Southern and Soul Food Restaurants in Nashville, TN

Southern and soul food in Nashville at a glance

• Southern and soul food is the 14th largest food category in Nashville, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 2.0% share compares with 0.9% across the 506 cities in this guide, so Nashville leans toward southern and soul food.
• Of the 60 listed below, 48 are independent and 12 belong to chains; 60 list a website.

Southern and Soul Food Restaurants in Nashville

Showing 60 of 85, listings with a website first.

• K Kitchen
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1191 Murfreesboro Rd
• Rise Biscuits Donuts
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 153 Rep John Lewis Way N
• The Loveless Cafe
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 8400 TN-100
• Champy's Nashville
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 204 3rd Ave S
• Cracker Barrel
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 3454 Percy Priest Dr. I-40 & Stewarts Ferry Pike
• The Farm House
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 210 Almond St
• Paula Deen's Family Kitchen
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 575 Opry Mills Dr
• Biscuit Love
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 2001 Belcourt Ave
• NashHouse Southern Spoon & Saloon
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 114 8th Ave S
• H & T's Home Cooking
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 2264 Murfreesboro Pike
• Cracker Barrel
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 4323 Sidco Dr. I-65 & Harding Place
• Adele's
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1210 McGavock St
• Arnold's Country Kitchen
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 605 8th Ave S
• Barr's Music City Soul Food
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 618 Brentwood Dr E
• Bolton's Spicy Chicken & Fish
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 624 Main St
• Cracker Barrel
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 6941 Charlotte Pike I-40 & Charlotte Pike
• Doll's Family Cafe
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 2501 Gallatin Ave
• Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 851 Dickerson Pike
• Hattie B's Hot Chicken
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 5209 Charlotte Ave
• Hattie B's Hot Chicken
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 2222 8th Ave S
• Husk Nashville
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 37 Rutledge St
• Kingdom Cafe and Grill
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 2610 Jefferson St
• Kitchen Notes
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 250 Rep. John Lewis Way S
• Midtown Cafe
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 102 19th Ave S
• Monell's
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1235 6th Ave N
• Noir Kitchen & Cocktails
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 501 Main St
• Opry Backstage Grill
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 2401 Music Valley Dr
• PoeBoy Luncheon
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 3000 Dickerson Pike
• Silver Sands Cafe
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 937 Locklayer St
• Soul
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 6317 Charlotte Pike
• Swett's
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 2725 Clifton Ave
• The 404 Hotel
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 404 12th Ave S
• The Gumbo Bros
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 505 12th Ave S
• The Nashville Grange
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1000 Broadway
• Voodoo Gumbo
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 7114 Hwy 70 S #109
• Willie B's Kitchen & Lounge
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 918 Buchanan St
• The Row Kitchen & Pub
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 110 Lyle Ave
• 417 Union
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 417 Union St
• Wendell Smith's Restaurant
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 407 53rd Ave N
• Hattie B's Hot Chicken
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 112 19th Ave S
• Soul
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 2419 Edge O Lake Dr
• H and Ts Home Cooking
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 2264 Murfreesboro Pike
• Roasted Nashville
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 1526 Demonbreun St
• Spicy Boy's
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 924 Mcferrin Ave
• Puckett's Restaurant
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · Chain · 500 Church St
• Qc Kitchen
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 319 Peabody St
• Carol Ann's
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 407 Murfreesboro Pike
• The Tasty Wheel
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 1500 2nd Ave S
• TKO
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 4204 Gallatin Pike
• Varallo's
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 239 4th Ave N
• Biscuit Kitchen
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 8456 TN-100
• At The Table
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 907 12th Ave S
• Bailey and Cato
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 1307 McGavock Pike
• Dixon Soul Food
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 935 Richards Rd
• Edgefield Restaurant
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 105 S 11th St
• Food For The Soul
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 3101 Clarksville Pike Ste 10
• Hermitage House Smorgasbord
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 3131 Lebanon Pike
• Hot Chicks
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 117 28th Ave N
• Jamaicaway Restaurant at Midtown
  Restaurant · American · Southern and soul food · 1812 Hayes St
• Mastir Chef
  Restaurant · Southern and soul food · 13001 Old Hickory Blvd

Southern and soul food elsewhere in Tennessee

Among the Tennessee cities in this guide, the most southern and soul food listings are in Memphis (94), Knoxville (27), Chattanooga (24), Franklin (14), Murfreesboro (12) and Clarksville (8).

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