The Best Late Night Food in Nashville: 21 Restaurants Open Late by Neighborhood
Looking for late night food in Nashville? You’re in the right place. Whether you’re wrapping up a Broadway crawl, finishing a show at the Ryman, or just hungry past 10 p.m., these are 21 of the best Nashville restaurants open late, mapped by neighborhood so you can find something close to wherever your night ends up. From downtown Nashville late night food to late night food in East Nashville, you’ve got options.
Every spot below is locally owned and independently operated, because here we celebrate A Little Local Flavor.
Late Night Food in Downtown Nashville
The Diner
200 3rd Ave S, Nashville, TN, US 37201
Located just a few blocks off Broadway, The Diner is a go-to spot for folks needing a quick refueling while out on the town. Open until 2 am on Friday and Saturday, the team at The Diner have constructed a late-night menu that provides options for everyone. Want a carby, spicy plate of goodness? Check out the Rattlesnake Pasta. Looking for something rich and sugary? Try one of their cheesecakes. Have a surprisingly healthy midnight craving? They even have a couple salads available.
Black Rabbit
218 3rd Ave N, Nashville, TN 37201
This tapas-style restaurant keeps their kitchen open until 11:30 on the weekends and has live music going until even later. If you’re there looking for food, be sure to check out the Rabbit Rolls, Hawaiian rolls stuffed with pork and rabbit then topped with Swiss cheese, Dijon mustard and onions. Wanna pair a drink with that? Their whiskey list includes more than 100 options. What more could a late-night diner ask for?
M.L. Rose
431 11th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37203
(This restaurant also has locations in South Nashville and West Nashville. Check those neighborhood sections for the addresses.)
This favorite local spot for burgers and beers offers a late-night happy hour from 10-close most nights of the week. They have a rotating list of 36 craft beers on tap with another 40+ beers available bottled. In addition, they have been named one of Nashville’s best burgers and top sports bars. Check them out!
Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack
The Assembly Food Hall, 5055 Broadway Place, Stall# 2268, Nashville, TN 37203
(This restaurant also has a location in South Nashville, but it closes at 10 each night, keeping it off this list of late-night bites.)
Hoping to eat Nashville hot chicken while you are in town? You gotta start with the original. Prince’s is the business that started it all, and their food stall in the Assembly Food Hall, located at the corner of 5th and Broad, stays open until 1 am on the weekends. But that’s always how the Princes have rolled. Back when Thornton Prince III and his brothers started the business close to a century ago, the restaurant was a second job, something they did after hours. They quickly discovered that was perfect for their clientele. Hot chicken is the perfect meal for the after-party stage of the night.
Robert’s Western World
416B Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203
Robert’s Western World has been voted Nashville’s best honky-tonk by the readers of the Nashville Scene every year for almost a decade. In addition to having some of the cheapest beer and best music on Broadway, the Honky Tonk Grill offers a Nashville take on classic bar food, and the kitchen is open until 1:30 am. If you wanna really live like a local, try the Recession Special, a $6 meal that includes a fried bologna sandwich, chips, a moon pie and an PBR. Robert’s bologna sandwich is simply the best late night food in Nashville.
Late Night Food in East Nashville
Dino’s
411 Gallatin Ave, Nashville, TN 37206
Dino’s claims to be Nashville’s oldest dive bar, an assertion we’d never dare to challenge. Their cheeseburger was voted one of the three best burgers in the country by Bon Appetit, and Anthony Bourdain featured them in his Nashville episode. Go in there late enough, and you might end up seated alongside your server from earlier in the evening. This is a longstanding favorite spot for folks in Nashville’s hospitality industry, which is perhaps the most coveted endorsement a restaurant can earn.
Five Points Pizza
1012 Woodland St, Nashville, TN 37206
(This restaurant also has a West Nashville location. The address is listed in that neighborhood’s section.)
Both 5 Points Pizza locations are open until 11, and they also both offer two different ways to dine. If you want to hang out for a bit, sipping on some beer and wine and enjoying a sit-down dining experience, head into their full-service dining room and order yourself a pie. For a faster option, they also feature a walk-up slice window where you pick up a carryout order or have quick counter service. All their pizzas are made on hand-tossed, in-house aged New York-style dough and then cooked on 2-inch bricks in old-school gas-fired deck ovens. They also feature daily slices, offering both a meat and veggie option.
Joyland
901 Woodland Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37206
Southern celebrity chef Sean Brock is famous for the ways he has married historic Southern Appalachian foods with cutting-edge techniques and inventive technological innovations. But he also realizes that sometimes food should spark comfort and joy. His East Nashville eatery, which is open until 2 am on the weekends, features cheeseburgers and fried chicken sandwiches as well as fries cut both crinkle and curly style. For those of you with food restrictions, their fried chicken sandwiches can be made gluten free.
Germantown Restaurants Open Late
Jonathan’s Grille
717 3rd Ave N, Nashville, TN 37201
(This restaurant also has a location in West Nashville. Check that neighborhood section for the address.)
This local chain of sports bars combine two different venues into one. On one side, you’ll find a family-friendly restaurant. The other side is a bar area with 55 TVs, so you will always be able to catch your game. They are open until 2 am on the weekends, and their late-night menu features all the bar favorites, from chicken wings to loaded potato bites to pizza and dessert.
Sonny’s Patio & Pub Refuge
1322 6th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208
Voted an OpenTable Diner’s Choice in 2022, Sonny’s pairs good food with bar games and great drinks, and the kitchen stays open until midnight on the weekends. Head over when you’re in the mood to keep the night rolling. In addition to a variety of sandwiches and burgers, they also offer tater tots topped with all the fixings. You could go classic and load them up like a baked potato, unless you’re feeling fancy and wanna go for the truffle and parmesan option. Or are you ready to rock it animal style?
Late Night Food in The Gulch
Rudy’s Jazz Club
809 Gleaves Street, Nashville, TN 37203
In addition to being the best jazz listening room in the city, Rudy’s specializes in Cajun fare. Their late-night menu is available from 10:30 pm-12:30 am on the weekends, and it features classics like red beans and rice, gumbo and beignets. Or try their crawfish grilled cheese sandwich. Or if you want something smaller to snack on, order their bag of popcorn.
Virago
1120 McGavock Street, Nashville, TN 37203
Looking for a classy late-night snack? This established Nashville sushi joint is open until 11 on Friday and Saturday nights, and on Maki Saki Mondays, their happy hour specials, half price sushi and 2-for-1 drink options, last until 10 pm. They also boast the largest Japanese whiskey and saki list in the city. Can’t decide what food you want to pair with it? If you’re feeling ambitious, give their “Sushi Tour” a try.
Late Night Food in North Nashville
The Rum Room at Riddim N Spice
2116 Meharry Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208
A restaurant by day and dance club by night, Riddim N Spice combines the flavors of the Caribbean with a soundtrack that includes hip-hop and Soca. A similar fusion of Southern and Caribbean influences can be seen in their food. You can build an island bowl, picking out the ingredients you want. Or if you want to trust the chef, choose their traditional oxtail option. Vegetarian? No problem. They have a deliciously barbecued jackfruit ready for you. And they are open until 2:30, which means they will be ready for you whenever your spicy craving hits.
Willie’s B’s Kitchen & Lounge
918 Buchanan Street, Nashville, TN 37208
Willie B’s Kitchen & Lounge has closed.
It was a Buchanan Arts District favorite for Creole seafood, hookah, and Christopher Jones’ grandmother’s recipes. I’m not removing it from this post because it was here, it was beloved, and it deserves to be remembered. Every dollar you spend at the still-thriving Black-owned restaurants in this city is a vote to keep these kitchens alive.
A few Black-owned Nashville spots worth your dollar: Slim & Husky’s Pizza Beeria (multiple locations, hip-hop themed pizza founded by three college friends), The Southern V (family-owned vegan soul food in North Nashville), Swett’s Restaurant (62-year-old Nashville meat-and-three institution), and Coneheads (East Nashville chicken tenders served in waffle cones). Plus Prince’s Hot Chicken and Riddim N Spice already on this list.
Late Night Food in South Nashville
Bastion
434 Houston Street, Nashville, TN 37203
One side of Bastion is a swanky restaurant featuring a chef-driven, 6-course tasting menu. The other is the Big Bar, a quirky spot featuring fantastic drinks that is open until midnight during the week and “a little later” on the weekends. The Big Bar’s food menu isn’t extensive. There’s only one option: seriously-loaded nachos. But after a night out on the town, is there any food superior to that?
M.L. Rose
2535 8th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37204
(This restaurant also has locations in Downtown and West Nashville. Check those neighborhood sections for the addresses.)
This favorite local spot for burgers and beers offers a late-night happy hour from 10-close most nights of the week. They have a rotating list of 36 craft beers on tap with another 40+ beers available bottled. In addition, they have been named one of Nashville’s best burgers and top sports bars. Check them out!
El Tapatio
4801 Nolensville Pk, Nashville, TN 37211
This local taco joint is open until 1 am every day. They build their dishes using fresh ingredients and historic Mexican flavors, just the thing to hit the spot after a long night out on the town. In addition to their traditional tacos, adorned with cilantro, onion and lime, be sure to try their chorizo tortas, mini sopas and ceviche tostados. And if you happen to be there during the winter months, the champurrado is a can’t-miss way to wash it all down.
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Five Points Pizza
4100 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37209
(This restaurant also has East Nashville location. Check that neighborhood’s section for the address.)
Both 5 Points Pizza locations are open until 11, and they also both offer two different ways to dine. If you want to hang out for a bit, sipping on some beer and wine and enjoying a sit-down dining experience, head into their full-service dining room and order yourself a pie. For a faster option, they also feature a walk-up slice window where you pick up a carryout order or have quick counter service. All their pizzas are made on hand-tossed, in-house aged New York-style dough and then cooked on 2-inch bricks in old-school gas-fired deck ovens. They also feature daily slices, offering both a meat and veggie option.
Jonathan’s Grille
7653 Hwy 70 S., Bellevue, TN 37221
(This restaurant also has a location in Germantown. Check that neighborhood section for the address.)
This local chain of sports bars combine two different venues into one. On one side, you’ll find a family-friendly restaurant. The other side is a bar area with 55 TVs, so you will always be able to catch your game. They are open until 2 am on the weekends, and their late-night menu features all the bar favorites, from chicken wings to loaded potato bites to pizza and dessert.
M.L. Rose
4408 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN 37209
(This restaurant also has locations in Downtown and South Nashville. Check those neighborhood sections for the addresses.)
This favorite local spot for burgers and beers offers a late-night Nashville happy hour from 10-close most nights of the week. They have a rotating list of 36 craft beers on tap with another 40+ beers available bottled. In addition, they have been named one of Nashville’s best burgers and top sports bars. Check them out!
Midnight Oil
1310 51st Ave North, Nashville, TN 37209
Open until midnight on the weekends, this popular pizza joint has options by the slice or by the pie. Be sure to ask about their pizza of the month! They also feature an expansive tequila selection (not a traditional pairing with pizza, but also not one we’d turn our nose up on).
FAQ: Late Night Food in Nashville
Where can I find the best late night food in Nashville?
The best late night food in Nashville is mostly in downtown, East Nashville, and Germantown, where kitchens stay open until 1 or 2 a.m. on weekends. Robert’s Western World on Broadway serves until 1:30 a.m., Joyland in East Nashville goes until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Riddim N Spice in North Nashville stays open until 2:30 a.m. See the full list above by neighborhood.
What restaurants are open late in Nashville?
21 restaurants on this list serve food after 10 p.m. The latest closers are Riddim N Spice (2:30 a.m.), Joyland and Jonathan’s Grille (2 a.m. on weekends), Robert’s Western World (1:30 a.m.), The Diner and Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack (1 a.m.), and El Tapatio (1 a.m. every day of the week).
Where is the best late night food in East Nashville?
For late night food in East Nashville, your strongest picks are Joyland (Sean Brock’s burger and fried chicken sandwich spot, open until 2 a.m. weekends), Dino’s (Nashville’s oldest dive bar with a Bon Appetit top-three burger), and Five Points Pizza (open until 11 p.m. with a walk-up slice window).
Where is the best downtown Nashville late night food?
Downtown Nashville late night food is dominated by Broadway and SoBro. The Diner, Black Rabbit, Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack at Assembly Food Hall, and Robert’s Western World all serve until midnight or later. M.L. Rose’s downtown location runs late-night happy hour from 10 p.m. to close.
Are there late night bars in Nashville with food?
Yes. Most of the bars on this list serve food alongside drinks: Black Rabbit (tapas plus 100+ whiskey bottles), Bastion’s Big Bar (loaded nachos), Sonny’s Patio Pub & Refuge (loaded tots and burgers), and Old Glory (cocktails plus a tight food menu). All are locally owned, late-night-friendly bars in Nashville.
Where can I get dessert in Nashville late night?
The Diner downtown serves cheesecake until 2 a.m. on weekends, and Five Daughters Bakery in 12 South stays open later than most bakeries for their famous 100-layer donuts. Many of the late-night restaurants above also have dessert on their late-night menus.
What time do restaurants close in Nashville?
Most Nashville restaurants close their kitchens between 9 and 10 p.m., even when bars stay open later. The 21 restaurants on this list are the exceptions — kitchens open at least until 11 p.m., and most run later. Always confirm the kitchen-close time (not just the bar-close time) on a Friday or Saturday before you head out.
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