The Mockingbird is a new american restaurant in The Gulch, Nashville.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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,...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Walk through Downtown Nashville with five food tastings, lively stories, and sights like the Ryman, Country Music Hall of Fame, Broadway’s honky tonks, and hidden gems...
Address: 121A 12th Ave North, Nashville, TN 37203
Chef Philip Krajeck's Germantown Italian-American kitchen in Nashville opened in 2012 inside the Werthan factory and runs handmade pastas and wood-fired.
OrderSquid ink chitarra with octopus and chickpea, plus the wood-fired pork.
TipReservations open 30 days out on Resy; the bar takes walk-ins from 17:00 and serves the same menu.
Chef Tandy Wilson's Germantown room in Nashville serves blue-collar Italian and Southern cooking since 2007. Kitchen leans italian southern.
OrderBelly ham pizza with mozzarella, oregano, chiles and pickled peppers.
TipBradley Midgett took executive chef duties in March 2025; the menu stays Wilson's. Sunday Suppers are the easy seat.
Chef Julia Sullivan's Germantown seafood room in Nashville opened in 2017 with a raw bar, wood-grill program and a wine list built around growers.
OrderHalf-dozen oysters from the daily list, then the wood-grilled whole fish.
TipBrunch on Saturday is the easier seat. Happy hour 17:00-18:00 runs $1 oysters at the bar.
Ford Fry's Atlanta-born seafood concept landed in Nashville's Germantown Hammer Mill in 2023, anchoring a seafood tower programme and Le Loup cocktail lounge.
OrderThe opulent seafood tower for two, plus the wood-grilled fish of the day.
TipSkip the line by booking the bar; downstairs at Le Loup serves the same raw bar with cocktails.
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.
OrderThe cornbread skillet, then whatever the menu lists from the wood hearth.
TipLunch is a quieter seat with the same kitchen. Book the porch in spring; it overlooks downtown.
Sean Brock's East Nashville Appalachian fine-dining room opened 2021, named for his grandmother and in the 2025 Michelin Guide. Sam Jett runs day-to-day.
OrderThe full tasting if you can; otherwise heritage pork from Brock's own farm.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. June, the upstairs counter, is on hiatus for guest chef sessions in 2026.
