tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:04:02 +0000AmericanSandwichMexicanFarmers' MarketsThaiBarbecueDowntownBreakfastVeggie FriendlyTop 3Hot ChickenPizzaMiddle EasternMeat and ThreeMediterraneanVietnameseDay TripsIndianItalianEl SalvadoranSouthwesternVegetarianCajunChinesechickenEuropeanGreekHot DogLaoAfricanFishKoreanRecipesFrenchIrishJamaicanJapanesePuerto Ricanodds and endsReviews of Nashville and Tennessee ethnic, neighborhood and specialty restaurants, food, dining, nashville restaurants, nashville food, nashville dining, barbecue, b-b-q, mexican, nashville, tennesseehttp://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)Blogger397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-8460514066499050857Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:03:00 +00002016-03-22T13:03:10.088-05:00Thanks to everyone for reading our blog over the last nine years. As you may have noticed, we haven't been posting much lately. We've been doing other things that have taken up our time. And quite frankly social media and websites are doing a good job of covering Nashville restaurant news. So, we're going to delete the page in a week or so. We hope everyone will join us in dining out at http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2016/03/this-blog-is-going-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-1182889617168043059Mon, 14 Dec 2015 12:43:00 +00002015-12-14T07:12:49.625-06:00AmericanDay TripsVeggie Friendly Nashville Restaurants and Food Old School Farm Bar 5022 Old Hydes Ferry Pike Scottsboro, TN 629-888-9284 Facebook The former Wade School in Bell’s Bend (Scottsboro) has been transformed in the last few years into a sustainable farm, job-training site, CSA and now it includes an excellent restaurant. The Old School Farm is an intriguing idea and the brainchild of Rowan Millar and Susan http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2015/12/old-school-farm-bar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-5871851929337931694Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:16:00 +00002015-06-10T17:16:23.913-05:00DowntownMexicanSouthwestern Nashville Restaurants and Food Bakersfield Tacos 201 Third Avenue South Nashville 615-522-0970 www.bakersfieldtacos.com There’s an upscale taco boom in downtown Nashville. The latest entrant, Bakersfield Tacos, is a chain restaurant, offering quality Southwest fare in an energetic and casual setting. We usually don’t do much with chain restaurants on this blog, but Bakersfield is a small http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2015/06/bakersfield-tacos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-7032304899064853543Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:42:00 +00002015-06-09T17:42:29.501-05:00 Nashville Restaurants and Food First Visit: Fifth and Taylor Comfort food can mean boring to some folks. Fifth and Taylor, the month-old Germantown restaurant, challenges that notion at every step. We had our first visit recently and despite the departure of the executive chef, after only a few weeks, they were firing on all cylinders. Beer can chicken sounds lowbrow, especially when the saucehttp://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2015/06/first-visit-fifth-and-taylor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-5246911530792753931Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:30:00 +00002015-04-06T06:30:01.054-05:00Barbecue Nashville Restaurants and Food Butchertown Hall 1416 Fourth Avenue North Nashville 615-454-3634 www.butchertownhall.com  Everything at Butchertown Hall seems to be a star attraction: an eclectic beer selection, creative agave drinks, inventive and well-executed food and a lofty dining room that brings new meaning to the phrase beer hall. Butchertown Hall is a Texas barbecue themed http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2015/04/butchertown-hall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-5606206194181819979Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:30:00 +00002015-02-10T06:30:03.026-06:00Veggie FriendlyVietnamese Nashville Restaurants and Food Love, Peace and Pho 2112 8th Avenue South Nashville 615-942-0045 Facebook Page Ethnic food is expanding out of familiar enclaves in Nashville and into virgin neighborhoods. Such is the case with Love, Peace and Pho, the new Vietnamese restaurant along the short retail strip on Eighth Avenue South and Douglas. It’s co-owned by Thuong Vo and her brother Minh http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2015/02/love-peace-and-pho.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-8893939618936015381Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:00:00 +00002015-02-03T06:43:56.210-06:00Hot Chicken Nashville Restaurants and Food Party Fowl 719 8th Avenue South Nashville 615-624-8255 www.partyfowlnashville.com Hot chicken is red hot. The competition to join in Nashville’s truly original yardbird style is at fever pitch in the Music City. Party Fowl throws a spicy leg and breast into the ring, but it’s offering something extra and that’s where the party comes into play. Let’s start http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2015/01/party-fowl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-3333423108232462767Fri, 23 Jan 2015 17:49:00 +00002015-01-23T11:51:54.045-06:00Nashville Restaurants and Food Piranha's News It's no secret that the downtown Nashville Piranha's Bar and Grill has been our go-to spot for reasonably priced bar food and a great, friendly, local vibe for several years. They serve Pittsburgh style sandwiches with Cole slaw and fries piled on top. Those fries are fresh cut, the Cole slaw tangy and the sandwiches are excellent. So, we were http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2015/01/second-avenue-piranhas-closes-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-659338519589162019Wed, 07 Jan 2015 00:44:00 +00002015-01-06T21:06:13.685-06:00AmericanBreakfastVeggie Friendly Nashville Restaurants and Food Fenwick’s 300 2600 Franklin Pike Nashville 615-840-6462 www.fenwicks300.com Fenwick’s 300 is located in the thick of the Franklin Pike boomtown on the Southside. It’s in the new Melrose development with Sinema and the redux Sutler Saloon. Fenwick’s has only been open six weeks and yet the staff and kitchen are in-sync and ready for business. That’s not a surprisehttp://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2015/01/fenwicks-300.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-5739587376953929000Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:03:00 +00002014-10-10T14:03:33.263-05:00Nashville Restaurants and Food Chelsea Bistro Closes We're sad to report that the Chelsea Bistro in Whites Creek has closed. The official word came earlier today on their Facebook page. The French restaurant hadn't served dinner since last week, and that left many wondering about its fate. We have to thank Josh, him mom, and Chef Garrett Pittler for giving it a go and taking a chance on the http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/10/chelsea-bistro-closes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-2287567037316702929Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:59:00 +00002014-09-19T07:00:31.976-05:00Downtown Nashville Restaurants and Food Acme Feed and Seed 101 Broadway Nashville 615-915-0888 www.theacmenashville.com Can you get a decent meal in a place that describes itself as “22,000 square feet of cocktail, culinary and entertainment space”? The answer is yes. Acme Feed and Seed, which sits at First and Broadway, is a massive enterprise of fooder-tainment with all sorts of nods to Nashville’s http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/09/acme-feed-and-seed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-2935381914681685818Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:00:00 +00002014-08-26T06:00:04.020-05:00 Nashville Restaurants and Food First Look at Acme Feed and Seed The Acme Feed and Seed project is three stories and 22,000 square feet worth of restaurants and bars, repurposing the entire historic Acme building from entrance to rooftop at the busy corner of First Avenue and Broadway. You would expect that such a huge enterprise would have lofty ambitions. Our first look at the first floor of http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/08/first-look-at-acme-feed-and-seed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-6240980315531628288Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:59:00 +00002014-08-22T07:00:51.686-05:00Thai Nashville Restaurants and Food Thai Esane 907 12th Avenue South Nashville 615-454-5373 People use the phrase “Thai hot” for good reason. Thai food ranges in spiciness, but many people enjoy it really, really hot. Native hot. You can actually get that level of heat at Thai Esane and that’s a bit of a rarity in the Nashville area. Spiciness doesn’t work on it’s own. The dishes at Thai Esane starthttp://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/08/thai-esane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-2383983292153558509Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:41:00 +00002014-08-11T11:41:39.959-05:00Nashville Restaurants and Food Riddim n' Spice at Tomato Arts Fest The folks at Riddim n Spice food truck were serving up their Caribbean tacos on Saturday at Tomato Arts Festival. They're still working on securing a brick and mortar location in Five Points, where the Edgefield restaurant used to be. If they can get it going, it will be a great fit for East Nashville. The smoked jerk chicken http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/08/riddim-n-spice-at-tomato-arts-fest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-2131226734884275075Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:42:00 +00002014-08-08T08:39:22.321-05:00DowntownMexican Nashville Restaurants and Food Nashville Street Tacos 129 Second Avenue North Nashville 615-942-5271 www.nashvillestreettacos.com Who would have thought that there would be two places to get elotes in downtown Nashville? The Mexican street corn, grilled and slathered in mayo, crumbly queso and chili powder. Despite the mayo substitution, it’s done well at Nashville Street Tacos (the other http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/08/nashville-street-tacos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-9015691973343951729Sun, 27 Jul 2014 18:03:00 +00002014-08-08T08:40:28.922-05:00 Nashville Restaurants and Food First looks: Thai Esane and Chelsea Bistro brunch You can tell that you are well loved when your restaurant, open a little over a month, already has regulars that know you by name. Part of the attraction of the new Nashville restaurant, Thai Esane, is that it is run by Nina Sayasack, who worked at her parent’s place, the legendary King Market in Antioch, for more http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/07/first-looks-thai-esane-and-chelsea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-7036293995732343965Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:00:00 +00002014-08-08T08:40:39.613-05:00American Nashville Restaurants and Food Burger Republic 420 11th Avenue South Nashville 615-915-1943 www.burgerrepublic.com Lenox Village is at the far southern end of Davidson County and that’s a real trek for us. So, we were pleased to see the opening of the Burger Republic Gulch location on 11th Avenue South. The burger options are creative and often messy. Chili Chili Bang Bang features their http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/07/burger-republic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-1371539612183276238Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:30:00 +00002014-07-08T06:30:03.533-05:00Barbecue Nashville Restaurants and Food Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint 3110 Belmont Blvd. Nashville 615-200-1181 www.martinsbbqjoint.com Did you hear the sobbing last year? That was the sound of Nashville barbecue fans reacting to news that Martin’s was opening up a city location. We have nothing against Nolensville or Mt. Juliet. In fact, the original Nolensville location was a pilgrimage of sorts for http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/07/martins-bar-b-que-joint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-7815864487198069951Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:29:00 +00002014-06-28T13:31:10.177-05:00Farmers' Markets Nashville Restaurants and Food Leo’s Sushi and Nashville Street Tacos It's a packed Saturday at the Nashville Farmer’s Market. By noon the parking lots are full and the restaurants in the Market house are hopping. We order a pizza from Bella Nashville (peaches, gouda and balsamic…always a good special) and then sushi from Leo’s sushi, a new fixed location next to Jamaicaway. A super-fresh http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/06/leos-sushi-and-nashville-street-tacos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-1394334018053041879Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:25:00 +00002014-06-24T20:35:23.653-05:00Japanese Nashville Restaurants and Food Two Ten Jack 1900 Eastland Avenue Nashville 615-454-2731 www.twotenjack.com The Eastland restaurant row in East Nashville is bustling at night. They’ve even added an extra parking lot to help accommodate the overflow crowds at Eastland Café, Silly Goose, Jeni’s ice cream and the Wild Cow. Two Ten Jack entered this busy area with a unique mission: to create an http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/06/two-ten-jack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-2082897230900647889Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:51:00 +00002014-04-01T16:15:55.364-05:00Nashville Restaurants and Food Downtown Restaurants in Nashville We have many visitors coming to Nashville this week for the NCAA Women's Final Four Basketball Championship. We hope you have a wonderful time here in the Music City. If you're looking for Nashville restaurants that we have reviewed in the downtown area, you can simply click on the "Downtown" label in the column to your right. http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/04/welcome-basketball-fans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-7490353531776036787Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:09:00 +00002014-03-16T08:09:00.341-05:00AmericanVeggie Friendly Nashville Restaurants and Food The Treehouse 1011 Clearview Ave. Nashville 615-454-4201 www.treehousenashville.com There are plenty of new restaurants opening in Nashville. With all of that competition, it’s easy for a new place to get lost in the shuffle. The successful restaurants are inventive on many fronts. The Treehouse seems to be joining them. It’s a cozy space, nestled in between http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-treehouse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-3716847030144443445Mon, 10 Mar 2014 01:40:00 +00002014-03-09T20:41:17.812-05:00Nashville Restaurants and Food Saving the Soul of the “It” City What do you like about Nashville? There could be a million answers from a million people. Some things resonate: fun, vibrant, quirky, cultural and friendly. I think we’ll see plenty more fun and vibrancy in the future of this city. But where goes friendly and, integrally tied to that concept, where goes Southern? Like many people http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/03/saving-soul-of-it-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-5112283967587874012Sun, 02 Mar 2014 23:26:00 +00002014-03-02T17:27:50.231-06:00MediterraneanMiddle Eastern Nashville Restaurants and Food Epice 2902 12th Avenue South 615-720-6765 www.epicenashville.com There’s a delicate touch to just about everything at the new Lebanese restaurant Epice. The style starts with the tiny metal sign in front of the unassuming building. The miniscule signage makes it easy to miss Epice in the hubbub that has become 12 South. That will change in the warmer weather http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/03/epice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-6726168797637609849Sun, 16 Feb 2014 20:03:00 +00002014-02-16T14:05:07.210-06:00AmericanBreakfast Nashville Restaurants and Food Pinewood Social 33 Peabody Street Nashville 615-751-8111 www.pinewoodsocial.com The room is the star at the Pinewood Social, the latest dining and cocktail establishment from the gold-dust twins of the Nashville restaurant scene, Benjamin and Max Goldberg. The huge space, part of the converted trolley barn project just south and up the hill from SOBRO, turns http://nashvillerestaurants.blogspot.com/2014/02/nashville-restaurants-and-food-pinewood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric and Katie)2