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City HousevsThe Loveless Cafe
City House and The Loveless Cafe are both endorsed by professionals. On balance, City House ranks significantly higher than The Loveless Cafe. City House comes in at #3 in Nashville with accolades from 11 reviewers like The Infatuation, Frommer's and Travel + Leisure.
City House
Travel + Leisure
BlackBook
Gayot
Zagat
Afar Magazine
goop
On the Grid
Condé Nast Traveler
The Infatuation
Fodor's Show All Reviews
1222 4th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208
From $25/night
"Snack on the thin-crust pizza at this local joint located in a former artists' studio in north Nashville's up-and- coming Germantown neighborhood." Full review
"Open Kitchen, friendly service, and intimate setting make this house feel more like a home."
14.0
"Local meat and produce is all over the menu, from catfish to tomatoes to mushrooms. Expect to find a selection of Italian classics shot through with Southern reinventions." Full review
4.5
"“A locavore’s dream”, this “trendy”, midpriced Germantown “rustic” Italian uses area ingredients in “house-cured salami”, “best-in-town” belly-ham pizza and other “astonishing creations.”" Full review
"Belly ham pizzas, pastas and main dishes like roasted chicken and cornmeal-crusted catfish with peppers, garlic, anchovy, lemon and parsley." Full review
"City House’s rustic Italian-meets-Southern food stands out from that of the rest of the Nashville restaurant scene in that it’s a true foodie’s restaurant." Full review
"Belly ham pizza. He could’ve stopped there, but City House Chef Tandy Wilson is known, among other things, for his exquisite charcuterie—think paper-thin salami served with parmesan." Full review
"With delicious pizzas and hearty Italian-meets-the-South entrées, City House is the kind of casual bistro you return to over and over again." Full review
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Fair warning, though: The acoustics can be overpowering, so request a table in the back room if one is available.
"City House in Germantown combines two things we really like: Southern ingredients and Italian food." Full review
"James Beard Award–winning chef Tandy Wilson has built a Nashville institution with City House, one of the first restaurants to take hold in Germantown." Full review
The Loveless Cafe
Frommer's
Zagat
Gayot
Michelin Guide
Rough Guide
The Infatuation
Fodor's
Frommer's
8400 Highway 100, Nashville, TN 37221-4012
From $10/night
"For some of the best country cooking in the Nashville area, take a trip out past the city's western suburbs to this old-fashioned roadhouse and popular Nashville institution." Full review
4.5
"This West Nashville roadhouse slinging “quintessential Southern cuisine” is a “tradition that everyone must experience.”" Full review
11.0
"The fried chicken is especially good when paired with slow-simmered pintos and potlikker-rich greens. Those amazing biscuits are available all day, not just at breakfast." Full review
"For more than 50 years, the neon sign on the Loveless Cafe has beckoned locals and country-music stars like Reba McEntire
to breakfast in West Nashville."
"This vintage roadhouse is a local institution for its country cooking."
"For a taste of nostalgia and the best biscuits you’ve ever had, head to the Loveless Cafe 30 minutes southwest of Nashville." Full review
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By all means take a picture of their giant neon sign out front, but if you need another souvenir, make sure to buy some biscuit mix to take home.
"Southwest of Nashville on Highway 100, the Loveless Café serves up its famous scratch-made biscuits and country ham every day of the week" Full review
"Once a quaint motel restaurant known locally for its melt-in-your-mouth biscuits, country ham, and fried chicken, the Loveless Café, nearly 20 miles from downtown Nashville, has become so well known that it's now the centerpiece of a mini-complex and draws busloads of tourists" Full review