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FOUND 394 RESTAURANTS. SHOWING 1 THROUGH 10.

Will Shuff's Nashville rendition of a gastro-pub taps 20 types of keg beer—including local Yazoo and other regional microbrews—and serves even more by the bottle. With indoor and outdoor brick grills, the full-service restaurant offers a hearty menu of fish, burgers, steak, quesadillas and salads.

Category: PUBS & BARS
Location: 2318 12th Ave. S., 463-7552
Hours: 11 am-midnight. Closed Sundays

This place may be brand new, but owner Aqui Simpson is a vet of this unique incendiary treat. The Nashville native and Tennessee State University grad says she loves it so much that she ate at Prince’s nearly every day until a cousin got her cooking her own. Simpson’s top-secret recipe engages varying amounts of cayenne and paprika, depending on the level of heat requested. She offers 0° for regular fried chicken; 100° for mild; 200° for medium; 400° for hot. Daily sides are crinkle-cut fries (which get a dusting of paprika and a whisper of cayenne), baked beans (so sweet they nearly qualify as candy), coleslaw and potato salad. Simpson’s chicken is similar to Prince’s in flavor, though the crust is a little thicker. The chief difference is that 400° is deep-fried, not skillet-fried. The 200° version is feisty, with an elevated level of heat that leaves no doubt you’re eating classic hot chicken; the 400° was surprisingly manageable, offering a real kick on the tongue but without the lingering, impossible-to-dissipate burn that the hottest versions sometimes deliver. Still, unless living on the edge is your style, the 200° has a better, more enjoyable flavor. Jumbo-sized bone-in pork chops also serve as a fine vehicle for the 400° treatment. Fat wings are four to an order and pack a punch. Though there are two tables inside, most of the business is takeout. Calling ahead is encouraged, as everything is cooked fresh to order.


Category: HOT CHICKEN/HOT FISH
Location: 2102 Clarksville Highway, 244-4467
Hours: 11 am-7 pm Tues.-Thurs.; 11 am-9 pm Fri.; noon-9 pm Sat.

A cheerful dining room downstairs and spacious rooms upstairs bustle with suit-clad midday traffic. The 417 menu offers a caption of “Classic American Dining,” which owner Anthony Leath describes as “things your grandfather used to eat.” All the nostalgic blue-plate victuals are present, on a rotating basis throughout the week—fried chicken, liver ’n’ onions, meat loaf, barbecue and grilled ham with pineapple, to name a few. A dozen sides straight out of meat-and-three central casting include fried cabbage, black-eyed peas and turnip greens.



Category: CASUAL
Location: 417 Union St., 401-7241
Hours: Open daily for breakfast and lunch, starting at 7 a.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. on weekends. Dinner is served on Fri. and Sat. Bar is open for happy hour Tues.-Fri. 4 to 7 p.m.

A full breakfast menu, along with burgers, fries, shakes and malts, is available at this retro-themed diner.

Category: BURGERS & DELI
Location: 1959 Mallory Lane, 778-0065
Hours: 7 am-9 pm Mon.-Thurs.; 7 am-11 pm Fri.-Sat.; 8 am-8 pm Sun.

The primary flavors across Abay’s menu come from berbere and mitmita. The pungent blends of garlic, onion and various spices lend a smoky, peppery glow to many of the meats and lentils, which you will eat with your hands, scooping up flavorful stews with piles of fresh injera bread. The best approach is to dive right in with a combination platter—meat or vegetarian.



Category: AFRICAN
Location: 3792 Nolensville Pike, 834-8885
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 7 am-9 pm; Sun. 11 am-9 pm

One block off West End, The Acorn has thrived on its quiet, shaded side-street lot and taken firm root in Nashville’s dining firmament. Credit savvy and focused young owner John Leonard, a native of Washington, D.C., who stepped out on a limb and opened The Acorn in 2003 with his wife Pamela. By all accounts, it was an impressive debut, winning several reader-voted Scene Best of Nashville awards in its first year of operation. There’s a lot to love—the sexy, sophisticated main dining room uses rich colors, lush texture, low lights, comfortable furnishings and elegant accoutrements to set the stage for romantic dinners, celebratory occasions or professional preoccupations. At the top of the stairs, another bar and lounge vibrate with youthful energy, while the second-floor patio nestled in the treetops is a favorite location for a casual bite and drinks with friends. The food is attuned to the season, committed to quality and artfully presented.

Category: CONTEMPORARY CUISINE
Location: 114 28th Ave. N. , 320-4399
Hours: Regular dining hours: 5-10 pm Mon.-Thurs.; 5-11 pm Fri.-Sat.

A chic, sleek South-of-the-border-themed decor sets the stage for Mexican-inspired cuisine, including homemade salsas and guacamole, lobster quesadilla and brisket served with prickly pear fries. But the real attraction at this Gulch hot spot is the cocktail menu, with margaritas made of everything from pomegranate to cactus.


Category: HISPANIC
Location: 118 12th Ave. S., 254-9997
Hours: Lunch Mon-Fri.; Dinner and bar open 4 p.m. nightly

East Nashville is so rife with restaurants these days that they are even squeezing out space in alleys, but the charm is all up-front at this cozy, funky, friendly neighborhood eatery. Owners and veteran nightlifers Steve and Shelly Muller know from experience what their customers want: full-service bar, bottled imports, draft favorites, themed vinyl-spinning on select nights, and a simple, Southwestern-inspired all-day menu of fresh apps, salads, soups and hearty entrées, priced right. Their deep-fried avocado—affectionately known as the fat ball—has appeared on national television. A spicy Sunday brunch offers fast recovery for folks who stayed up past their bedtime on Saturday night.

Category: CASUAL
Location: 1008-B Woodland St., 262-5888
Hours: 11 am-11 pm Mon.-Sat.; 10 am-10 pm Sun., brunch served 10 am-2 pm.

With a menu that offers plenty of cheese, salt and starch, Amerigo’s Italian-American comfort food appeals to conservative diners who love P.F. Chang’s Chinese-American fare. But this chain remains a notch above those and might instead be compared to the legendary Houston’s—the food is consistent, portioned large, moderately priced and efficiently served.

Category: ITALIAN/GREEK/MEDITERRANEAN
Location: 1920 West End Ave. , 320-1740
Hours: 11 am-10 pm Mon.-Fri.; 11 am-10:30 pm Sat.;11 am-10 pm Sun.
Location: 1656 Westgate Cir., Brentwood., 377-7070
Hours: 11 am-10 pm Mon.-Sat.; 11 am-9 pm Sun.

Brothers Huseyin and Harun Ustunkaya are from the Anatolia region of Turkey, and they’re calling upon their upbringing in a resort city and their background in the hospitality industry to create a genuine but upscale ethnic dining experience. While the bulk of dishes will sound familiar to anyone who has eaten in Middle Eastern restaurants—hummus, dolmas, gyros and kabobs—Anatolia separates itself with a commitment to quality, top-notch product and ingredients, a light hand with oil, a superb sense of seasoning and an emphatic freshness. What most distinguishes this restaurant is a small selection of dishes described as Klasik Turk Ev Yemekleri, which Huseyin translates as Turkish home cooking—specialties not even typically found in restaurants in Turkey. One of the best of these is manti, or Turkish ravioli, a rich and hearty creation of homemade pasta pinched around dabs of seasoned ground beef, immersed in a garlic-yogurt-butter sauce. Be sure to order the kunefe dessert at the same time as your entrées, as it takes 20 minutes to prepare this honey-laced, cheesy, phyllo-dough construction so absolutely divine as to please the gods.

Category: MIDDLE EASTERN
Location: 48 White Bridge Rd. , 356-1556
Hours: Lunch: 11 am-2 pm Mon.-Sat. Dinner: 5-10 pm Sun.-Thurs.; 5-11 pm Fri.-Sat.