Chattanooga restauranteur and multi-James Beard Award-nominated chef Daniel Lindley made a name for himself in Nashville with this warehouse-turned-restaurant. The menu is upscale, but not out of reach, with comforting dishes and familiar flavors ranging from bacon-wrapped quail to beer can chicken and Nashville hot cauliflower steak. When the weather is warm, snag a seat at the outdoor bar to sip on a cucumber gimlet or apricot-laced old fashioned.

Unlike its thin-crust peers, this pizzeria serves Chicago-style, deep-dish pies. The heartiest pizza comes with sausage chunks, pepperoni, Italian beef, and is baked into a cast-iron pan. There are options here for vegans, vegetarians, thin-crust lovers and late-nighters, too.

A light-filled space where tunes spin on a record player, this trendy coffee shop serves artisan drip and pour-over coffee to neighborhood regulars and weekend tourists. Also worth noting? The biscuit sandwiches and the Conny and Jonny doughnuts.

City House has been a staple since 2007, and with Nashville native Chef Tandy Wilson at the helm, it is arguably Germantown’s most well-known eatery. This standby serves contemporary Italian dishes, most notably a belly ham pizza fresh from the wood-fired oven, then topped with a runny egg.

Named as Eater Nashville’s Restaurant import of the Year in 2018’s Eater Awards, Emmy Squared has been celebrated by locals for introducing Detroit-style pizza to Nashville. It should come as no surprise that the must-orders here are square-shaped pies, but you’ll also want to consider the award-winning burger.

Get your Southern food fix at this all-you-can-eat, family-style institution where fried chicken is served with every meal (as it should be). Locals know to go after hours for the midnight country breakfast, available on Saturdays from midnight to 3 a.m.

Nashville scored the first outpost of the NY-based bar, and the cocktails and standout late-night menu combine to make it worth a visit. The name Mother’s Ruin is a nod to the mid-eighteenth century nickname for gin, but non-gin lovers can breathe a sigh of relief because they’re pouring much more than just gin here. And, the Old Bay-seasoned waffle fries are some of the best in the city.

Germantown welcomed this Charleston-born restaurant to the neighborhood with open arms, when it opened last year. Fresh fish is the star of the menu, but the sushi rolls also shine bright here. Usuzukuri, hamachi nigiri, hana rolls, and mushroom farro risotto all make a stellar first impression.

James Beard Award-winning chef RJ Cooper holds the new record for tenure at the former Mop/Broom and Kuchnia & Keller space in Germantown. On the current menu: 7-year aged carnoroli risotto, fatty bluefin tuna tartare, and a wildly popular cheeseburger with black garlic aioli (happy hour only).

A limited food menu delivers fresh options for weekday breakfast and lunch, which is hard to come by in Germantown. A breakfast sandwich features farm egg, smashed avocado, arugula, and pickled onions on a brioche bun — and receives rave reviews.

Steam Boys introduces Chinese comfort food rooted traditional flavors and techniques with their selection of bao, dumplings, and noodles. For spice lovers, there is a hot dumpling bowl drenched in Sichuan pepper sauce

Nashville Sounds fans and locals flock to Germantown’s bar with a ballpark for prime seats for the game plus great city views. Must try dishes: fried pickle spears with Nashville hot ranch for dipping,

Germantown’s dining scene would be incomplete without a beer hall and sausage house that vows to continue the neighborhood’s tradition of butchery and smoking meats. House-made sausages and Southern barbecue platters follow fried cheese curds and homemade pretzels on the menu. Slide into an outside communal table for a stein and a snack before a Sounds game.

Germantown’s new fast casual chicken-centric Waldo’s serves up fried chicken sandwiches and comforting sides. The popular “fowl mouth” sandwich is spicy habanero fried chicken thigh slapped on a toasted potato bun with cheddar, jalapeño slaw, herb mayo, and namesake Waldo’s sauce.