Mas Tacos Por Favor on McFerrin Ave is the kind of taco spot that makes you wonder why anyone bothers dressing it up. Cash-in-hand casual, no frills, no apologies — just tight Mexi...
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Lockeland Table
Italian-Southern
Lockeland Table is a rehabbed storefront on Woodland St doing something genuinely its own: Italian-Southern, which means wood-fired pizza shares a menu with Southern-accented Ameri...
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Butcher & Bee
Mediterranean
Butcher & Bee on Main St brings a Mediterranean sensibility to Nashville's east side — a rotating menu of seasonal, local-sourced plates with Middle Eastern inflection and real...
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Folk
Wood-Fired
The wood-fired oven runs the show on Meridian, turning out seasonal Italian plates in a high-ceilinged room with exposed brick that earns its atmosphere. Prices are splurge-tier, s...
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Xiao Bao
Asian
Asian cooking on Meridian, sharing a block with Folk in what's quietly become Nashville's most interesting restaurant corridor. The price point is mid-range for the neighborhood — ...
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Peninsula
Restaurant
Modern Spanish and French cooking in an intimate East Nashville room that leans old-world without feeling fusty. The deep wine list is the real argument for coming — pair it with w...
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Two Ten Jack
Japanese Izakaya
Two Ten Jack on Eastland Ave is Nashville's izakaya, done right — Japanese small plates, a ramen program worth ordering, and a covered patio that turns into one of the city's bette...
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Dino's
Dive Bar
East Nashville's oldest dive bar, open since 1971 and slinging cheap beer and bourbon until 3am every night. Dolly Parton portraits watch over a disco-ball-lit room, and the cheese...
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Attaboy
Cocktail Bar / Speakeasy
The Nashville outpost of the NYC bartender's-bar, Attaboy sits low-key on McFerrin Ave in East Nashville with no printed menu. You tell the bartender a spirit and a mood and they b...
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Southern Grist Brewing Co.
Brewery
Southern Grist runs on experimentation — it's released hundreds of small-batch recipes with no real flagship, from fruited sours and barrel-aged stouts to hazy IPAs and beers built...