Dine Nashville: The Music City Way Announces Additional Chef Experiences

Explore the Culinary Scene while Giving Back to Big Table and CORE Nashville Scene’s Hot Chicken Week Kicks Off January 27.

(Nashville, Tenn. – Jan. 15, 2025) Dine Nashville: The Music City Way, February’s month-long celebration, announces five additional chef collaborations to its roster of Dine Nashville experiences. In addition to the many collaborative chef experiences, next month’s celebration will showcase Specialty Items and Offers along with Restaurant Week at the end of February. Partners for this year’s Dine Nashville include Slane Irish Whiskey and Nashville Scene.

Dine Nashville will benefit the Music City Inc. Foundation in support of Big Table and CORE. Assembly Food Hall, Nashville’s largest Rooftop with 30+ eateries, will also participate the full month of February with a round-up campaign in support of Big Table and CORE.

In addition, this year’s Dine Nashville will include Table 54 with Big Table, the first annual dinner sharing stories of hope and transformation alongside phenomenal cuisine. Proceeds from this specific dinner will support the ongoing work and impact of Big Table within the Nashville restaurant community. Event details below.

Music City heats up with Nashville Scene’s Hot Chicken Week, Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, 2025, when hot chicken deals can be found at dozens of restaurants throughout the city. Continue the excitement of Dine Nashville with unique chef collaborations taking place throughout the month. Collaborative chef experiences are now available to purchase at visitmusiccity.com/dine-nashville-collaborative-chef-experiences.

Chef Collaborations include (as of 1/15/25):

Creative Chef Collaboration Events

Chef Joshua Homacki (Fancypants) + Culinary Director Chris Crary (1 Kitchen)
Monday, Feb. 3 | 6:00 p.m. | $125/person | at Fancypants (917 Dickerson Pike)

Chef Ben Norton (Husk) + Chef Ben Tyson (Butterlamp)
Tuesday, Feb.4 | 5:30 p.m. | $100/person | at Husk (37 Rutledge St.)

Chef Chris DeJesus (Butcher & Bee) + Chef Kristin Beringson (Henley)
Wednesday, Feb. 5 | 6:00 p.m. | $110/person | at Henley (2021 Broadway)

NEW: Chef Michael Mina (Bourbon Steak) + Co-Founder Mike Hinds (Nashville Barrel Co)
Tuesday, Feb. 11 | 6:30 p.m. | $275+/person | at Bourbon Steak (201 8th Ave., S, 34th Floor)

NEW: Chef Hannah Miller (Urban Grub) + Chef Alyssa Gangeri (ButterMilk Ranch)
Tuesday, Feb. 11 | 6:30 p.m. | $125/person | at ButterMilk Ranch (2407 12th Ave S.)

Chef Arnold Myint (International Market) + Chef Maneet Chauhan (Morph Hospitality)
Sunday, Feb. 16 | 7:30 p.m. | $125/person | International Market (2013 Belmont Blvd.)

Chefs Deb Paquette, Jess Lambert & Megan Williams (etch) + Chef Ryan Costanza (Present Tense)
Tuesday, Feb. 18 | 6:30 p.m. | $130/person | etch (303 Demonbreun St.)

NEW: Chefs Justin Kalaluhi, Jordan Hoffman, Sang Park (Zuzu) + Chef Nicky Miscia (Mimo Restaurant & Bar)
Friday, Feb. 21 | 5 p.m. | $125+/person | at Mimo at Four Seasons (100 Demonbreun St.)

NEW: Table 54 with Big Table featuring
Chef Brian Morris (Hattie B’s Hot Chicken) + Chef Andy Little (Strategic Hospitality)
Monday, Feb. 24 | 6 p.m. | $250/person| at The Bridge Building (2 Victory Ave.)

Chef Vivek Surti (Tailor) + Singer, Songwriter Morgan Myles (NBC’s The Voice)
Thursday, Feb. 27 | 5:30 p.m. | $130 or $150/person | at Tailor (620 Taylor St.)

NEW: Chef Hal Holden-Bache (Lockeland Table) + Chef Frank Pullara
(Culaccino + Culamar)
Thursday, Feb. 27 | 6 p.m. | $125+/person | at Lockeland Table (1520 Woodland St.)

Specialty Items and Offers (NEW)

Common Ground will highlight a specialty Irish Coffee on its menu featuring
Slane Irish Whiskey + 8th & Roast for the month of February

The Ariston will feature a specialty Irish Coffee on its menu with
Slane Irish Whiskey + 8th & Roast for the month of February

Making its mark as a culinary destination, Nashville will also host part of the James Beard Foundation’s Taste America® culinary series, presented by Capital One, at Saint Elle on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, featuring local chefs. The national series celebrates culinary excellence and the local independent restaurants at the heart of our communities while recognizing some of the industry’s finest talent and changemakers leading the industry forward on and off the table.

Dine Nashville will culminate with Restaurant Week, from Monday, Feb. 24 through Sunday, March 2, 2025, offering special menus for brunch, lunch and dinner, as well as specialty items and offers highlighting Music City’s all-encompassing food and beverage scene. Restaurant Week reservations, menus and discount offerings will be available on the Dine Nashville website in late January.

Restaurant Week Participants (as of Jan. 14, 2025)

Chief’s on Broadway
Common Ground
Deacon’s New South
Drusie and Darr
Elliston Place Soda Shop
Folk
Gray & Dudley
Jimmy Kelly’s
Lakeside Lounge
Love and Exile Bar
Loveless Cafe
Marsh House
Midtown Cafe
Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery
Puckett’s Nashville
TENN at Holston House
The Diner
Streetcar Taps
Sunda New Asia
White Limozeen
615chuTNey - A Very Indian Affair

Big Table

Founded in 2009, Big Table is a 501(c)(3) organization that cares for restaurant and hospitality workers in crisis through timely interventions, intentional relationships, and transformational care. Big Table Nashville was established in 2021 and serves hospitality workers in the Greater Nashville area. To learn more about Big Table, visit bigtable.org.

CORE

Core is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to granting support to food and beverage services families when they face a health crisis, injury, death of a family member, or natural disaster.

Music City, Inc.

Music City Inc. was created in 2006 as a 501(c)(3) foundation to enhance the programs of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp through music-focused, educational and philanthropic initiatives that benefit the local hospitality industry, Nashville citizens and visitors. Music City Inc. launched the Music City Walk of Fame project in 2006 and produces music-centric events that are free and open to the public. During times of crisis, the foundation has collected and distributed relief funds, and it continues to partner with local educational institutions and nonprofit organizations to positively impact the Nashville community.

The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp

The mission of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp and Visit Music City is to maximize the economic contribution of the convention and tourism industry to the community by developing and marketing Nashville as a premier destination. Visit the NCVC’s website at www.visitmusiccity.com and follow us on social media @visitmusiccity.

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