Arnold's Country Kitchen is a soul food budget eat in The Gulch, Nashville.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
2 hours
Learn how to make vegan soul food in a hands-on cooking class in Nashville. Discover plant-based alternatives for meat and dairy, and enjoy a complete soul food dish.
Guided tour · 3 hours
Walk and taste Nashville’s trendiest neighborhood! You will stop at 4-6 stops in 2-3 hours along this route & hear stories about the neighborhood history! 1 complement...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Sample the hot, savory, and sweet treats of Nashville in the downtown Gulch neighborhood. Join your guide on an insightful tour and sample smoky barbeque, hot chicken,...
Address: 605 8th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37203
Mas Tacos in East Nashville feeds you two tacos and a bowl of chicken tortilla soup for under $13. Closed Mondays; line builds by noon. At 732 McFerrin Ave.
TryTwo tacos and a soup
TipTwo fried avocado tacos and a bowl of chicken tortilla soup is the canonical order.
Bolton's on Main Street in East Nashville plates a hot chicken thigh sandwich and slaw for under $12. The cheapest serious hot chicken option in Nashville.
TryHot chicken sandwich
TipClosed Sundays and Mondays. Tiny counter; takeaway is the move.
Slim & Husky's on Buchanan Street in North Nashville builds a personal pizza for under $13 including drink. Three Tennessee State alumni opened it in 2017.
TryPersonal pizza
TipBuild your own beats the signature pies for cost; cinnamon rolls are the cult dessert run out by 14:00.
Yeast Nashville's Woodland Street kolache counter in East Nashville builds a breakfast or lunch around savoury and sweet kolaches for under $10.
TryKolache and coffee
TipClosed at noon every day. Sausage and cheese kolache plus a cherry kolache is the lunch order for $8.
The Recession Special at Robert's Western World on Lower Broadway in Nashville is fried bologna with chips and a PBR for $7, plus free live country music.
TryFried bologna sandwich with chips and beer
TipCash for the bar; tip the band $5 per set. The Recession Special is one of the city's most reliable cheap meals.
I Dream of Weenie's school-bus hot dog counter on Woodland Street in East Nashville builds loaded dogs with house chili for under $9. Cash and card.
TryLoaded hot dog
TipCombo with chips and a fountain drink under $11. Gluten-free buns the same price; ask at the window.
