Restaurants – Music City VIP

Restaurants

Fancy biscuits, long lines, worth it once. The East Nasty is the move if you do not want sweet.

The Gulch · First-timers $$

Restaurants

Nashville hot chicken with a heat scale from mild to “shut the cluck up.” The Midtown original is the one most visitors mean.

Midtown · First-timers and groups $$

Restaurants

East Nashville sharing plates and a serious pita. Dinner that is not hot chicken.

East Nashville · First-timers $$$

Restaurants

The family that invented Nashville hot chicken. This is the original idea, not the tourist copy.

South Nashville · First-timers $

Bars & nightlife Restaurants

Smash burgers and a beer garden in East Nashville. Casual, crowded, correct.

East Nashville · First-timers and groups $$

Live music Restaurants

Sit-down shows with dinner and wine. Easy for a group that does not want to stand.

The Gulch · First-timers and groups $$$

Restaurants

Italian-ish Nashville classic in Germantown. Pasta, country ham, a grown-up dinner.

Germantown · First-timers $$$

Live music Restaurants

Meat-and-three energy with live music. Several locations; downtown is the visitor default.

Downtown · First-timers and groups $$

Restaurants

Pit barbecue and a whiskey list in the Gulch. Pork, not a scene.

The Gulch · First-timers $$

Bars & nightlife Live music

River-end of Broadway with food, a balcony, and music. Easier for dinner than a pure honky-tonk.

Lower Broadway · First-timers and groups $$