tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23599795498455386402012-02-02T03:10:23.397-06:00Reviews of Nashville and Tennessee ethnic, neighborhood and specialty restaurants, food, dining, nashville restaurants, nashville food, nashville dining, barbecue, b-b-q, mexican, nashville, tennesseeEric and Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421389275893931599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-83045849913713678122012-01-29T08:40:00.000-06:002012-01-29T08:40:58.626-06:00

Nashville Restaurants and Food The Pharmacy 731 McFerrin Avenue Nashville 615-712-9517 Facebook page Popularity can be a double-edged sword. It’s something that every new restaurant craves. And yet, there’s value in being able to start your business slowly, work out the kinks quietly and then build steam. The foodie buzz induced steam had already built to a whistling head when the Pharmacy

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Roc’s Bar-B-Que 4037 Clarksville Pike Nashville 615-876-7544 Facebook page It takes a tough soul to do battle with Metro Codes. Roc is an ex-Army Ranger and a restaurant business veteran, as well. Despite that determination and experience it took him 14 months to get the tiny, down-home barbecue shack up to Metro par. Roc’s is finally open for business and smoking

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Willie Mae’s Barbecue 200 8th Avenue East Springfield 615-384-8383 Facebook Barbecue eaters know that to get the good stuff you often have to forage well outside the city limits. Willie Mae’s Barbecue in Springfield provides another good reason for a ‘cue road trip. They’re smoking some of the better barbecue this eater has sampled in the Nashville area. The

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Just a reminder that next week is the Nashville Originals Restaurant Week from January 16-22. It's a great opportunity to dine local, dine independent and get a good deal in the bargain. The Nashville Originals group started a few years back.They formed to support the indie restaurants in the area and it has grown by leaps and bounds, now counting more than 50 members. Those restaurants have

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Joey’s House of Pizza 897 Elm Hill Pike Nashville 615-254-5639 www.joeyshouseofpizza.com Anyone worried about the new Joey’s House of Pizza location pulling in customers can rest easy. Joey has brought his regulars up from Brentwood and is garnering a new fan base for the lunch spot just off Fesslers Lane and I-40. While some have worried that it isn’t near any

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Pharmacy First Look We broke in the Pharmacy beer garden this weekend. A sunny Saturday prompted the Veggie Eater to insist on outside seating and the staff promptly informed us that we were the first. Folks quickly joined us as the  new East Nashville eatery filled up. It’s a terrific outdoor space and perfect for letting kids run around, which a couple of

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Sloco 2905 12th Avenue South Nashville 615-499-4793 www.Slocolocal.com It’s not unusual for a successful owner/chef to start a new restaurant. Jeremy Barlow of Tayst certainly has the credentials and reputation in Nashville to start a new joint. What’s cool is that he is tackling a whole new concept in the process. The focus of his new 12 South sandwich joint Sloco

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Music City Bowl Visitors Welcome to Nashville, we hope you enjoy your stay. If you need a quick list of downtown restaurants that rise above the usual tourist spots, just go to the right side of the screen and scroll down. You'll find a "downtown" listing. If you have a car and are willing to travel you'll find map links via urban spoon at the bottom of each post.

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Here's hoping that you have experienced fantastic holiday eating and that you have a new year full of Nashville food adventures. Merry Christmas and happy holidays of all sorts! Katie and Eric

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Greetings from Boston...we have heard from several readers that Silly Goose is back open and they are confirming that on their Facebook page. They will be open for business Tuesday for normal hours. Fantastic news. Let's show them some love with some extra business. Eric.

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Greetings from Boston...we have heard from several readers that Silly Goose is back open and they are confirming that on their Facebook page. They will be open for business Tuesday for normal hours. Fantastic news. Let's show them some love with some extra business. Eric. Well, the Meat Eater is in Beantown visiting family for the holidays, leaving the Veggie Eater to tend to the funny farm in

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Stonehouse Q 333 54th Avenue North Nashville 615-385-7800 www.stonehouseq.com Nothing beats a satisfying meal. It might sound like a simple statement, but there are plenty of elements that go into a truly satisfying meal. You need a solid entrée, flavorful sides, friendly service and a comfortable dining room. The new west Nashville barbecue restaurant Stonehouse Q

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Kay Bob’s 1602 21st Avenue South Nashville 615-321-4567 http://www.kaybobs.us/ The humble sandwich has been elevated in recent years and it’s a trend that we applaud. Choice ingredients, house-made sauces and breads and creative combinations can make a big difference. Kay Bob’s is hitting the sandwich market with a restaurant just across the street from Vanderbilt

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Fleet Street Printers Alley Downtown Nashville 615-200-0782 www.fleetstreetpub.com Downtown Nashville needs more places like Fleet Street. It’s a comfortable and stylish subterranean bar that serves creative and well-executed food that goes well beyond pub grub. It’s a decidedly local take on the downtown bar scene and that’s appreciated. While we love the tourists

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Las Fiestas 1557 North Gallatin Pike Madison 615-800-6373 It’s no secret that the best Mexican food is found at the mom and pop joints around town. The restaurants that cater to Hispanics tend to take more care in the food and offer more variety. There is value to some of the Americanized places though, and if done right there’s no reason you can’t get a decent

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Top 3 for Fall 2011 While chain restaurants and upscale joints are opening up left and right it was a little slow for new, affordable, independent restaurants this fall. That promises to change quickly with the opening of several promising spots recently including Stonehouse Q, Fleet Street, Sloco and hopefully soon the Pharmacy. Here are our picks for the Top 3

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Nashville Restaurants and Food First hits: Fleet Street, Sloco and Kay Bob’s It’s a good weekend when we get to sample three new restaurants, all well-anticipated, and we have good first impressions across the board. Remember- these are first visits only, we’ll go back in a few weeks to see how they are doing for a full review of each. We had our first look at the new Fleet Street Pub in

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Fat Juicy Taco 793 Main Street Hendersonville 615-824-0444 www.fatjuicytaco.com Okay, how could I not check out a place called Fat Juicy Taco? The Hendersonville joint is primarily take-out, although they do have seating for seven or eight along a counter at the window. The gracious staff certainly makes it a nice place to enjoy your meal. Owner Jesse Schofner

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Korea House 6410 Charlotte Pike Nashville 615-352-2790 Facebook Page We spend much of our time on this blog scouting out the new restaurants in Nashville. Every now and then we try and add some joints that have been turning out great food for years. This week we add Korea House to that list, an addition that has been a long-time coming. The small West Side

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Hieu Giang 5821 Charlotte Pike Nashville 615-352-7552 You gotta love the restaurant business. One moment you have a truly memorable restaurant name and in the next moment it’s been switched, and in this case for something less controversial. We speak here of the short-lived Ifuku. Owner Nicole Tran came up with the unforgettable name after taking over the former

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Benchmark 117 2nd Avenue North Nashville 615-748-9006 www.benchmarknashville.com When it comes to new downtown eateries, we’re always hoping for the best. Tourist land doesn’t have to mean mediocre food. However, it often does. There are a few Broadway and Second Avenue joints that rise above the rest. They’re in the definite minority. So when Mulligan’s closed we

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Cori’s Dog House 106 29th Avenue North Nashville 615-329-9444 www.corisdoghouse.com The bun or the wiener? The toppings or the dog? It’s easy to get into a fight with hot dog fanatics. Dog fans have their priorities and often those preferences collide. And then there are the many different styles: Chicago, Sonoran, Coney, Chili; it seems like everyone has a

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Frugal Barbecue Most folks think of booze when you say Frugal MacDoogal. You can now add barbecue to that name, at least for festivals and such. The well-known Nashville liquor store has been making barbecue on the road lately, winning the People’s Choice award at the recent Nashville Barbecue Festival. They set up shop at Oktoberfest/Germantown Street

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Moore’s Famous Fried Chicken 115 Walton Ferry Road Hendersonville 615-265-8670 This well-worn strip mall in Hendersonville has produced so many restaurants it’s hard to count. Most have come and gone in a flash. Lately though, two contenders have taken over and they seem to have staying power: Sax Deli and Moore’s Famous Fried Chicken. Both give reason for

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Stone House Q and Lucy’s Hummus October rolled in unseasonably cool, making hot coffee a popular item at the West Nashville Farmers’ Market in Richland Park on Saturday. A few vendors were apparently taken off-guard and shivered in short sleeves. You could say they were doing brisk business. There is still plenty of produce to be had for the season

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Five Points Pizza 1012 Woodland Street Nashville 615-915-4174 www.fivepointspizza.com We’re not saying anything new here for folks in the Five Points neighborhood. They’re already well acquainted with Five Points Pizza and the joint has only been open for a month. Why the popularity? It’s a combination of quality food and a relaxed atmosphere. It’s also a

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Willie Mae’s Barbecue Take a left hand turn off the Southern courthouse square and find the smoky joint decorated inside with bluegrass posters and country album covers. Sound like classic Dixie? It is and yet it’s all new at Willie Mae’s Barbecue in Springfield. Joe Tuten and Gail Norman have outfitted the joint in fine barbecue fashion. It’s smoky inside

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Riverview 110 Old River Road Ashland City 615-792-7358 Website We’ll be up front with you from the get go- we moved this review way up in our schedule. The reason is simple: this deck has one of the better Cumberland River views in the Nashville area and, given the time of year, to fully enjoy it you’re going to have to visit soon. The May Floods of 2010 left many

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Farmers' Market for Dinner You can’t beat the fun of strolling through the Nashville Farmers’ Market and figuring out dinner based on what catches your eye. This weekend it was a newcomer that inspired our Mexican night. Our first stop is usually to peruse the table vendors set up in the Market House. FireSpice is a relative newcomer. It’s run by Nelson

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Nashville Restaurants and Food AM@FM Market House Nashville Farmers’ Market 900 Rosa Parks Blvd. Nashville Webpage AM@FM is more than just another place to have a good meal at the Nashville Farmers’ Market. We think this latest Arnold Myint project has given the Market House a new feel. What’s so different? You sit at the tall counter on comfortable bar chairs and chat with the knowledgeable

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: The Pharmacy and Five Points First Visit The Holland House folks are getting ready to open their newest venture this fall. The "Pharmacy Burger Parlor & Beer Garden" is located just around the corner from Holland House. It’s a stylish renovation with a huge beer garden space. The Anderson Design Group worked on the retro logo (very cool) and describe the

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Dusit Thai 5532 Old Hickory Blvd. Hermitage 615-885-2363 http://www.dusitthaionline.com/ Out with one Thai restaurant and in with another. The good news for folks in Hermitage is that Dusit Thai is a definite upgrade in quality. Owner Chutima Treesri took over the former Royal Thai location and has kept much of the décor. It’s a large, stylish dining space with

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Benchmark, Five Points, and Arnold Expands The loss of Mulligan’s Pub was considerable on Second Avenue. It was one of the few non-corporate establishments left in the District. While Benchmark, the new bar and restaurant occupying that space, seems a bit corporate on entering, we soon discovered a few unique features and actually pretty good bar food.

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Top 3 for Summer 2011 It’s been a slow period for new brick and mortar restaurants. The food truck craze is understandable. The mobile stands are less of an investment and less of a risk. Plus if you don’t like the location, you just pick up and move. Hopefully, the more successful food trucks will be able to develop into permanent locations. We do have a few new

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Restaurant week starts on Monday...it's a great opportunity to support Nashville independent restaurants. It's promoted by the Nashville Originals, a group of independent restaurant owners. Restaurant week brings special offers at restaurants all over town, many for $20 or $30.You can find a list of participating restaurants on their website: http://www.nashvilleoriginals.com/ When you support

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Neighbors 4425 Murphy Road Nashville 615-942-5052 Let’s not bury the lead on this one: Neighbors is serving some of the best chicken wings in Nashville. They’re dry rubbed, char-grilled perfection. The smoker is the first thing you notice when you take the back entrance to the new Sylvan Park bar and restaurant. Taking the back way in is a good idea just from a

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Ifuku and Southern Bred RIP One of the great restaurant names in Nashville is no more, and it only lasted a few short weeks. Yes, ladies and gentlemen Ifuku is no longer Ifuku. Owner Nicole Tran came up with the memorable name after taking over the former Pho Yen Hoa location at 5821 Charlotte Pike. While many of us were instantly bemused by the name,

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Luna 2309 Franklin Pike Nashville 615-229-7000 http://www.lunanashville.com/ Starting small sounds like a negative and yet in the restaurant business a concise, well-considered menu is a great idea for start-ups. It means the restaurant is focused on quality and the kitchen has time to craft a few really good dishes, and not a bazillion mediocre ones. With that in

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Hot Chicken in Hendersonville For the most part Hot Chicken places in Nashville have that designation as their primary identity. A few places though, keep it on the down low. Scoreboard Bar and Grill in Donelson serves up some mean hot chicken and yet you have to get a look at the menu to notice. Moore’s Famous Chicken in Hendersonville bills itself as a

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Smiley’s Soulful Kitchen 3623 Gallatin Pike Nashville 615-506-8109 Chef John Smiley is a bit of a showman. The gospel minister and musician makes the rounds at his new restaurant Smiley’s Soulful Kitchen in East Nashville, shaking hands and chatting with the customers. Ask him about his gospel group, Minister John Smiley and The Voices and you’ll get a big grin.

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Neighbors and Fiestas It’s amazing how quickly the new Neighbors bar in Sylvan Park has grown comfortable on the interior. It opened in May and yet the joint feels like it’s been there for years. The staff and owners were having fun and getting ready for a busy night when we visited. They have fired up the hickory smoker out back and are turning out pulled

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Simply Thai 3418 Old Hickory Blvd. Old Hickory 615-847-7776 Facebook page Somchay Litchana is a busy man. One minute he’s working the kitchen and the next he’s out in the dining room checking on customers. He pays great attention to detail and that translates to the food. What doesn’t translate very well is the name of the restaurant. We still giggle when looking

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Nashville Restaurants and Food The Wild Hare 316 White Bridge Road Nashville 615-818-0219 www.thewildharenashville.com The West side has needed this for some time now: The Wild Hare combines an eclectic, affordable menu with a comfortable, family-friendly dining room. The informal attitude is well-balanced with sharp cooking skills. All of that adds up to one of the better recent Nashville

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Goodness Gracious, Kenny's, Amish Daytrip and Fido for Dinner We did the staycation thing this year and found it quite enjoyable. We don’t usually talk about our vacations; however all of these tips are things you can do yourself in a daytrip or in the case of our first mention, about any time you want. We’ve done the Fido breakfast for years. They

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Fish and Grits 715 8th Avenue South Nashville 615-291-6534 www.tnfishngrits.com Nashville clearly does not have enough breakfast spots and the emergence of a new contender with service 24 hours a day (right now 24 hours on the weekends, weekdays are late night and early morning) is a good thing. Fish and Grits sits on the corner of 8th and Division. Inside, you’ll

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Weekend: Green Asia, Butter Cake and Arnold’s Latest The Nashville Farmers’ Market is feeling like a hopping place again. Most of the work from flood repair is done, including a new demonstration kitchen, and several new spots have opened recently. We had a first look at them this week. AM@FM is Arnold Myint’s latest enterprise. It’s basically an outpost of his

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Smiley’s and I Dream What happens when a Gospel minister and musician brings grandpapa’s corn bread recipe to East Nashville? Check out the new Gallatin Pike restaurant, Smiley’s Soulful Kitchen, and find out. That fried corn bread has a bit of sweet thanks to some sprinkled sugar and is perhaps some of the most addictive of its type in town. Also be sure

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Taqueria Vallarta 4730 Old Hickory Blvd. Old Hickory 615-902-9660 A sign in the open kitchen proclaims “Welcome to the Mexican Waffle House” and it’s just one indication that the owners and staff at Taqueria Vallarta have a good time. It’s a long-time family joint serving authentic taqueria fare, a fact well-known to folks in the Old Hickory area. The dining room

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Jim’s Coney Island 4663 Trousdale Drive Nashville 615-445-3006 Update 12/11: This restaurant is under new management. The hot dog is a simple thing. Get a top-notch dog, a soft bun and some quality toppings and you have an all-American meal. However, dog joints also need style to set them apart. Jim’s does that with plenty of quirky Michigan flair and it’s all

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek: Downtown Seafood and Printer's Alley Pub The loss of Gulf Pride Seafood from the Nashville Farmers Market a few years back just about killed us. The quality of product and the sheer variety of seafood made many a farmers market trip worthwhile. Now seafood is back at the downtown Farmers Market in the form of the Louisiana Seafood Company. Chris Moran and

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Nashville Restaurants and Food El Morro 495 Myatt Drive Madison 615-860-4545 The red linen table cloths and artful plating get your attention. The lovingly cooked food shows care in the kitchen. The Martin family is taking this restaurant enterprise seriously and while they may have a few more kinks to work out at El Morro, their new Cuban restaurant in Madison, they are off to a good start. El

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Top of the Hill 5432 Clarksville Highway Whites Creek 615-970-7729 http://www.topofthehillbarandgrill.com/ Update 12/11: This restaurant has closed. Update 9/11: Elvis has already left the building. This restaurant in under new ownership. They still serve pizza, but other menu items have changed. We'll leave this review up just as a placeholder until we can get

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Joey's House of Pizza is often cited as one of the best pizza joints in the Nashville area, especially for East Coast-style pie. Now they're reporting on their facebook page that they are closing the Brentwood location and moving to 897 Elm Hill Pike in South Nashville, near I-24 and Murfreesboro Road. It's formerly the home of Elvy's Deli and not that far from Boswell's Harley Davidson. The

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Top 3 for Spring 2011 Spring was a slow period for restaurant growth in Nashville. The good news is that there seems to be less places closing down and there are a couple of interesting spots that have just opened. We have one standout full-service restaurant and a couple of excellent sandwich joints to talk about for this Spring Top 3 list. 1. Shish Kabob The

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We've just added mobile service to the blog. If you go to this web page from a mobile device you'll automatically get the mobile version. It's a stripped down version with primarily the stories and comments. If you want to use the archive from a mobile device you can click on the "web version" link at the bottom of the page. As always, thanks for reading.

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Hare, Chicken and Man The Nashville Scene Bites blog is reporting on the opening of the new Wild Hare restaurant in West Nashville. The menu is focused on locally grown and an eclectic mixture of styles. Early eaters Chris Chamberlain from the Scene and Lesley from Lesley Eats report that it will be an informal and fun atmosphere. It sounds like a winning

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Brewsters 271 Gleaves Street Madison 615-420-6130 Making beer is easy. Making good beer is another matter entirely. The first timer can brew up a batch of beer on day one and be drinking it a few weeks later. Serious home brewers can spend years perfecting a simple brown ale. It would seem that when opening a brew pub you would want to have done your

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek odds and ends: El Morro Myatt Drive in Madison is the home to a new Cuban restaurant and from appearances the Martin family is making a serious go of this enterprise. While the location is a bit out of the way right now (half-way down Myatt Drive from Rivergate) it will soon be just down the street from a police crime lab and other Metro offices, so perhaps

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Nashville Restaurants and Food The Melrose 2535 Franklin Pike Nashville 615-712-8160 http://www.themelrose.net/ The Saturday afternoon bar crowd is a good judge of a popular place. If it’s getting crowded at 3pm that’s an indication that they stay busy most of the time they’re open. The Melrose is a bar and restaurant that clearly meets that mark. While we’ve visited a number of times in recent

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Fish N Grits, Weenie Opening and Los Gordos Closing It’s tough keeping up with the restaurant world. Places open and close in the blink of an eye. So, please fasten your seatbelts… People have been watching folks prepare a restaurant called Fish and Grits at 8th and Division. They opened up late last week and we visited Saturday night to take a look. The menu is a

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Nashville Restaurants and Food The Dog of Nashville 2127 Belcourt Avenue Nashville 615-292-2204 http://www.thedogofnashville.com/ Let’s go straight to the instant replay. Walk-up and the patio is jumping: A birthday party of little girls is happily munching away, college kids brave the daylight in sunglasses and a guy dressed in khakis and a blazer sits next to his well-coiffed wife. Inside, the

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Naoko’s, Karla’s, Clear Creek Smokehouse and 3 Crow Farmers Markets have become a location for folks to set up shop to sell all sorts of prepared food- sandwiches, soups and desserts. Often it’s an opportunity for caterers to reach or a larger audience or aspiring restaurateurs to start-up a new concept. We had excellent snacking on Saturday at the West Nashville

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Sugar's Cuban Bakery 838 Madison Square Madison 615-732-0689 I must confess that I have met the new love of my life. Move over Veggie Eater, I think I’m marrying the Cuban sandwich from Sugar’s Cuban Bakery in Madison. You can blame our longtime reader and food scout Ken- he’s been telling me how good this place is for months. I finally made the trip and it was

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Top of the Hill, Derby Party Middle Eastern and Coopers for Mother’s Day Pizza equal parts crispy and chewy, straight from a wood fired oven. House made salad dressings. And this can be found…now wait for it…in Joelton? Yeah, that was kinda our reaction as well. It’s a pretty cool development for the Joelton dining scene. We’ve been watching work on the location

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Sax Deli 115 Walton Ferry Road Hendersonville 615-265-8778 www.saxdeli.com Restaurant simplicity: attention to every ingredient and attention to every customer. If you stay focused it’s a pretty good business model and one that seems to be working for Sax Deli in Hendersonville. It’s in a location that is easy to overlook. The mini strip mall is tucked away, just

Eric and Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421389275893931599noreply@blogger.com6115 Walton Ferry Rd, Hendersonville, TN 37075, USA36.3029155 -86.62012612.0665499999999994 -146.3857511 70.53928099999999 -26.854501099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2359979549845538640.post-63194809358334319072011-05-04T06:52:00.002-05:002011-05-04T20:54:19.689-05:00

Many Nashville and Tennessee residents marked the anniversary of the May flood with an event this week. We can't think of a better way to celebrate recovery than visiting the newly rehabbed house of friends and then settling in with a Yazoo beer and some great food. Doug and Jennifer invited us to their flood recovery party in Old Hickory and it turned out to be one heck of a food and drink day.

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Chago’s Cantina 2015 Belmont Blvd. Nashville 615-386-0106 www.facebook.com/pages/Chagos-Cantina The Belmont restaurant row is packed with establishments, shoulder to shoulder, in the short stretch on Belmont Blvd. On a sunny weekend it’s a fine venue for strollers, joggers and dining al fresco. Chago’s Cantina is a good fit for the neighborhood. And while the menu

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Drifters Update, New Arnold and Food Trucks We appreciate it when readers give us a heads up about a changed or revamped menu at a restaurant we have reviewed. Restaurants develop over time and sometimes those developments deserve a second look on our part. Thus we did the East Nashville Five Points bar hop last weekend and made a visit to Drifters. The reader

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Nashville Restaurants and Food El Tapatio 1 4801 Nolensville Rd. Nashville 615-835-4419 El Tapatio 2 Nashville 3611 Nolensville Rd. 615-445-7781 There’s a bazillion taquerias on Nolensville Road in Nashville and they seem to change monthly. The joint you loved for the melty al pastor tortas could have new management, or it could be a used car lot. A new spot offering up awesome pambazo could

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Nooni’s 260 West Main Street Hendersonville 615-826-0262 www.noonisrestaurant.com It was the New Jersey twist that first brought Nooni’s restaurant in Hendersonville to our attention. The joint started out as a more diner-like affair, at least in terms of menu. You don’t see many places offering disco fries. It’s a lighter version of the Canadian favorite poutine.

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek Odds and Ends: Goose Expansion, Closings and Barbecue The Silly Goose in East Nashville is expanding. The couscous inspired sandwich joint has been a big hit and they need more room. They tell us they're taking over a space next to the restaurant and hope to have the expansion work done by June. If you haven't been there yet you should check it out. Silly

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Los Gordos- First Look Sunday lunch turned into a bit of an adventure when the place we had intended to visit decided not to open on time. We took a drive, looking for a new joint to try. We were almost to the end of the Nolensville strip when Los Gordos appeared. It’s across the street from the La Hacienda Market in the building that used to house the Flatrock

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Top 3 (and one bonus) for winter 2010-2011 A cold, snowy winter is yielding to a lovely spring. We take a moment to spotlight the best new restaurants, which warmed us up during the winter of 2010-2011. It’s been a good season for food in Nashville. Oh, and we have one addendum that we couldn’t leave out… 1.   Cooper’s on Porter A deft hand in the kitchen and a

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek Odds and Ends Brewsters is officially open in Madison. We had our fist look this weekend. The soon to be brew pub is serving lunch and dinner, but the beer is still a couple of weeks away. Our server said the primary issue seems to be permits and such. It’s an airy space with lofted ceilings and plenty of windows. It may be familiar to folks on that side of

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Shish Kabob 4651 Nolensville Road Nashville 615-833-1113 www.theshishkabob.com The humble falafel gets a major makeover at the new Persian restaurant Shish Kabob and it’s a long time coming. The crunchy chickpea favorite often comes in ball form and seems, quite frankly, stuck in a rut at many Nashville kabob joints and gyro stands. The Shish Kabob version is flat,

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Thai Star 563 East Thompson Lane Nashville 615-823-3701 It’s a move down Thompson Lane for Thai Star owner Keo Douangtavanh and family. The old location was tucked away from traffic and this new one is hard to miss on the Thompson Lane strip. A bold red sign announces the spot. Clearly road frontage is a priority. It’s a clean, utilitarian dining room with tall

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Alice's Rib Shack God bless Alice’s Restaurant in Gallatin, well actually it’s Alice’s Rib Shack, but I had to work in the movie reference. It doesn’t get any more down home than this: a squeaky storm door opens to a small room with carpeting, eight chairs and a TV. It’s take-out only and the waiting lounge will give you a chance to meet and greet. Alice Humphrey

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Viet Noodle House 6317 Charlotte Pike Nashville 615-915-0323 www.vietnoodlehouse.com Out with one Vietnamese restaurant and in with another. You may remember our review of a restaurant called Ben Thanh. It was a tiny operation with a huge dining room. Ben Thanh is gone and Viet Noodle House has popped up in the space. It’s just the latest in a parade of ethnic

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Holland Burgers The Tennessean reports that the owners of the Holland House Bar and Refuge are considering opening an all-burger restaurant just down the street from the Holland House, on McFerrin in East Nashville. They have already set up a Twitter feed about the joint, which will apparently be called "Bonnie Blue's Icehouse". Here is how the Twitter page

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Cooper’s on Porter 701 Porter Road Nashville 615-739-6624 http://www.coopersonporter.com/ Update 12/11: This restaurant has closed. Cooper’s on Porter has a lot going for it: A snug, candle-lit room to hoist a pint; soon, hopefully, an expansive deck to soak in the sun; 24 draft selections and 30 bottles of well-chosen beers. Just don’t forget the food, because it

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Welcome Visitors We've noticed a trend on the blog. Traffic spikes significantly when big events come to town. So, for those basketball fans and radio folks in town this week- welcome to Music City. If you're staying downtown take a look at the right hand side of the screen. You'll see a label for downtown that will pull up just restaurants within walking distance

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Merchants-downstairs 401 Broadway Nashville 615-254-1892 www.merchantsrestaurant.com This building at the corner of Fourth and Broadway downtown has seen its share of Nashville history. The former hotel was the occasional crash pad of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. It’s been a popular restaurant since 1988 and just last year Merchants had a reboot, thanks to Ben

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Disco Fries and Kalamatas at Belmont What happens when a bunch of guys from New Jersey open a restaurant in Hendersonville? Disco Fries, that’s what. It’s kind of the poutine of the Garden State. Typically, the Jersey version is dark gravy and mozzarella cheese over steak fries. Nooni’s restaurant serves them up with more of a thin gravy/cheese sauce. It’s still

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Nashville Restaurants and Food No. 308 407 Gallatin Avenue Nashville 615-650-7344 www.bar308.com It seems like every bar in Nashville is picking a point in history and styling the surroundings and feel of the place to meet a retro vision of that era. Plug No. 308 directly into the late fifties and early sixties: days and nights of beat poets, jazz and the origins of counterculture. No. 308 puts

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Grins 2421 Vanderbilt Place Nashville 615-322-8571 http://www.bongojava.com/grins.php It’s time to play catch-up with a Nashville vegetarian classic: Grins. We know, we know. What took you so long? We beg forgiveness. Vegetarian cuisine is often seen as a challenge to compete with the meat world, in both creativity and flavor. While there are many veggie joints

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Nashville Restaurants and Food The Turnip Truck Urban Fare in the Gulch 311 12th Avenue South Nashville 615-248-2000 www.turniptruck.com The original Turnip Truck store has been an oasis of select foods and laid back staffing in East Nashville since 2001. The new location in the Gulch neighborhood, just west of downtown, came with much anticipation. While the bigger store offers plenty of room

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Whites Creek is Hopping Historic Whites Creek is strumming along quite nicely these days with singer-songwriters, amiable dining rooms and festive surroundings- all on a half-mile strip on Whites Creek Pike. The now defunct Star Café started the trend several years ago. Richard’s took over that location and built a reputation for quality Cajun cuisine, cozy music

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Lee’s Philly Cheese Steak 2610 Gallatin Pike Nashville 615-228-8686 Let the debate begin: authentic or not-authentic? I’m going to weigh in with not-authentic and who cares? Lee’s Philly Cheese Steak puts out a damn good sandwich- and one well worthy of greasy, beefy respect. It all starts with that beef- it needs to be a decent cut and then it needs to be spiced

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Valentine’s Day Picks 2011 Love Nashville style! We offer three ideas this year for Valentine’s Day dining: Creative and precisely executed twists on southern traditions; bold flavors that tingle the tongue and heat up the room; and low light ambiance, small plates for sharing and a glass of wine. 1. The Capitol Grille The Capitol Grille has become our go-to

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Blind Pig No. 55 has closed up shop. The 12 South enterprise was lauded for it's attention to creative side dishes and frequently criticized for mediocre, over-priced barbecue selections. Chris at the Scene broke the news this morning and the Blind Pig web site confirms. Fish & Co., the new seafood restaurant by the same ownership group will move from it's current location into the Blind Pig spot.

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Nashville Restaurants and Food NY Pie 6800 Charlotte Nashville 615-915-1617 www.realnypie.com Floppy, crispy, foldable- these are essential elements of a real N.Y. style pizza. Oh, and you have to be able to get that pizza by the slice, and the slice should be able to make a modest lunch. NY Pie serves up big, wide, and high quality slices of pie and the style is remarkably authentic N.Y.

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One of the spiciest Indian joints in town is expanding with a new location in Brentwood this spring. We're just a few of the many fans of the Southern Indian restaurant Swagruha, currently located in the Nashville Farmer's Market. They confirm that they will be keeping that location and adding a new restaurant in the Target Center at Old Hickory Blvd. near I-65. The owner says they hope to have

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Midweek Odds and Ends Jerusalem Middle Eastern restaurant in midtown has finally succumbed, after a long, and by many accounts, rather sad fall into disrepair. It is replaced in that location by Sportstown BarBQ Grill. The web site promises that they will be smoking daily and the menu offers the usual sports bar/barbecue joint offerings. The Meat Eater has an

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Puckett’s Grocery and Restaurant-Downtown 500 Church Street Nashville 615-770-2772 www.puckettsgrocery.com Puckett’s seems to be holding onto the grocery shtick for marketing and nostalgia. There is certainly plenty of history with the original grocery store and restaurant in Leiper’s Fork. That location has been around since the 1950’s and expanded rapidly under

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Brunch at Cooper’s The corned beef hash is bold and popping; grilled up with hash browns, it’s an excellent foundation for scrambled eggs and lemony hollandaise. It’s a good start to a relaxing Sunday brunch visit, which brings positive first impressions of the new bar and restaurant, Cooper’s on Porter. It’s a woody, European pub-y place with a dash of modern

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Simplicity at No. 308 Our first look at the new East Nashville bar No. 308 has us thinking of the ultimate retro rec room bar. Owners Alexis Soler and Ben Clemons have decorated in a clean, sleek, and spare 50’s hipster style. The lofty ceiling gives the room a wide-open and airy feel. You’ll need to put in some work getting up on the tractor seat bar stools and

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Frequently Asked Questions From time to time people have questions about the Nashville Restaurants blog. Here are a few answers: 1. You seem to post at 5 a.m., are you insomniacs? We have had the blog time set for Pacific Time. This has been adjusted. Sadly though, we are often up at 5 a.m., although not usually blogging. We have a funny farm and the animals are

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Nashville Restaurants and Food Pepperfire 2821 Gallatin Pike Nashville 615-582-4824 www.pepperfirechicken.com Jumping into the Nashville hot chicken business takes some guts. Prince’s continues to dominate the hot chicken scene, which forces the newcomers to put a different spin on the Nashville favorite. For those not familiar, hot chicken is spicy fried chicken. The key to Nashville hot

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Nashville Restaurants and Food NY Pie Lands in West Nashville Alright, so I’m a bit of a skeptic at times. Lately though, that skepticism has been answered by a resounding slap up to the side of the head. To wit- NY Pie. I opined on these pages about the claims on their website and how I have usually been disappointed by such boasts. Not this time. NY Pie puts out some damn good pizza. The

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Nashville Restaurants and Food La Cocina Dominicana 1568 Bell Road Nashville 615-823-3414 Update 3/11: This restaurant in now under new management and has a new phone number. We'll keep this review up for a placeholder until we can get back, but be advised much may have changed. It’s easy to get off the culinary beaten track in Nashville these days. Once you get there you may have some

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