Silver Sands Café
Restaurant · Germantown
937 Locklayer St, Nashville, TN 37208
Highlights
Soul food institution serving generations of classic Southern dishes.
Soul food institution serving generations of classic Southern dishes.
"The patchwork of brick, concrete, and yellowed signage out front may have seen better days, but the soul food inside is just as good as ever. The family that runs Silver Sands—now on their third generation—has been nourishing Nashvillians with fried chicken, pork chops, and pig feet for over 70 years. The croquettes are a sleeper menu item—breaded, fried, and generously filled with a creamy salmon paste so that each one has a bit of weight and heft. You’ll get asked if you want “hot water” or “flat,” which refers to cornbread. Get both and add an order of the teeth-tingling sweet tea for the full Silver Sands experience." - jackie gutierrez jones 2
"The patchwork of brick, concrete, and yellowed signage out front may have seen better days, but the soul food inside is just as good as ever. The family that runs Silver Sands—now on their third generation—has been nourishing Nashvillians with fried chicken, pork chops, and pig feet for over 70 years. The croquettes are a sleeper menu item—breaded, fried, and generously filled with a creamy salmon paste so that each one has a bit of weight and heft. You’ll get asked if you want “hot water” or “flat,” which refers to cornbread. Get both and add an order of the teeth-tingling sweet tea for the full Silver Sands experience. photo credit: Kelli Dirks" - Jackie Gutierrez-Jones
"Germantown’s Silver Sands Cafe has been perfecting its recipes for three generations, and the meat and three serves soulful Southern fare starting as early as 6 a.m. on weekdays. The unfussy cafeteria’s collection of staples includes catfish, beef tips, mashed potatoes, and corn, but the showstoppers appear as daily specials: oxtail on Sunday, Thursday, and Friday, meatloaf on Wednesday. On weekdays until 10:30 a.m., you can also order a meat-and-two plate of breakfast items like bacon, ham, apples, eggs, and pancakes." - Kellie Walton
"He recommends the mac and cheese at Silver Sands Cafe — “I want real Southern mac and cheese, and this is the only place I know to get it”." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"Silver Sands features classic Southern dishes like fried chicken, catfish, and pork chops. Like a meat and three, customers pick their food from a steam table laden with meats and vegetables as they slide their cafeteria tray down the line. But what sets Silver Sands apart are the downhome soul food options like fall-off-the-bone oxtails, neck bones, and hog maws, best served over rice and ladled with brown gravy. Regulars set their calendars by the dish of the day, but you really can’t go wrong any time you visit. And don’t be intimated by the occasional line to get in. It moves quickly." - Chris Chamberlain
