4 Best Restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee

This Mexican bakery serves up fresh tres leches, bread pudding, cheesecake, and a host of other pastries so flaky you’ll get almost as much on your shirt as in your mouth. Grab a Mexican Coca-Cola to complete your sugary snack.

At this all-day Mexican diner in East Nashville's Cleveland Park neighborhood, expect a variety of tacos on offer, including breakfast tacos, homemade Crunchwraps, and a green chile cheeseburger that is not to be missed. There's ample indoor and outdoor seating, though it's a popular spot so expect to wait in line during peak hours.

Even if you haven't been to Rosepepper, it's possible you've seen a photo of the restaurant's front sign, which features humorous comments like, \"We love margaritas as much as Kanye loves Kanye.\" Luckily for guests, the food and drinks—which span classic Mexican fare like tacos as well as Americanized hybrids like the Mexican Caesar salad—are as good as the restaurant's sense of humor. They have a great outdoor space, too, so visit when the weather's nice.

Atlanta-based chef Ford Fry has brought a location of his popular Tex-Mex chain to the Gulch, and the neighborhood is all the better for it. Customizable queso fundido makes for an ideal appetizer, and the tortillas are all made in the restaurant, taking their three different styles of tacos—street, al carbon, and traditional Tex-Mex—to new heights.