Salt-cured, smoke-cured and aged Tennessee ham, sliced thin and pan-fried. The signature pork product of the region, with redeye gravy as its match.
Tennessee country ham follows a 200-year-old tradition: pork hind legs are salt-cured for several weeks, smoked, then aged six to 18 months. The result is a dry, salty ham closer to Italian prosciutto than to wet-cured American ham. Loveless Cafe's country-ham program has run since 1951 in Nashville. Edwards in Surry, Virginia and Newsom's in Princeton, Kentucky are the regional producers Nashville restaurants source from most often.
3 editor picks for Tennessee country ham in Nashville, ranked by editorial score. All Nashville signature dishes · Tennessee country ham across every city.
Husk Nashville ★ 4.6
downtown · 37 Rutledge Street, Nashville, TN 37210
Sean Brock's Rutledge Hill institution in Nashville cooks ingredient-driven Southern food on a wood hearth, run today by chef de cuisine Brian Baxter.
Monell's Dining and Catering ★ 4.4
germantown · 1235 6th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208
Monell's family-style Southern dining in Germantown has run since 1995, seating strangers at communal tables in a Victorian house seven blocks north of the Capitol.
Loveless Cafe ★ 4.2
south-nashville · 8400 Hwy 100, Nashville, Tennessee 37221
The Loveless Cafe on Highway 100 in Nashville has served scratch biscuits, country ham and redeye gravy since 1951, anchoring the Natchez Trace's tourist circuit.