Nashville Hot Chicken chicken breasts marinated in hot sauce paste for 2 days, dredged & deep-fried in skillet; served w/ white bread, pickles & mayo; it's hot!
Char-Grilled Oysters gulf oysters topped w/ Parmesan mix, grilled-smoked on wood fire & garlic-lemon butter
opened in 2014; new American cuisine w/ an emphasis on farm-to-table comfort food; features an open kitchen w/ a large fireplace grill, wood-burning oven, white quarter-sawn oak bar & cooks' counter
Death Row Challenge 3 "DEATH ROW" jumbo tenders drenched in hot sauce (made of ghost pepper, Trinidad Scorpion pepper & Carolina Reaper pepper) in under 10 minutes; Casey won
"The Gertie" named after chef's daughter; caramelized banana jam, Southern chocolate gravy, peanut butter & pretzels on a buttermilk biscuit; looks good
"Bill Neal's Shrimp & Grits" gulf shrimp, roasted mushrooms, bacon, green onions, lemon Tabasco beurre blanc, served over cheese grits; looks good
The Wash Park sandwich w/ buttermilk biscuit, 2 beef burger patties, Pimento cheese, bacon jam, 1 egg; looks good
est. 2012; started as a food truck that offered an assortment of southern menu options sourced from local purveyors and farms; eventually became a brick & mortar establishment in 2015...now has 3 locations; long lines
since 1946; oldest soul food joint in Memphis; Martin Luther King was a regular here (his favorites: fried catfish, yams, collard greens & lemon meringue pie)
started in 1981; ribs is "so good y'ull slap yo' mama." (from its website); celebrity sightings: Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Jimmy Buffet, Robert Duvall, Kathy Bates, Senator Bill Frist, The Eagles, Aerosmith & Jack Nicklaus
Pimento Mac & Chee Melt top seller; housemade pimento cheese w/ local cheddar, macaroni, Benton's bacon bits, sliced tomato on country white bread; recommended w/ side of homemade tomato soup (as a dip); looks good
started in 2010; serving up gourmet grilled cheese melts & nostalgic treats featuring seasonal, local products; run by husband-and-wife team...she is a Le Cordon Bleu trained Chef; formerly a food truck; Trace Adkins (country music artist) made special visit
"Jackson" Sandwich top seller; roast beef sandwich w/ brined onions, grilled hoagie roll, banana peppers, buttermilk cheddar, horseradish & mayo, served w/ au jus & pickle; named after a friend "Jackson"; looks good
Big Foot Lodge was the name at filming...they changed it to Kooky Canuck at airing; challenge is now called Kookamonga Challenge (originally Sasquatch Challenge)
Redneck Taco BBQ on top of cornbread hoe-cake topped w/ slaw & sauce; choose between pork, brisket, sausage, chicken, turkey or catfish (Michael gets the chicken)
Whole Hog Platter smoked w/ hickory pulled pork; Michael get sides: broccoli salad & hush puppies; looks good
slow-cooks whole hog (26 hours) in custom-made smoker; moved from original airing location (orig: 7215 Nolensville Rd); Other Recipes: Jamaican Jerk Pit Chicken
"Hey Paisano" Pizza white pizza w/ smoked mozzarella, house capicola, red onion & spicy honey; "you come to a place like this to get a pizza like that!" -Guy Fieri; looks good
"Mama G's" Meatballs top seller; family recipe w/ house marinara, homemade pasta & Grana padano; looks good
Santa Fe (Pancakes) 3 stone-ground cornmeal pancakes w/ chunks of bacon, cheddar & roasted green chiles cooked inside; recommended w/ maple syrup, hot picante salsa & sour cream
Sweet Potato Pancakes most popular; looks good
Village Smithy Sante Fe Cornmeal Pancakes Three stone-ground cornmeal pancakes with chunks of bacon, Cheddar cheese, and roasted green chiles cooked inside. Recommended with maple syrup, hot picante salsa, and sour cream; "one of the coolest, best thing I've ever tried"-Adam Richman
#48 (101 More Amazing Places to Chowdown); opened in 1961; Nashville breakfast mecca; 23 pancake variations; long lines; where QB Ingle Martin ate growing up
