City: Nashville, TN

Category: Restaurants

Telephone: (615) 627-1088

Address: 701 Chapel Ave.

Description: Like its name says, the Eastland Cafe is located in East Nashville and has quickly become a neighborhood favorite. No wonder. The Eastland has a welcoming atmosphere, comfortable surroundings, and ever-changing good food. Casually elegant, the restaurant features dark mahogany wood panels and warmly lit tables. Start with low country shrimp and grits with tasso gravy or goat cheese brûlée with chestnut honey, grilled flatbread, and balsamic syrup–drizzled oven-roasted tomatoes and peppers. Favorite entrees include grilled Idaho cold water trout cooked with maple balsamic jus, served with sweet potato puree and country green beans sprinkled with spiced pecans; or pan-seared chicken breast with braised collard greens with bacon, cheddar grits, and red pepper jelly. For dessert, blueberry beignets with warm white chocolate sauce and powdered sugar are tops. Kids’ dinners like pizza, chicken fingers, grilled cheese, and angel hair pasta come with vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce.