Dino's
Longest-running dive in East Nash. The fries are the move.
411 Gallatin Ave, East Nashville. Longest-running dive in the neighborhood. Famous cheeseburger, famous fries. Late night, no pretense.
Chapter Seven
Smash burgers, NY-style slices, and the value moves worth building an evening around.
Longest-running dive in East Nash. The fries are the move.
411 Gallatin Ave, East Nashville. Longest-running dive in the neighborhood. Famous cheeseburger, famous fries. Late night, no pretense.
Paper-thin smash patties + butter-toasted bun. Parked outside a record shop taproom.
Highly regarded smash burger food truck with a focused menu (paper-thin patties, butter-toasted bun). Parked permanently at Vinyl Tap — a record shop and taproom with drafts and occasional live music. The full combo: great burger + record shopping + beer.
Award-winning smash burgers on the Honeytree Meadery patio. Late hours.
Award-winning smash burgers (crispy edges, bold flavors) from a permanent food trailer on the Honeytree Meadery patio. Pairs naturally with mead and drinks from Honeytree. Voted best food truck / best burger in local recognition.
Sean Brock's walk-in sister. $15 Audrey Burger. Everything else: $5.
Walk-in-only affordable sister concept from the Audrey team (809 Meridian St, McFerrin Park). Opens nightly at 5:00 PM — get there early to grab a spot. Features the acclaimed $15 Audrey Burger alongside a menu where every other drink and snack is exactly $5. Rotating affordable menu with huge value.
Longtime Nashville staple. Weekdays 2–6pm: $5 slice + High Life or Bud.
Longtime Nashville staple for NY-style pizza by the slice or whole pies. Casual and reliable. Weekdays 2pm–6pm — $5 slice + High Life or Bud. East Nashville flagship with an additional West Nashville location.
Detroit-style squares from a Madison strip mall. Worth the drive.
Detroit-style pizza operation in Madison — thick, caramelized-edge squares with a focused, rotating menu. The kind of spot that generates strong word-of-mouth precisely because it doesn't look like much from the outside.
Chicago-style deep dish in a converted Germantown building.
Chicago-style deep dish done right, in a warm converted space on Monroe St in Germantown. Thick, heavy, worth the wait. A departure from the Neuhoff scene but just around the corner.
Coal-fired Neapolitan pies in The Nations. Consistent, serious pizza.
Coal-fired Neapolitan pizza in The Nations — a neighborhood that keeps getting better. The coal oven produces a specific char and texture that sets it apart. Consistent, serious pizza without the scene.
East Nashville brewery. Wood-fired pizza, great beer program.
East Nashville craft brewery at 903 Main St with a wood-fired pizza program. Strong beer selection, welcoming taproom, and the pizza is genuinely good rather than an afterthought. A reliable neighborhood anchor.
The best burger in Nashville. Casual Neuhoff Market bar, focused menu.
A neighborhood bar and eatery tucked inside the Neuhoff Market complex in Germantown. The burger is the move — widely regarded as the best in Nashville, with a tight, focused menu built around it. Staff say Sundays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays are the calm nights. Come the weekend, the barstools run four deep.
The best pizza in Nashville. Neapolitan, wood-fired, worth the wait.
A serious Neapolitan pizza operation in Edgehill — wood-fired pies with proper char, high-quality ingredients, and the restraint of a kitchen that knows what it's doing. Widely regarded as the best pizza in Nashville.