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How a former car wash is bringing new microrestaurants to East Nashville and reducing barriers for small business owners

By Alexis Marshall

April 15, 2022

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The Wash is a new food hall retrofitted from an old car wash. It’s pretty unusual. There’s next to no parking. The restaurants have walk-up counters and a large communal patio, with a cocktail bar in the last bay.

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

Kids can now learn how to prepare basic meals while participating in Metro Parks’ food program

By Damon Mitchell

March 8, 2022

Metro Parks is expanding its youth food program to teach kids basic food preparation skills.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: food, Metro Parks

‘I’m going to eat myself into a coma today’: Longtime Hermitage Cafe patrons enjoy last plates at the closing diner

By Rachel IacovoneandTasha A.F. Lemley

November 1, 2021

After staying open more than 30 years, Nashville’s iconic Hermitage Cafe has served its last plates of all-day breakfast and late-night fare.

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

Gallery: Nashville Comes Together For a Taste Of The City’s International Food Scene

By Alexis MarshallandAmbriehl Crutchfield

September 27, 2021

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The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition hosted its InterNASHional Night Market this weekend, highlighting local restaurants from a wide range of backgrounds.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: food, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, TIRRC

Interactive Map: Nashville’s 100+ Black-Owned Food Establishments

By Rachel IacovoneandAmbriehl Crutchfield

June 5, 2020

Reporter’s note: Hey, Rachel here. We featured this article in the NashVillager on Feb. 2, 2024. It’d been a minute (or 1,924,667 to be exact), so I’ve since updated the list to remove the couple dozen businesses that have unfortunately closed since 2020 (RIP Dandgure’s) and added a few new ones. Recent protests have put […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Black owned business, food, restaurants

Nashville Will Provide Meal Delivery Services For Underserved Residents Through Amazon

By Damon Mitchell

April 16, 2020

The new program is expected to fill the gap for families who can’t get to meal distribution sites.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Education, food

Without Enough Volunteers, Nashville Food Pantries Struggle To Meet Increased Demand

By Damon Mitchell

March 31, 2020

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Stacey Downey says she’s stretched thin at time when residents need her food pantry the most.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, food

A Free Hot Meal Goes A Long Way For First Responders To Nashville Tornado

By Samantha Max

March 5, 2020

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A hot meal can be hard to come by after a tornado rips through town. Especially for first responders and those directly impacted by the storm. At Shoney’s on Interstate Drive, police, firefighters and families broke bread together this week. The Nashville-based comfort food chain offered a free buffet dinner for those in need.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: food, Metro Nashville Police Department, nashville fire department, police, Super Tuesday Tornado

Movers & Thinkers: A Nashville Butcher Asks Customers To Consider ‘The Real Price Of Food’

By Emily Siner

December 27, 2019

  Ever since he was a kid, Chris Carter has been a meat guy. “I would come home from school, and my grandmother would have five or six vegetable dishes going on the stove, and it was always my job to choose the protein,” he said.

Tagged With: food

Movers & Thinkers: Finding The Secrets Of The Universe In A Cup Of Tea

By Emily Siner

December 26, 2019

Movers & Thinkers

A chronic illness is what sent Leah Larabell in search of herbs. After years of discomfort, she said she met a Native American healer whose teas seemed to be the only thing that made her feel better. But she knows that not everyone has had the life-changing encounter with herbalism that she had. So now, […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: food

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