Sometimes I feel too much ink and too many pixels are used on just covering what is new and shiny in the Nashville restaurant scene. “Oh look, another ‘experiential’ restaurant from Detroit!” or “Welcome to Peking Duck 3.0.” While we certainly strive to cover the latest and greatest here at Bites, I don’t want to lose sight of what makes the city attractive to locals, and that includes affordable independent restaurants that probably don’t even take reservations.

To that end, I’m starting up a new irregular series I’m calling “Good Hangs” to showcase spots that might have fallen off your dining radar over time, or that haven’t ever gotten the attention they merit. Places that make you think, “Damn, I haven’t been there in a long time, and I don’t know why. It’s always so good!”

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