2 Best Restaurants in Nashville, Indiana

Works by local artists hang on the walls at this family-friendly eatery in the heart of downtown Nashville. Since 1859 it has served up fried chicken and slow-roasted turkey dinners, with sides of fried biscuits and apple butter. Other meat-heavy options include baked Hoosier ham and barbecued ribs. A meal here would not be complete without sassafras tea and pecan pie.

Renovated from an 1850s general store, this inn, about 13 miles north of Nashville, is known for fine dining by oil lamp. Breakfast and lunch menus cull ingredients from the on-site garden and include locally raised game meats, featuring in everything from a chicken breast with spiced peaches to grilled artichoke on a croissant. Some of the inn's accommodations are above the restaurant and there are also cottages on surrounding land.