Sunday, February 27, 2011

Merchants

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

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Disco Fries and Mediterranean for Belmont

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

Sunday, February 20, 2011

No. 308

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

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Grins Vegetarian Cafe

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

Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Turnip Truck Urban Fare in the Gulch

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

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The Whites Creek Entertainment Strip

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

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Lee’s Philly Cheese Steak

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

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Valentine’s Day Picks 2011

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