Dine Nashville: The Music City Way Announces Additional Chef Experiences

Explore the Culinary Scene while Giving Back to Big Table and CORE.

(Nashville, Tenn. – Feb. 6, 2025) Dine Nashville: The Music City Way, February’s month-long celebration, announces additional chef collaborations and new spirit/cocktail experiences, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Dine Nashville benefits the Music City Inc. Foundation in support of Big Table and CORE. Partners for this year’s Dine Nashville include Slane Irish Whiskey and Nashville Scene.

Give the gift of a unique dining experience this Valentine's Day with exclusive chef collaborations or intimate settings featuring specialty-crafted cocktails. Tickets are available for purchase at www.visitmusiccity.com/dine-nashville.

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.

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 are now available on the Dine Nashville, and offerings will expand throughout the month. Assembly Food Hall, Nashville’s largest Rooftop with 30+ eateries, will also participate in a round-up campaign during Restaurant Week in support of Big Table and CORE.

Chef Collaborations include (as of 2/6/25):

Creative Chef Collaboration Events

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)

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.)

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

NEW: Chef Philip Krajeck (Folk) + Pit Master Pat Martin (Martin’s BBQ)
Monday, Feb. 17 | 6:00 p.m. | $70/person | Folk (823 Meridian St.)

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.)

Chefs 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: Chef Philip Krajeck (Folk) + Pit Master Pat Martin (Martin's BBQ)
Monday, Feb. 17 | 6:00 p.m. | $70/person | Folk (823 Meridian St.)

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.)

NEW, SOLD OUT: Chefs Brian Lea & Leina Horii (Kisser) + Chef Scott Peck (The Loveless Cafe)
Tuesday, Feb. 25 | 6:30 p.m. | $125/person | Kisser (747 Douglas Ave.)

NEW: Co-Founder Alex Conyngham (Slane Irish Whiskey) + The Nashville City Club
Tuesday, Feb. 25 | 6:00 p.m. | $40/person | The Nashville City Club (200 2nd Ave S.)

NEW: Chef Ryan Poli (iggy’s) + Chef Colby Rasavong (Bad Idea)  
Wednesday, Feb. 26 | 5:00 p.m. | $100/person | Bad Idea (1021 Russel St.)

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.)

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.)

NEW: Chef Julia Sullivan (Henrietta Red) + Chef Josh Habiger (Bastion)
Friday, Feb. 28 | 11 a.m. | $65/person | at Henrietta Red (1200 4th Ave N.)

NEW: Chef Brack May (Marsh House) + Chef Michael Hanna (St. Vito Focacceria)
Sunday, Mar. 2 | 6 p.m. | $150/person | at Marsh House (401 11th Ave S.)

Specialty Items and Offers

NEW: 888 will host Mother’s Ruin for an evening of craft cocktails and live music from DJ Chip Boogie
Feb. 8 & 22 | 11 p.m. | at 888 (800 Clark Pl.)

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 are available on the Dine Nashville now.

Restaurant Week Participants (as of Feb. 6, 2025)

12 South Taproom and Grill
51 North Taproom
615chuTNey - A Very Indian Affair
Blanco
Boqueria
Casa Rosa
Chief’s on Broadway
Church and Union Nashville
City Winery
Common Ground
Commodore Grille
Commons Club
Deacon’s New South
Del Frisco’s Grille
Drusie and Darr
Elliston Place Soda Shop
Evelyn’s
Folk
Gray and Dudley
Jimmy Kelly’s
JWB Grill
Lakeside Lounge
Love and Exile Bar
Loveless Cafe
Lovelorn Lounge
Marsh House
Midtown Cafe
Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery
Nicky’s Coal Fired
North Italia Franklin
North Italia Nashville
Ophelia’s Nashville
Prince’s Hot Chicken – Assembly Food Hall
Prince’s Hot Chicken – Tanger Outlets
Puckett’s Nashville
Stationairy
STK Steakhouse
Streetcar Taps
Sunda New Asian
TENN at Holston House
The Countrypolitan Bar and Kitchen
The Diner
The Restaurant at W Nashville

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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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