Where to Get Goat
Markets
A&H Foods, 1104 Murfreesboro Pike. 360-8092 (also the source for the best fresh pita bread in town)
International Food Mart, 206 Thompson Lane. 333-9651
Tara Market, 2187 Nolensville Pike. 248-3121
All three markets sell halal meat, meaning the animal has been slaughtered according to Islamic dietary law.
Restaurants
Gye-Nyame, 2185 Nolensville Pike. 256-7025 (Ghanaian)
Jamaicaway, Nashville Farmers Market, 900 Eighth Ave. N. 255-5920 (Caribbean)
Las Chivas, 4021 Nolensville Pike. 831-3595 (Mexican)
Maringo Restaurant, 611 Murfreesboro Rd. 254-9930 (Somali)
Pop's Pit Bar-Be-Q, 701-B 28th Ave. N. 321-4004
Direct
Visit the Tennessee Department of Agriculture's website at www.picktnproducts.org/livestock.html, and click on the "Farm Fresh" link to find a list of goat farmers. Through the state's Farm Fresh program, you can buy your meat (in large quantity) direct from a farmer, who'll arrange to have it sent to a processing facility and packaged for purchase. The customer picks up the meat directly from the packing plant.
Steve Gillum's Circle G Farm can be reached at (931) 388-4294.
Tina Hoffman's Spring Hills Farm can be reached at (270) 646-2838.
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