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Tanuki

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Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:03 AM Yesterday

Nashville food and drink strip mall gems

https://www.nashvillescene.com/food_drink/coverstory/best-strip-mall-restaurants-nashville/article_10e0f340-3b9b-4fd8-87c5-a23062ce9ce4.html

"Some of the city’s best, most diverse and most delicious restaurants can be found in strip malls. Here are 35 of them.
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In this week’s issue, our annual Food & Drink Issue, Scene staff and contributors have rounded up 35 of Nashville’s finest strip-mall-based restaurants. Some of them are run by first-generation immigrants. Some are run by lifelong Nashvillians. Some have earned recognition from the Michelin Guide, or are helmed by James Beard Award semifinalists. Some are cash-only. But from pho and barbecue to hot pot and tacos, they all have something special going on. Did we stretch the definition of strip mall ever so slightly on one or two entries? Possibly. Who cares. The lineup is strong.

Read on, and then go eat.
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