Food

Can You Dig It?

How urban farming nonprofit Trap Garden is working to eradicate Nashville’s food deserts

Double Scoop of Happiness

Kokos Ice Cream creators Jerusa van Lith and Sam Brooker want to show you just how good ice cream can be.

Flying High Again

The Catbird Seat, Nashville’s home for avant-garde cooking, resets every two years, bringing on new head chefs and new concepts. This time, Will Aghajanian and Liz Johnson are here to share their dynamic culinary vision with our city’s luckiest diners

Blitzkrieg Bibimbap

Much like the Ramones song it’s named for, Babo—East Nashville’s newest Korean bar and restaurant—finds success in keeping it simple

The Cafeteria

Located in downtown Nashville’s storied Arcade, the oldest restaurant in Tennessee marches on, one nourishing bowl of “chile” at a time

Paws for the Cause

Feline-friendly bakery The Catio is offering plants, pets, and pastries on the East side.

(Not So) Distant Shores

Julia Sullivan and her team at Henrietta Red have gained national recognition for their fantastic seafood-forward menu . . . in Tennessee?

On Island Time

New bar Pearl Diver aims to give us all a tropical yet thoughtful getaway on the East side

Middle (East) Tennessee

Lyra co-owners Hrant Arakelian and Liz Endicott are bringing Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine to the former Holland House space

Sometimes a Bar is Just a Bar

Mas Tacos’ Teresa Mason takes the reins at venerable Eastside bar Wilburn Street Tavern

Down By The River

A look into Blue Moon Waterfront Grille, the best little marina restaurant you’ve (maybe) never heard of.

Normalize It

How Christie and Will Tarleton are changing Tennessee’s opinion on hemp through YUYO Botanics

Hail Seitan

Ben Stix and his seitan business and deli The BE-Hive are making vegetarianism fun

Ironed Out

Chef Josh Stockton and the team at Geist have brought new life to a historic Nashville blacksmith shop

From Somalia, With Love

Somali-owned The Horn Coffee spreads acceptance—and some damn good sambusas—on Murfreesboro Pike

The Sweet Spot

With Shugga Hi Bakery and Cafe, sisters Kathy Leslie and Sandra Austin are betting on a Dickerson Pike revival