Best Restaurants in Nashville – A Local's Guide to Dining

Nashville has quietly become one of the best food cities in the South. Here's our running list of the restaurants worth your time.

Steak sandwiches on a plate with fries

Urban Grub

12 South restaurant known for oysters, smoked meats and a lively patio
Ole Red on Broadway

Blake Shelton's Ole Red

Downtown honky tonk from Blake Shelton with rooftop bar and live music
8th & Roast interior

8th & Roast

Original Nashville coffee roaster known for seasonal drinks and house-made food
Outside Loveless Cafe on a cloudy Sunday morning

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I Dream of Weenie hot dog in front of VW bus

I Dream of Weenie

Quirky East Nashville hot dog stand operating from a vintage Volkswagen bus
Loveless Cafe sign

Loveless Cafe

Bellevue Southern institution famous for biscuits and country cooking
The outside patio at Buttermilk Ranch

The Butter Milk Ranch

12 South brunch spot known for biscuits, pastries and dry-aged meats
Outside Fenwicks 300

Fenwicks 300

Melrose diner serving classic breakfast and lunch favorites
Tailgate beers outside

Tailgate Brewery

Bellevue craft brewery serving inventive beers and scratch-made pizza
The interior at 5th & Taylor

5th & Taylor

Upscale Germantown restaurant serving refined American comfort food in a historic warehouse
The first floor at Miranda Lambert's bar

Miranda Lambert's Casa Rosa

Broadway Tex-Mex honky tonk from country star Miranda Lambert
A tall beer on the porch of Tailgate Germantown

Tailgate Brewery

Germantown craft brewery known for experimental beers and pizza
Tailgate East beer and mural

Tailgate Brewery

East Nashville craft brewery known for experimental beers and pizza

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