Nashvilles Trendiest Restaurants
ZOLA has opened in the former location of the Cakewalk Restaurant. One of the few restaurants across the country to have been nominated for the prestigious Ivy Award, it is affordable and classic. The appetizers are listed as “Provocations” in the menu and filled with things like Greek Meze ,chilled roasted lamb, hummus, feta, tomatoes,stuffed grape leaves, pita bread and roasted red peppers. Chef/Owner Debra Paquette has been named “Nashville’s Best Chef” twelve times by local publications’ readers and editors. Zola’s is open Mon-Thu 5:PM-10:PM Fri-Sat 5:PM-11:PM.
You can now enjoy a taste of the French Riviera while shopping at the Green Hills Mall. Bistro215 opened its 100% smoke free doors on Green Hills Drive. Offering a varied menu and extensive wine list with a French caf�© feel gives a unique dining experience. They are open Monday- Thursday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Layla Rul is a new venture co-owned by the proprietors of Virago and Six Degrees. An upscale dining experience with a Moroccan-theme; suede sofas, canvas canopies and lanterns on each table by day and a hot, chic night spot after dusk.The five-course menu is authentic Moroccan and features flat bread plates with goat cheese and pomegranate vinegar, rich soups, salads, and a choice of swordfish, rack of lamb, fillet or beef tenderloin. They have slim parking but also offer valet service.
The fare at the Cabana on Belcourt Avenue is a 2005 addition to the Nashville scene and is described as “New Southern Bistro Comfort Food,” by its owners Randy Rayburn and Craig Clifft. It offers choices like Tennessee Sliders and Chicken Wing lollipops. There is an unusual assortment of seating options from booths and couches to private or semi-private cabanas with controlled audio/video, patio seating and covered open-air seating enclosed on both sides. Their hours are Sun-Wed PM-AM Ã?· Thu-Sat PM-AM.
They’re dancing on the bars at Coyote Ugly.The merriment began just under a year ago on 154 Second Ave. N., below Buffalo Billiards. At just over 8,000 square feet, the Nashville Coyote Ugly is the largest in the chain and the first one in Tennessee. Coyote Ugly Saloon is one of many in a flood of nightclubs and dinner haunts to become part of the downtown business district, just as some familiar hotspots – like the Bluesboro Rhythm and Blues Co. and CafÃ?© 123 – have closed.
Watermark is making a splash in the Gulch. At 507 12th Ave South executive chef Joe Shaw’s Southern/American cuisine menu features seasonal, local ingredients featuring distinctly Southern-influenced accents with a big city twist such as collard greens and a grits soufflÃ?©. Shaw has said Watermark’s cuisine is inspired by regional foods from the Low Country, Savannah, Deep South, Gulf Shores and Cajun and Creole areas. Take in the main dining room upstairs and the accompanying balcony where the view of downtown is panoramic making a perfect setting for everything from a business lunch to an intimate dinner.
The Parco CafÃ?© has a new location on Printers Alley, finally graduating from it’s lunch counter status at the Farmers Market. Owners Tsuo and Chun Fu are well known by regulars and locals as being congenial and sweet, adding to the restaurants local infamy. The dessert case is unlike anything else in Nashville. Tall and laden with French inspired delicacies made with such obvious talent it is awe inspiring. A shopping trip cannot be complete with out a buttery curry shrimp, a lightly sauced tilapia, one of several savory soups and a fruit tea with a complete salad of apples, grapes and strawberries in the bottom of the glass.
Sambuca is another new addition to the Gulch in the former 6 Degrees space at 601 12th Ave South. They host an eclectic mix of live music seven nights a week, including many Grammy award winners. Co-owned by brother and sister team Kim and Holly Forsythe, Sambuco is enjoying the same phenomenal success as their Dallas restaurant Deep Ellumand the rest of their upscale chain. You can host a rockin’ soirÃ?©e with their expert event planners on staff to help. The red and black interior give an old supper club feel to the activities. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner with music seven nights a week.
Radius10 is the third newbie to the Gulch at 1103 McGavock Street. Chef Jason Brumm comes to us from posh seaside restaurants in Florida and promises “high-end contemporary American” cuisine.Raidus10 offers an extensive selection of wines by the glass and there is also a special chef’s tasting menu available by reservation, with bar seating overlooking the kitchen where you can see all the happenings and taste the Chefs specials.The restaurant will be open for dinner, Monday through Saturday from 5:30 to 11:30 p.m. The bar will open at 4:30.
Maggiano’s Little Italy opened a new little outpost location at 3106 West End Ave just off I-440. Reservations are a definite must and with plenty of lead time. Calling on Monday for Friday nights dinner just wont cut it, unless you want to eat dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon.They pride themselves on their portions and push the leftovers as a selling point almost as soon as you sit down touting the reheating instructions that are included.A family restaurant with an elegant flair, they have patrons of all types from family groups to couples dining in deep concentration. It holds up to it’s namesake with red checked table cloths and rich mahoganies through out. They provide carry-out and host events of most sizes.
