Eat Drink Nashville: What closed restaurant do you miss most?

Remembering lost restaurants, bars

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Eat Drink Nashville

NEWS FROM NASHVILLE'S DINING SCENE. CHEERS!

Thu Jun 18 2026

Mackensy Lunsford | Senior dining reporter / Southern Kitchen editor

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Hello Nashville, Mackensy Lunsford signing with your Eat, Drink Nashville newsletter.

Nashville has said goodbye to a lot of familiar restaurants lately.

Server Cheryl McKnight show off another of their popular dish at Varallo's Restaurant on 4th Avenue North in Nashville on Oct. 22, 2018.

Mary Hance / The Tennessean

This year alone, we've lost Margot Café & Bar, Burger Up, Varallos and 12 South Taproom , while longtime beloved spots like Rotier's and Gold Rush still inspire "remember when?" conversations.

So this week, I want to hear from you: Which Nashville restaurant do you miss the most?

Maybe it's a neighborhood standby where the staff knew your order. Maybe it's a special-occasion destination. Maybe it's a place that closed decades ago, but still comes up every time someone starts talking about old Nashville.

Email me at [email protected] and tell me the restaurant or bar you'd bring back if you could.

Meanwhile, if you're looking for a new food adventure, I spent time exploring Pan-Asia Supermarket in Antioch, the first completed piece of Nashville's long-planned Chinatown development and the largest Asian supermarket in Middle Tennessee.

It's the kind of place where you stop in for one ingredient and emerge an hour later with mangoes, dumplings, snacks with cool art on the label and at least three things you've never seen before. From live seafood tanks and fresh-baked buns to century eggs and frozen Korean street food, here's why it's worth the trip.

Here's more of this week's food news.

•	A hot dog stand operating out of a bright yellow Volkswagen bus has become one of East Nashville's most enduring institutions. Here's how I Dream of Weenie survived a tornado, rapid neighborhood change and nearly 20 years of hot dog cravings. Read more here.
•	The James Beard Awards were about more than trophies this year. From immigration to identity and belonging, here's what stood out from one of the restaurant industry's biggest nights and how Nashville fared.
•	What happens when one of the world's top steakhouses comes to Nashville? Think caviar bumps, wagyu, vodka shots and a dining room full of people who take steak very seriously. Take a look inside an over-the-top dinner that brought chefs from Stockholm to Music City.
•	Burger Up, one of Nashville's most recognizable neighborhood burger joints, will close its original 12 South location in August. Here's what's next for the restaurant, the property and the rapidly changing neighborhood around it. Read more here.
•	For decades, Cock of the Walk served catfish, cornbread and a hefty dose of Southern nostalgia to locals and tourists alike. Now the longtime Music Valley restaurant has closed, marking the end of one of Nashville's most recognizable old-school dining destinations. Read more here.