The 12 Best New Restaurants In Nashville 2024

"Restaurants are overdoing it with mac and cheese—places nowadays just take any ingredient, toss it in with some cheese and elbow macaroni, and charge $25 for it. That’s not the case at Curry And Tikka, an Indian spot in South Nashville where the tikka mac and cheese contains large chunks of bell pepper and a healthy swirl of spicy tikka masala sauce for around $10. It’s a dish that somehow gets tastier after bites of delhiwalla chicken tikka, a plate of melt-off-the-bone, expertly charred poultry with a visible layer of yogurt and spices. It’s hard to find a better, more affordable (and tasty) lunch than this, especially considering they have a $15-per-person buffet. But whatever you decide to order, make sure it includes some garlic naan, just one of seven homemade breads on the menu, along with some saucy cauliflower manchurian." - ann walczak, carlo mantuano, jackie gutierrez jones 2