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Emerging Nashville Yards

CULACCINO’S

900 Commerce Street, Nashville; culaccinotn.com

After wowing the denizens of Franklin since opening in 2021, Chef Frank Pullara has launched his second Culaccino’s, serving the antipasti, bronze-cut pastas, wood-fired pizzas, and signature entrees with the panache that has made his restaurant successful.

Recommended: Tonnarelli Cacio e Pepe; Mafalde with rock shrimp; Wood-grilled Lamb Loin over polenta

SWEET PARIS CRÊPERIE & CAFÉ

931 Signal Crossing, Ste 21, Nashville; sweetparis.com

Whether merely dusted with vanilla sugar and a squeeze of lemon or stuffed with ham and Gruyère, drizzled with bechamel, there’s nothing just like the pleasure of consuming skinny, golden-brown crepes. Houston-based Sweet Paris affords this French delight, serving signature candy and savory crepes, and different cafe treats.

Recommended: Dulce de Leche crepe with banana; Chicken Florentine with creamed spinach; Croque Madame breakfast crepe

PRIME + PROPER

1000 Broadway (inside Grand Hyatt), Nashville; primeandproperrestaurants.com

Hailing from Detroit, this high-end steakhouse inside — however distinct from — the Grand Hyatt resort lives as much as its identify: Prime being the standard of its meats, butchered and dry-aged in-house, and Proper being the hospitality, with the employees all skilled as service artists.

Recommended: Dry-aged Steak Tartare; Rare Cuts: unicorn specialties from P&P’s butcher; Tableside Dover Sole

OCEAN PRIME

990 Signal Crossing, Nashville; ocean-prime.com

Ocean Prime affords luxurious within the type of seafood, steaks, cocktails and setting, from Cameron Mitchell, whose modest begin in Columbus, Ohio, in 1993, has grown into an acclaimed restaurant group with a nationwide presence. “Glitz & Glam meets Surf & Turf” is the becoming slogan for this grand 370seat restaurant. (Opening in April)

Recommended: Sea Scallops over Parmesan risotto; Dutch Harbor King Crab Legs; Filet in Maytag Blue Cheese Crust

EARLS KITCHEN + BAR

26 Platform Way South, Nashville; earlsrestaurants.com

Upscale informal eating restaurant Earls Kitchen + Bar will open its first Tennessee location at Nashville Yards at 4 p.m. on April 16, bringing its signature mix of daring taste, vigorous power, and elevated design to one of many metropolis’s most dynamic new developments. The 260-seat house facilities round a vibrant lounge and a showstopping bar outlined by sweeping wooden arches, complemented by native art work from Shabazz Larkin and Amanda Woods. With a globally impressed trendy American menu, a cocktail-forward bar program, and twicedaily blissful hour, Earls affords an off-the-cuff but refined vacation spot for lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, or late-night gatherings.

Recommended: USDA Prime-grade steaks; seafood towers; Sticky Korean Ribs; Spicy Calabrian Pasta; Chilaquiles Brunch Bowl; Tomato + Feta Shakshuka; Sticky Toffee Chocolate Pudding; Crème Brûlée Cheesecake.

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By the numbers, 2025 was a stellar 12 months for Nashville eating — 5 James Beard Foundation semifinalists, one finalist, and a Best Chef Southeast honor — whereas the Michelin Guide’s American South version additional validated the scene with three starred eating places, seven Bib Gourmands, a Green Star, a Sommelier Award, and 12 really helpful spots. New openings arrived at a gradual clip of roughly three monthly, reshaping neighborhoods and expectations alike.

By one other measure — our style buds — the 12 months stacked up as beautiful. Food vans leapt into brick-and-mortar areas, hospitality teams from main metros planted flags in Music City, and native independents branched into sister ideas. Nashville takes its meals critically, however by no means on the expense of a great time — and nowhere captures that higher than this concern’s cowl star, V Modern Italian within the Gulch.

Born from European aperitivo tradition and constructed for all 5 senses, the 7,000-square-foot see-and-be-seen house blends velvet cubicles, a leafy patio, DJ nights, and a vigorous bar with Italian classics reimagined. Collaborations with Michelin-starred Chef Stefano Ciotti form playful dishes — house-made pastas and Neapolitan wood-fired pizzas made with a sourdough starter tracing again to 18th-century Italy — whereas cocktails by Federico Pollarolo maintain the power excessive from brunch to late evening. It’s precisely the form of place Nashville eating has turn out to be: bold, social, and simply as a lot about ambiance as urge for food.

Led by V Modern Italian, the next is a snapshot of these locations that captured our hungry eyes and appetites.