$$$$CaféDowntownMon-Fri 6:30-18:00, Sat 7:00-18:00, Sun 7:00-16:00
Crema's downtown Hermitage Avenue flagship in Nashville opened 2008, runs the city's longest-tenured third-wave espresso programme and a coffee education lab.
TipPublic coffee classes run from this location; sign up online. The patio is small but quiet on a weekday morning.
Dose's Riverside Village corner cafe in Inglewood, Nashville runs coffee through the day and wine, beer and cocktails after 17:00 inside a full bakery.
TipBrunch on weekends is the secret: full kitchen, on-site pastry, and a quiet patio few visitors find.
Bongo Java's Belmont Boulevard cafe in Nashville has been the city's college-town coffeehouse since 1993, an all-day breakfast and an upstairs music venue.
TipOrder the breakfast sandwich on a biscuit; the upstairs Bongo After Hours room books regular comedy and folk acts.
Hillsboro Village's Pancake Pantry in Nashville has cooked scratch pancakes since 1961, with 23 varieties and a queue that wraps the block every weekend.
TipSweet potato pancakes are the unsung order. Weekday line is easier; tourists pile up Saturday and Sunday.
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