Nashville plays its Southern hand, with Guerilla Bizkits running Southern, Sunflower Bakehouse on bakery, and The BE-Hive holding fast food. KOKOS Ice Cream tops the 3-deep ice cream list and Sunflower Cafe leads the 5-deep burger rail, while Two Boots Nashville covers pizza. Donut and taco both sit at 5 on the signature side, but the 10-deep American cuisine lineup is where the city actually runs deep.
Ranked by overall rating, signature dish strength, and how much reviewers praise the food. If you only have a weekend, start here.
Try the Bahn Mi sandwich on gluten-free baguette
Must go · #6 
Must go · #7 Try the al pastor and asada tacos for authentic flavors
Must go · #8 Try the mango and Kesar Pista vegan ice cream flavors
Must go · #9 
Must go · #10 Visit on Tuesdays for discounted vegan specials
Must go · #11 
Must go · #12 Try the vegan dill and scallion cream cheese spreads
Must go · #13 Try the vegan ricotta pizza with gluten-free crust
Must go · #14 
Must go · #15 Try the vegan charcuterie board and housemade vegan pimento cheese
Dishes ranked by how well this city's plant-based venues make them, compared to the other 157 cities we track.
5 places worth stopping for donut
Try the triple berry vegan donut
Try the strawberry and cinnamon sugar vegan donuts
Try the apple fritter vegan donut
Try the apple fritter donut
4 places worth stopping for cream cheese
Try the vegan dill and scallion cream cheese spreads
Try the vegan spicy dill and cucumber cream cheese
Try the vegan scallion cream cheese, it’s highly recommended
Try the sea salt bagel with vegan cream cheese
5 places worth stopping for taco
Try the al pastor and asada tacos for authentic flavors
Try the black bean vegan tacos with corn tortillas
Try the roasted root and sweet fire Brussels tacos
Try the vegan jackfruit carnitas tacos
spinach · Vegan Food Guide All 221 Nashville venues on the map. Filter by what's open, save what you'd return for, get walking directions in two taps.
Completely plant-based kitchens. No swaps, no asking, no surprises.
Try the Nashville Hot Sandwich
Try seasonal flavors for unique tastes
Try the cherry jalape biscuit
Try the Nashville hot tofu sandwich
Mainstream restaurants where the vegan side of the menu is treated seriously.
Visit on Tuesdays for discounted vegan specials
Try the vegan ricotta pizza with gluten-free crust
Try the vegan breakfast sandwich
Visit late-night for vegan pizza as they are open until 1am
Open before 10, good coffee, the kind of place you walk back to on day two.
Try the Bahn Mi sandwich on gluten-free baguette
Try the cherry jalape biscuit
Try the vegan dill and scallion cream cheese spreads
Try the vegan sausage breakfast wrap
Weekday fuel and weekend stretches.
Try the al pastor and asada tacos for authentic flavors
Visit on Tuesdays for discounted vegan specials
Try the Nashville Hot Sandwich
Try the Bahn Mi sandwich on gluten-free baguette
The reason you planned the trip.
Visit on Tuesdays for discounted vegan specials
Try the vegan ricotta pizza with gluten-free crust
Order the cheese plate, it is highly recommended
Visit late-night for vegan pizza as they are open until 1am
Date night. Birthday. Tell them you're celebrating.
Ice cream, pastry, and the honest dessert case.
Try seasonal flavors for unique tastes
Try the mango and Kesar Pista vegan ice cream flavors
Try the Bahn Mi sandwich on gluten-free baguette
Try the cherry jalape biscuit
Wifi, outlets, no judgement for a 3-hour sit.
Busy rooms with tables big enough for eight.
Visit on Tuesdays for discounted vegan specials
Try the vegan ricotta pizza with gluten-free crust
Visit late-night for vegan pizza as they are open until 1am
Try the idli vada and podi dosa dishes
Menus kids recognize, staff who don't flinch at strollers.
Try the Nashville Hot Sandwich
Try seasonal flavors for unique tastes
Try the Hot Chik’n Bowl and BBQ Potato Bowl
Try the lunch buffet for the best value and variety
Cities where the donut signature also earns a spot in the top essentials — pack a weekend around one.
Yes — Nashville has 221 vegan-ready venues. The top-ranked are The BE-Hive, KOKOS Ice Cream, Guerilla Bizkits. Spinach ranks them daily on overall rating, signature dish strength, and reviewer praise for the food.
Nashville scores 53.3/100 on the Spinach vegan city index. The city has 29 vegan-friendly venues and 51 high-quality restaurants out of 221 analyzed.
Nashville has 16 fully vegan restaurants and 9 vegetarian restaurants. 29 venues score B or higher on the Vegan Friendliness grade.
Nashville's top signature dishes for vegans are donut, cream cheese, taco, and the city also does burger and ice cream well. Signature dishes are ranked by how the city's venues score against the other 157 cities we track.
The vegan scene in Nashville leans American. American is particularly strong, with 10 venues serving quality plant-based options.
The BE-Hive is ranked #1 in Nashville by the Spinach Essentials algorithm, which weights rating, signature dish performance, and reviewer praise. See all 15 Essentials for the full ranking.
Spinach ranks vegan venues using the same algorithm the mobile app runs: a composite of Google Maps rating, the Spinach Rating (Wilson-confidence scored), dish-quality Wilson scores from extracted review signals, and city-specific signature dish strength. Essentials add a tier weighting; category lists add their own mood/occasion weights. No pay-to-play.
The ranking refreshes daily from Supabase. The last refresh is stamped at the top of this page. Venue data comes from Google Maps, HappyCow, and Spinach's own review-analysis pipeline.
