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These Nashville restaurants will say goodbye on their own terms as real estate prices edge out small businesses

By Marianna Bacallao

January 8, 2026

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As higher rents and skyrocketing food prices push out small businesses, these Nashville staples are giving customers plenty of time to say goodbye.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Bernstein, Business, food, Margot McCormack, restaurants, small business

Nashville as a culinary destination: How the city’s food scene changed in 2025

By Justin Barney

December 31, 2025

2025 was a year of fundamental change in Nashville’s food scene. Our city is changing fast, and a food scene is often a directional indication of where it is headed.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music Tagged With: 2025 Year In Review, food, restaurants

Curious Nashville: Why do we have Chicago-style gyro restaurants?

By Tony GonzalezandJustin Barney

November 20, 2025

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How a simple question about gyros in Nashville led to epic revelations about how regional food styles come into existence — and the role of one entrepreneur in changing gyros forever.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Curious Nashville, food, history, Nashville Kurds

This Is Curious Nashville: Why do we have Chicago-style gyro restaurants?

By Tony Gonzalez

November 18, 2025

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Little did we know that trying to figure this out would take us way beyond Nashville and lead us to uncover the very creation of the gyro as we know it.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville Tagged With: Curious Nashville, food, history

Three Nashville restaurants awarded Michelin stars as part of the Guide’s southern debut

By Rose Gilbert

November 3, 2025

Monday marked the beginning of a new era for the Nashville food scene: Bastion, Locust and The Catbird Seat became the first restaurants in the city to be awarded a Michelin star.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: food, Michelin Guide, travel

Here’s the one Nashville chef named a finalist for the coveted James Beard Award

By Rachel Iacovone

April 3, 2025

The field of contenders just got smaller for one of the most prestigious culinary awards in the country — and just one Nashville chef has made the cut.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: food, James Beard, restaurant, restaurants

For the love of chocolate

By Mary Mancini

February 13, 2025

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Grabbing a candy bar at the convenient store is one thing, but where do you go in Nashville when you want to elevate your chocolate experience?

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Evane Stoner, food, Goo Goo Cluster, holidays, Olive & Sinclair. Beth Sachan, Poppy & Peep, Scott Witherow

Out, About: More national love for Nashville’s food scene

By Rachel Iacovone

October 11, 2024

The Nashville food scene is getting a lot of love lately from national outlets. The New York Times, for the second time in as many weeks, has published a list including the best Nashville eateries.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, NashVillager, Out About, WPLN News Tagged With: food

Out, About: Where can you pick apples around here?

By Rachel Iacovone

September 27, 2024

If your friend groups are anything like mine, the group chats started asking promptly on Sept. 1, “Who’s down for apple picking?” and ever since, the question has been: “Where?”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, NashVillager, Out About, WPLN News Tagged With: food

Two Nashville restaurants make coveted New York Times list

By Rachel Iacovone

September 24, 2024

The New York Times’ much-anticipated, annual restaurant list dropped Tuesday. And of the 50 featured spots from across the country, two Tennessee establishments made the cut.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Edessa, food, Kurds, Nashville Kurds, new york times, restaurant, restaurants, Wine and Alcohol

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