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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.


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Owner Patricia Paiva has an insatiable sweet tooth; her bakery on Nolensville Road has long been a hot spot among Nashville's Hispanic population for its vast selection of Mexican and Central American breads and pastries, along with wedding cakes and the decadently rich and irresistible tres leches cake. The Sri Lankan native recently expanded her baking and retail operation, and she has turned the space next door into a sunny café. The pastries now reflect a more international theme; her baklava rivals that of any Middle Eastern restaurant or grocery in town. Sandwiches on freshly baked rolls, croissants and breads are now available.

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This fast-growing national chain founded in Nashville in 1950 offers buffalo wings, soups, salads, pork barbecue, ribs, burgers and traditional Southern plates at two Nashville locations as well as at the Nashville international airport and in Smyrna, Murfreesboro, Rivergate and Franklin.

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Serving up a humble menu of breakfast and meat-and-three comfort foods-headlined by the hand-sliced bologna sandwich-this laid-back family-owned market was a trailblazer in the now up-and-coming Rutledge Hill area.

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This small stone house offers many of the dishes one might find in Jamaica: curried chicken, curried goat, curried potatoes, jerk chicken, beef patties, fried plantains, roti, oxtail and beans and rice. The ripe plantains, sliced into inch-thick nuggets and sautéed with butter and a bit of sugar and salt, come on the side of most plates or can be ordered à la carte. The curries are spicy but not too hot, and the goat in particular is very flavorful. The only disappointment is the Jamaican beef patties, which come frozen from a box. 

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With real Gonnella rolls shipped—along with all of their key ingredients—from Chicago, this small Nolensville eatery lives up to its name with a flavorful, spicy, delectably dripping rendition of the classic Windy City Italian beef sandwich. Their extensive menu also includes Vienna all-beef hot dogs, gyros, deep-dish pizzas and burritos.

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Packed at mealtime, this cheery charm offers meat loaf, catfish, lasagna and Southern-style veggies, along with all the hospitality you can handle.

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City Café East
A sturdy menu of Southern food staples fills the lunch line at this meat-and-three landmark. In 2009, lines starting forming down the street, when George and Amy Reed took over, bringing signature recipes and flair from Chef George’s life in Nashville’s restaurant circles. All the usual suspects are corralled on the steam table—fried chicken, country-fried steak, fried corn, green beans and so on. But if you look closely, you’ll recognize unusual attention to detail, from homemade tartar sauce studded with gherkins and dill to chess pie with a yuletide nose of cinnamon and nutmeg. Every now and then, George pulls up his smoker to cook ribs, brisket and chicken. — Carrington Fox

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The dazzling turquoise paint job is a faint clue to the out-of-Nashville experience one encounters inside this Puerto Rican/Cuban restaurant and nightclub. The colors are tropical, and wall-to-wall mirrors reflect diners and dancers alike. (The latter take over the floors after 10 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.) The menu is lengthy—starting at No. 1 with ceviche de salmon y camarones and ending at No. 38 with biftec de Palomilla—and provides English translations. There are a few Mexican and South American specialties thrown in as well. Coco Loco greets diners as they’re seated with a basket of addictive deep-fried plantain strips, and the meal only gets more interesting from there, with mofongo, arroz con gandules and other standard Caribbean/Latin fare. Between the bartender’s sassy mojitos, the beguiling decor, the friendly staff, the rhythmic music and the vast, exotic repast, Coco Loco offers a dining experience as close to perfect as anyone could ask for.

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Crema
Named for the foamy, golden-brown extraction that develops in the filter and encrusts the top of an espresso serving, Crema brings a welcome jolt of caffeine—along with pastries and sandwiches—to the emerging district of Rutledge Hill.

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Kurdish immigrant Yassin Yassin and Iraqi immigrant Sabah Siso are the co-owners of Dunya Kabob. As the name indicates, skewered meat and vegetables form the backbone of their menu, with chicken, beef, lamb and salmon the options for kabobing. With its intoxicating smell of savory grilled meat, the gyro sandwich comes with lettuce, tomato, onion and yogurt sauce wrapped in a large round of homemade pita. 

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