Hermitage Cafe

"Hermitage Cafe, Sobro by ST8MNT. Hermitage Cafe is the OG of Nashville diners. Prepare to run into the modern hipster, businessman, woo-girl, and lonely cowboy. Sit down at the counter and feast on the classics prepared right in front of you. Known to fix Southern eats, the chicken fried steak is a must. The breakfast kills and the staff gets to know you with their uncanny sense of humor."

"The site of the historic Hermitage Cafe has been sold, and the late-night diner will be forced to close sometime in October. The diner, which served the Nashville community for decades, seems to be losing its space in the Rutledge Hill neighborhood just south of Broadway where it served all day (well, night) breakfast favorites, from soul-warming biscuits and sausage gravy and pancakes to patty melts and grilled cheese sandwiches to everyone from cops and firemen to drunk socialites and songwriters that everyone respected by leaving alone, in the proper (old) Nashville way. It’s also a tried and true spot to nurse the hangover the morning after, too. Shields Taylor first opened the diner, located a little on the outskirts of downtown at the corner of Hermitage Avenue and Middleton Street. When Taylor died he left it to his widow Pat Taylor. Pat’s daughter Sherri (Taylor) Callahan ensured that the cafe remained open after Pat’s death in 2014 — a legacy to her mother who ran the diner solo for years. In 2015, the diner got a little interior facelift courtesy of the Food Network, which was filming for the show American Diner Revival. It still feels exactly the same — open all night from 10 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. serving comforting breakfast essentials alongside patty melts, chopped steak, fried chicken, and fried bologna sandwiches." - Delia Jo Ramsey

"Open from 10 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. daily, Hermitage Cafe is a classic place to nurse a hangover. The diner serves breakfast favorites like country ham, pancakes, omelets, and biscuits, plus lunch and dinner options so no matter what meal you’re craving, you’ll be set." - Kristy Lucero