Nashville has its fair share of tourist-oriented restaurants, and some, like the Loveless Cafe and Monell’s, are good indeed; but consider some of the lesser-known eateries for a true taste of the Music City. Among them are the Pancake Pantry, serving the likes of sweet potato pancakes with ginger cream syrup. Nashville is the nexus of meat-and-3 dining, and there is no better place to savor that than Arnold’s Country Kitchen (lunch only, Monday through Friday). Several places in and around town make a specialty of Nashville hot chicken and its corollary dish, hot fish. The daddy of them all is Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack. For a delicious trip back in time. have a seat at the Elliston Place soda Shop and tuck into country ham and biscuits or southern fried chicken followed by some of the best banana pudding in the South.
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We’ve never met a cooked potato we didn’t like. Baked with butter, salt-boiled, fire-roasted, puréed with cream, au gratin, dauphinois, frittered, and french fried—all are surefire transformations of the homely...
Thirty years ago, when we started writing about the colorful, cheap, and unpretentious restaurants that anchored communities across the country, we suspected we were documenting the end of an...
After many happy weeks eating our way around Nashville. we've created a one-day eating plan that presents you with the best of the best: five fantastic meals in memorable...
What Is Meat & Three? A term used through much of the South, “meat and three” quite simply refers to a menu template that lists two to five entrees and...
Authentic Eats in Music City Avoid the tourist traps and overly-trendy spots, and opt for fantastic meals in these quintessential eateries in and around the city that will be the...
Unique Regional Dishes After 40 years and 5 million miles spent on the road looking for America's best regional food, we've assembled a list of the quintessential, must-eat food in...
Fried chicken used to be considered comfort food, but in recent years, a handful of Nashville restaurants have made it the most delicious discomfort food imaginable. All the restaurants...
It would be crazy to travel through the South and eat only banana pudding, but every place that serves it at its best precedes it with an excellent well-rounded...
Pancakes are especially appreciated by travelers in search of significant breakfast. While fair to middling ones are on the menu virtually everywhere, restaurants that serve four-star flapjacks are rare....
Fried chicken is popular all across America and so different everywhere that it is not possible to say what city, state, or region does it best. While the process...
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There is plenty of yummy comfort food in Nashville, from buttermilk biscuits in the morning to banana pudding for dessert; but one of the Music City's lesser known culinary...
