Best Seafood: The Optimist
Second Place: Henrietta Red
Third Place: Boston Commons
Past Best of Nashville wins: The Optimist also took Best Seafood (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021), Best Dessert (2021), Best Wine List (Restaurant or Bar) (2021) and Best New Restaurant (Opened since October 2019) (2020) in the Readers' Poll. In our Writers’ Choice they’ve been named Best Lobster Roll (2026, 2022), Best High-End Seafood (2025) and Best Seafood (2021).
