Weekend Getaway: Nashville, Tennessee
The Southern city's food scene combines warm hospitality with forward-thinking menus.
Welcome to the weekend! Here’s what you’ll find in this week’s newsletter:
Weekend Getaway: Whether you’re looking for Australian breakfast or bologna bánh mì, Nashville’s dining scene offers plenty of surprises. We’ll be sharing some of our favorite spots all month long, but to get all our recommendations, download our Field Guide to Nashville, a 42-page dining guide organized into a curated four-day itinerary with 30+ recommendations for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks. It’s free this month for paid subscribers!
The Order: If you’re catching the eclipse in Burlington, Vermont, we have a pick for Montréal-style bagels you need to try. And if you are elsewhere in the path of totality, we have a few more picks for you as well.
Weekend Reading: More Tennessee favorites, tips for last minute eclipse chasers, plus Milwaukee reacts to the premiere of Top Chef: Wisconsin.
Exploring the Music City
NASHVILLE, TENN. — We’ll get this out of the way first — Nashville’s food scene is so much more than hot chicken. (But to answer the inevitable question of who does it best, we went on a crawl — absolutely do not do this — and determined that the answer is 400 Degrees. You can read more in our Field Guide.) In fact, the dishes we keep thinking about are things like a bologna bánh mì, a bowl of Bircher muesli, a smashburger, and more than anything, an absolutely perfect bean and cheese burrito, eaten while posted up at a cocktail bar.