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Co-owned by Nashville natives Clint Gray, Derrick Moore, and Emanuel Reed, Slim & Husky’s offers a menu of cleverly named and totally customizable pizzas alongside made-to-order salads and unique cinnamon rolls. Track down the cart on 4th Avenue or walk up to the window in historic Printers Alley to sample the best hot dogs to be found in Nashville. Choose from classics like the New York or Chicago-style dogs or gussied up options like the Big Daddy — topped with cream cheese, bacon, pickle, grilled onion, jalapeno, and Daddy’s secret sauce. A line is a common lunchtime occurrence at the weekday lunch-only deli on Union, open since 2002.

• The grandaddy of them all — Prince’s is the original hot chicken shack, serving legendary fiery fowl for over 70 years, and even snagging a James Beard Award along the way.
• Assembly Food Hall at massive mixed-use development Fifth + Broadway opened in 2021, adding dozens more choices for those visiting the popular honky-tonk strip.
• The chef’s tasting menu is always a solid move — as are any and all of the pasta options.
• Grab a seat at the bar and dive into Thai coconut curry, steaming pho or potent stir-fries from searing-hot woks just a few feet away.

Breaded and deep friend Portabella Mushrooms with a sun-dried tomato aioli.

Oven Baked Chicken Breast Heaped On Fresh Lettuce, Topped With Parmesan Cheese

Here are the ten best restaurants on Broadway, in alphabetical order. And while it’s undoubtedly more bar than restaurant, the fried bologna sandwich with an icy PBR and MoonPie for dessert is an unarguably iconic Music City meal. Take the elevator up to the fourth floor at the Fairlane for cool midcentury vibes and a menu with plenty of takes on American classic dishes. Begin with brioche bread service or burrata toast, then move on to mains like shrimp and grits, surf and turf, or harvest risotto. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. KEEP WESTWORD FREE…Since we started Westword, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we’d like to keep it that way.

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Broadway has continued to capture the essence of Denveralong its vast stretch of asphalt and concrete, changing with the michelin star fish and chips northumberland times in certain spots while remaining steadfastly rooted in the past in others. The food reflects that, too, with great restaurants in hidden pockets of Englewood and on trendy blocks where the city’s young and hip go to play. From time-honored Thai to ultra-modern small plates, Denver’s most iconic north-south thoroughfare has it all.

6 oz seasoned Black Angus Beef Steak cooked to your liking, topped with sautéed portabella mushroom, onions and red peppers with melted provolone cheese and a touch of horseradish aioli. And yes, there’s a full wall lined with photos of Johnny Cash — perfect for a great photo opp with a cocktail in hand. Hot weekend brunches and weekday happy hours featuring $5 cocktails draw the crowds to the chic spot on the ground floor of the Dream Nashville hotel. Sit below the Gehry-esque glass atrium and sample a wide range of shared plates, salads, and entrees, then finish with Oreo beignets before closing down Broadway or Printers Alley. The Farm House chef-owner Trey Cioccia now has two restaurants under his belt with the opening of this cozy Printer’s Alley cocktail den.

Though more options have emerged in recent years, the Southern’s reputation for consistently good food makes it one of the most popular restaurants in the downtown sector. Acres might be one of metro Denver’s most underappreciated restaurants — except by Englewood neighbors, who have discovered the charms of the cozy dining room and the allure of the small but tempting menu. Not to be missed are “Bruce’s Biscuits” and the mac-and-cheese gnocchi, but daily specials on the chalkboard also keep the regulars coming back. A chef’s supper series on the last Sunday of every month might be the perfect way for newcomers to check out what could soon be their favorite new find. Mixed greens, ham, bacon, shredded swiss cheese, hard-boiled egg, cucumber, tomato, and red onion dressed in house made yogurt ranch dressing.

Served with greens, shaved celery, blue cheese and a smoked tomato vinaigrette and a basil-buttermilk dipping sauce. When visiting meat-seekers ask about the best barbecue in Nashville, Martin’s is an ever-popular pick. Pitmaster Pat Martin’s downtown location opened in late summer 2016 and has seen consistent lines out the door ever since. This one looks and feels like all the other Martin’s locations, just a Texas-sized massive beer garden in the back, providing tons of seating, games, and a stage set for live music.

The original Skull’s Rainbow Room dated back to the 1940s and was a legendary local hangout for 50 years before shuttering in 1999. It reopened in 2015 with many of the atmospheric touches of the original, plus revamped lunch and dinner menus with lobster bisque, duck empanadas, and an excellent garlic honey-glazed pork chop. Chef Matt Bell moved to Nashville last year, and after a tough first year in Music City, the chef has had the chance to make the menu his own.

Dining out in downtown Nashville has truly never been better. Grab a seat at the bar and dive into Thai coconut curry, steaming pho or potent stir-fries from searing-hot woks just a few feet away. Standout dishes in the past have ranged from a playful bacon-egg-and-cheese ramen to Indonesian octopus laksa to bao mi buns, a clever mash-up of Chinese and Vietnamese sandwiches. You’re always in for something fun from the ever-shifting menu.