The 14 Best Italian Restaurants In Nashville - Nashville - The Infatuation

"This Italian-Southern neighborhood hang was one of the restaurants that put Nashville on the map, and fortunately, it still holds up today. If it feels like this was somebody’s house at some point, it actually was. It’s a great spot to kick it after an art crawl with friends over bottles of wine and plates of pasta. While you should definitely put in an order for the bucatini with creamy stracciatella and the belly ham pizza (ask for a fried egg on top), the frico—a potato cake held together with stringy cheese—is the stuff of local legend. Dessert is a must, so whether it’s a peach icebox cake or an ice cream sandwich, make sure to save room." - jackie gutierrez jones 2