Nashville isthecenter of country euphony in the known world , so it ’s no surprisal jealous outsider sometimes refer to it as a “ moo-cow townspeople . ” And that ’s fine , we ’ll own that . Especially if that cow is carved up , ready under a broiler , and served sizzle live on a disk in one of these o.k. restaurants . Here are the dependable spots to overeat your beef cattle craving in Nashville .
Kayne Prime
If there was a sonnet about Nashville steaks , the couplet would go , “ If you ’re dining on somebody ’s dime bag , make certain they take you to Kayne Prime . ” This pricy Gulch boutique steakhouse is a dead - sexy spot to love the finest in pantry beef prepare over an infernal 1,200 - degree flame and served in an ambiance of dark wood and leather furnishings while you ponder , “ Who the the pits are all these people who can afford this lieu ? ”
Sperry’s
This Belle Meade stalwart has been serving old - school day prime costa and steak dishes to generations of Nashville ’s land gentry for more than four decades . Be kind to the older valet de chambre who is standing next to you in telephone line as he ’s ladling green goddess get dressed onto his ice - cold salad plate . There ’s a decent luck he might own the coin bank that hold back the mortgage on your family .
Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill
Sure , it ’s a range , but it’sourchain , headquarter in Nashville and possess by the same chemical group that have your favorite effortless chainlet , J. Alexander ’s . While they might have find out to cook their prime costa from their corporate cousins at J. Alex ’s , Stoney River ’s off-white - in cowboy cut ribeye is almost a pound and a half of beautiful cured beef and worthy of signature tune beauty status .
The Southern Steak and Oyster
Many folks cut the name of this business district favorite to “ The Southern , ” but they are giving the unforesightful shrift to the excellent steak that emerge from the busy kitchen . Their “ South of Somewhere ” T - Bone is a well - seasoned porterhouse cooked with an ( un)healthy portion of blackened common pepper butter and sides of ail - whipped potatoes , sautéed brussels sprouts , and smoky bacon . Hey , if you wanted health food , go find a smoothie roll or something .
Cork & Cow
Cork & Cow features huge , expertly ready hickory and oak wood - grilled cut of boeuf and a curated list of fantastic keep company wine-coloured . In fact , you should stop reading right now , make a arriere pensee , and then come back and keep reading . Back ? OK , we ’ll honor your persistence with the advice to consider an lend - on of tempura lobster tail . Franklin ’s best just catch even better .
Bob’s Steak and Chop House
turn up in Downtown ’s swanky Omni Hotel , Bob ’s brags , “ Our steaks are prime , our portions big , and our drinks sozzled . ” While hotel guests take up many of the tabular array in the racy dining room , tell apart topical anaesthetic have it away that Bob ’s serves some of the fully grown , baddest , and best steak in town . They also dish out a spicy Gallus gallus dish because , y’know , it ’s the law now .
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Yeah , you probably do n’t say the name correctly , and you might not have even realized that Ruth ’s Chris move into the cellar of the Loews Vanderbilt on West End years ago . But if you ’ve forget about how big a deal it was when the New Orleans - born restaurant radical brought their brand of steaks served greaves on a lustre of sizzling butter on a 500 ° plateful to Nashville , perhaps it ’s time to reacquaint yourself . Just do n’t wear upon a shirt that would disappoint you if it got ruined .
Old Hickory Steakhouse
Andrew Jackson , the presidential namesake of this restaurant in the Gaylord Opryland Resort , may have been known for being as tough as the trunk of a hickory tree , but their steaks are as crank as butter . As if boom in a play antebellum mansion was n’t dramatic enough , debate that the entire house is located under the towering roof of Gaylord ’s Delta pavilion . Steaks are served with the option to add sauces such as au poivre or Bearnaise or with overstep preparations like Oscar with swelling crabmeat meat or foie gras butter .
Union Common
Thanks to its localisation in Nashville ’s interlingual rendition of the Flatiron construction , where naval division meets Broadway in Midtown , the effect of eating in the triangular dining room as car pour by on both sides of the restaurant is like dinner in the luxurious dining car of a railroad train . The graphics art deco interior and nerveless jazz atmosphere are the complete backdrop for a creative carte designed for apportion with large format steaks attend to pre - sliced for light distribution around the table . All you have to do is order up some small crustal plate and sides for the entire tabular array while you wait for the slab of sum to be expertly ready .
Skull’s Rainbow Room
Once one of the most popular clubs in Printer ’s Alley , Skull ’s Rainbow Room was shuttered for 16 yr until new direction resurrect the classic burlesque club from mothballs . With the demise of Skull ’s , the construct of dinner party and a show had middling much disappeared in town – along with slimly racy dance act . Skull ’s raw possessor have revived the steakhouse menu with featured dish like the traditional prime costa , filet mignon , and a unquestionably continentalBoeuf en Crouteribeye dish wrap with brie and puff pastry dough .
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
A preferent destination for thirsty Vandy students during Parents Weekend when pappa whips out the Amex , Fleming ’s is a smart choice the quietus of the yr as well . In addition to succulent steaks and refreshful seafood , Fleming ’s secern themselves from other chain steakhouses by their extensive wine by the glass broadcast . tot in a bar fill with top shelf spirits , Isle of Man no longer has to live by meat alone . He can have hard liquor , too .
Palm Restaurant
Even if you ’re not enough of a local celeb to get your caricature drawn on the bulwark of this Downtown fix , it does n’t count . The server at the Palm care for everyone like a fame . The same way that the fare seldom changes , the staff overturn is minimal , leading to a gang of real pros in a humankind where good help is damn hard to line up . Heed their advice and get the surf & greensward with a lobster that was older than you are when he stumbled into that cakehole .
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The Southern Steak & Oyster I Courtesy of Ashley Hylbert
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Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill
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Ruth’s Chris Prime Steak House
Union Common Restaurant I Courtesy of Rob Guimaraes
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
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