Nashville's Top Chefs Name Their Favorite Sandwich

The sandwich . It comes in many forms , both big and small . It ’s potential that you have strong opinions about what constitutes the dead constructed sandwich . The problem with the sandwich conniption in Nashville is that novel restaurants are opening up so rapidly that it ’s difficult to keep up with them all . To help in your culinary hunt for Nashville ’s most satisfying sandwiches , we expect 14 of Nashville ’s top chef about their all - time favorites .

The Princess & the East Nasty fromBiscuit Love

The GulchPicked by : Maneet Chauhan , carbon monoxide gas - owner and executive chef atChauhan Ale & Masala House

To call Maneet Chauhan a “ top Nashville chef ” is a second of an understatement . We ’re thrilled to include her on our lean . Chef Chauhan appoint Biscuit Love as her favourite sandwich shop , with her top two picks being The Princess ( Biscuit Love ’s variation of a hot volaille sandwich in cooky mannequin ) and the East Nasty ( a fried volaille biscuit with cured cheddar and sausage gravy ) .

PRB Signature French Dip fromPorter Road Butcher West

West NashvillePicked by : Cory Untch , executive chef atCapitol Grille at the Hermitage Hotel

“ When I ’m not sampling my own latest creation in Capitol Grille , I love to indulge in a satisfying roast beef sandwich . Porter Road Butcher West offers my favored sandwich in Nashville – the PRB Signature French Dip . This sandwich is jam high with braise onions & Swiss cheese , [ and ] dipped in a rich beef jus . Simply delicious . We also habituate Porter Road to cut all of our own meat we elevate on Capitol Grille ’s farm , so I ’m confident that the beef on this sandwich is ethically source and crafted with the high quality , most saporous cuts . ”

Le Pig Mac fromCochon Butcher

GermantownPicked by : Daniel Herget , executive chef atLittle Octopus

Chef Herget is one of many chefs who sings the congratulations of Cochon Butcher . His “ shamed pleasure ” sandwich is the Le Pig Mac sandwich from Cochon Butcher , which is basically everything you hope it to be based on the name . Le Pig Mac is two porc patties sandwich between three fresh sesame buns and topped with special sauce , cheddar cheese , scratch , and tomato .

Green Goddess fromSlow Hand Coffee

SoBroPicked by : Robert Grace , executive chef atKayne Prime

Slow Hand is relatively raw to the Nashville shot , but we hope it ’s here for a long time to come . It has some of the best pastry and homemade bread in township ( and the coffee ’s pretty skillful , too ) . Chef Robert Grace from Kayne Prime named Slow Hand ’s Green Goddess , a poulet salad sandwich , as his front-runner . " The chicken is always moist and never dry . Always been a big buff of immature goddess medical dressing ( leave you , cattle farm ! ) . It has a piddling seraphic from the grapes , and the smoked almonds give a nice crunch . It also does n’t hurt that they make the bread in - house . "

Shiitake and Gouda Grilled Cheese fromEtch

SoBroPicked by : Chef Deb Paquette ofEtch

Warning : what you ’re about to read will make you want to drop everything and go get this sandwich ASAP . When asked about her favorite sandwich in Nashville , chef Paquette respond : “ I do n’t eat out much so I canvass everyone in the restaurant and we kept coming back to our own grilled cheese sandwich . It ’s all about umami . I confit Tennessee shiitake mushroom to make them buttery and append caramelized onion , a secret formula for horseradish sauce , and two kinds of Gouda cheese . We delicately rankle the smoked gouda so it gets really creamy and keep the elderly Gouda cheese in ball for a little excess bite . The pumpernickel boodle , which have a healthy bathing tub of butter before grilling , is made in - house with seeds in it for texture . ”

The Cubano fromCochon Butcher

GermantownPicked by : Chef Steven Robillio ofAmerigo

Another right to vote for Cochon Butcher , but this meter in the form of its Cubano sandwich , which is ham and smoked shoulder on dough that , according to chef Robillio is “ so crispy on the exterior , and so lenient in the middle . " We ’ll let him explain why it ’s his favorite : “ For me , this sandwich has an unexpected depth of flavor . It come up from smoke the shoulder , with the addition of acidity in the pickles and mustard cutting through all the creaminess of the porc fat and cheese . round out the whole sandwich is the ham , which loan an awesome textural conflict to the interior of the sandwich . ”

The Washpark fromBiscuit Love

The GulchPicked by : Andrew Whitney , executive chef atVirago

Biscuit Love seems to be another go - to sandwich joint for Nashville ’s top chefs . Chef Andrew Whitney named Biscuit Love ’s The Washpark as his favorite sandwich in Nashville , stating that , " It ’s always fix perfectly , and the biscuit is always moist . Anything with Sir Francis Bacon jam and pimento cheese is a profits in my book , but give in great side and bang-up people and it ’s an experience I need again and again . "

The Muffaletta fromCochon Butcher

GermantownPicked by : Vasisht Ramasubramanian , chef atThe Hook

One more vote for Cochon Butcher . Chef Ramasubramanian tells us why you need to add the Cochon Butcher Muffaletta to your arsenal of favorite Nashville sandwiches : “ During my short time be in New Orleans , I got the taste of a true muffaletta from Central Grocery in the French Quarter , and made a habit of go there at least once a workweek . The Muffaletta at Cochon Butcher is one of my favorite sandwich in Nashville . The toasty light sesame moolah soaks in the olive oil from the Olea europaea salad . With the house - cure ham , salami , pastrami , and provolone Malva sylvestris , it is one of the most satisfying sandwich around . ”

Brisket sandwich fromMartin’s Bar-B-Que Joint

Belmont ( & other locations)Picked by : Brian Baxter , chef de cuisine atHusk

Brian Baxter to the rescue with a good ol' brisket sandwich . We were distressed for a arcminute that no one was going to mention a BBQ joint regard Nashville does have thebest BBQ in the land . “ My favorite sandwich in Nashville is the brisket sandwich from Martin ’s BBQ , but you have to get the coleslaw and pickle jalapeños on top . Also , it has to be dressed with the Devil ’s Nectar BBQ Sauce . I care going to Martin ’s for the brisket sandwich because everyone has a burger , a fried chicken sandwich , etc . , but I just love barbeque , and Martin ’s has the best barbecue brisket in town . ”

Torta Milanesa fromEl Amigo

Nolensville RdPicked by : B.J. Lofback , chef / owner atFunk Seoul Brother

Because we all need newfangled billet to get great Mexican nutrient , chef Lofback tell us why El Amigo is not to be overlooked : “ Some of the best intellectual nourishment truck in Nashville do n’t move around the city like mine does . While visiting greaser trucks on Nolensville Rd , I found El Amigo , this former gun station that has now become my favorite office for Mexican eats in Nashville ( even though it is n’t a hand truck ! ) . Their Torta Milanesa is a thing of beauty . It ’s a pork barrel escallop , pounded thin , breaded , and electrocute . Then it ’s top with avocado pear , refried dome , grilled onions , lettuce , tomato and mayo . But then … it ’s pressed and griddled , so all that is held inside toasty bread . I love big flavour , and this adds big textures ! ”

Banh mi fromInterAsian Market & Deli

Nolensville PikePicked by : Levon Wallace , executive chef atCochon Butcher , and Jim Hagy , owner ofChef ’s Market

Another Nashville - wide favorite , we ’re felicitous to see InterAsian ’s banh mi make the list . And since so many of our other chef advert Cochon Butcher as their pet piazza to get a sandwich in Nashville , we ’re happy to have the executive chef from Cochon partake his favorite sandwich in the metropolis : “ The banh Wolverine State at Interasian Market is the best in the city ! The homemade crown and roasted pork abdomen just coiffure it off ! ”

Jim Hagy , from Chef ’s grocery , says:“We stay officious prepping for dozens of events each hebdomad , so I most often find myself reaching for our Scuttlebutt Veggie Sandwich with provolone , bean sprouts , avocado , cucumber , tomato , red Allium cepa , lettuce , and basil mayo stacked on a locally baked roll . When I have the opportunity to get away , my preferred sandwich is the banh mi at the InterAsian Market & Deli . It ’s a phenomenal family - owned grocery store on Nolensville Rd that serves a all-encompassing array of delicatessen favorites , including the banh mi every day and a great porc belly banh mi on the weekend when you finger extra soft . ”

chicken sandwich at biscuit love

Biscuit Love

Italian Beef fromThe Hook

MelrosePicked by : Kyle Patterson , chef de cuisine atSinema

“ The Italian Beef at The Hook take up me home every metre I eat it . It ’s a mélange of flavors – savory , salty , and spicy . It ’s a wonderful , mushy , sloppy , beefy mess . My go - to when I ’m homesick for Chicago . ”

SoBroPicked by : Jason Lalacona , chef de cuisine ofSaffire

Chef Lalacona ’s filling is the Beef Tongue Reuben at Pinewood Social with all the fixin ’s . “ I revalue the peril taking . And there really is nothing riskier in the chef worldly concern than try out to reimagine a proven classic ( particularly one with so few components ) . But they knocked this one out of the park ! ”

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Cory Untch from Capital Grille in Nashville

Courtesy of The Hermitage Hotel

Brita Britnellis a Nashville aboriginal , intellectual nourishment lensman , and author who is on a fresh charge to essay out every individual sandwich on this list . you may regain her@bbritnell .

le pig mac from cochon butcher