass Inn, Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge
Venues (Other): Family Wash, Five Spot, Mercy Lounge, The Basement, Exit In, 12th & Porter
Record Stores: Grimey’s New & Preloved Music, Phonoluxe Records, Ernest Tubb Record Shop
Miscellany
Breakfast: **Marché Aristan Foods, Fido, Noshville, Pancake Pantry, Pfunky Griddle, Loveless Cafe, Athens Family Restaurant
Weekend Brunch: **Marche Artisan Foods, **Margot Cafe, Mas Tacos, Tin Angel, Chappy’s, Copper Kettle, Monell’s, Holland House (Sundays)
Vegan/Vegetarian: Wild Cow Vegetarian, Woodlands Indian Vegetarian, FiddleCakes
Alcohol: **Patterson House, Rumours Wine Bar, Yazoo Brewing (very limited hours), Holland House, The Melrose Pub
Coffee: **Crema Coffee, Bongo Java, Fido, Ugly Mugs, Frothy Monkey, Edgehill Cafe, Dose Coffee
Sweet Bites: **Las Paletas Gourmet Popsicles, Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Factory, FiddleCakes (GF & Vegan pastries), Bobbie’s Dairy Dip
Grocery: Turnip Truck, Produce Place, Greenlight Market & Deli, Whole Foods Market, Nashville Farmers Markets
Late Night: Holland House, PM, Whiskey Kitchen
Cinema: **Belcourt Theatre
Printing: **Hatch Show Print
Sleeping: The Hermitage Hotel, The Hutton Hotel
