Have lived in Nashville for about 16 years now, anyone who comes to visit I always take them to Monell's. It's southern family style meals, you sit at a big table with strangers, whoever is there to eat, and they bring out tons of food and you just pass it around in a circle. And its SO good. The dinner is amazing, and the breakfast is even better. Highly recommend.
Your videos are everything I want from a food reviewer. Concise, eloquent, funny, practical, and real. The quality of the filming is also improving greatly with every video. I can only imagine much success coming your way in due time.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the next Anthony Bourdain. This guy is spectacular. Please keep making content and traveling. You have a gift and I’d love to see you travel all over the US and world and make videos. I’d love to see you sit down with people and talk to them about their culture and food. The sky is the limit.
Gettin' Weird Time! I first watched the Sean Brock season of PBS' Mind of a Chef ten years ago right after my dad died very suddenly. During the very worst, most painful darkness of my life, Sean's passion and genuine love of the food and culture he shared was a bit of light and warmth that I needed so much. Haven't had a reason to be in that area of the country before, but may just need to find one in addition to checking out his restaurant.
You need to do voiceovers. I could listen to you talk for hours. I know you say you're monotone, but it's soothing lol. Anywho, I've never been to Nashville but if I do, will def try a few places. Thanks, Chef!
Awww, your first country ham. Also, solid visit, thanks for getting out of downtown, and visiting Pins (a fave of mine.) Your variety and honesty is appreciated.
I’m glad you enjoyed Nashville and Franklin, my home. Please put City House on your list for your next visit. Chef owner Tandy Wilson is a JB award winner. The comfortable relaxed and casual vibe is only exceeded by their delicious cuisine and cocktails. I moved here in ‘97 from Jersey and CH ihas been on top of my list since it opened. Try the belly ham pizza with an egg! 10/10!
Hattie B's in Nashville is our goal/treat on our annual road trip from the West through Nashville into North Carolina. It really is great. Princes is great too.
I lived in Nashville 7 years and agree with everything you said except Audrey’s was not there when I lived there. I prefer Edleys over Peg Leg. Try Pucketts or Biscuit Love for breakfast. Merchants was getting remodeled while you were there but it’s a solid choice, along with Whiskey Kitchen
Hell yeah, was hoping you'd come to Nashville, there so much food here, it's exploded, so many good places to eat. Crazy to think you were literally 10 minutes from my house at Loveless Cafe. You rated them higher than I would have, to me they're a notch above a cracker barrel but barely. Over priced tourist trap and your complaint about the ham is spot on, it's always like that when I've gone, thin and dry. I'd give it a 7.5/10. Some places for your list for next time: Hawkers, Velvet Taco (the chicken Tikka taco and red coconut curry queso are my go to) and yeah Princes is good but also try Mary's ribs and bbq and Martin's bbq is good as well. Peace ✌️
I say this as a South Carolinian who was born in Springfield TN..right down the road from Nashville...it's amazing how nice the people in southern states are compared to their governments. The hatred of people is manufactured so hard around here. We have a huge food culture and if you come over for a cookout you're getting fed and leaving with a plate and we're going to have a lot left over. That's the way we do it. Screw all the entities that make things worse, most of us just want to have a free night to bbq a whole pig and make squash caserole and stuff.
I feel kinda bad for the Fairlane Hotel. They were smart enough to get you to come stay there for some free publicity.... and that was the end of their planning and preparation! "Just get him here!" 😆 (Place looked nice though.)
Came for the food reviews, stayed for the dry humor. You gained a new subscriber. I'm a Nashville local so it was nice to see some places I haven't tried yet!
There is something about these longer videos that is touching a void in my heart left when Anthony Bourdain died. Something in the earnest delivery of it all amidst really beautiful visuals. You've got your own thing going, Chef, and the quality is really, really good.
You just hit the more famous places and there are still more to hit. Biscuit love is amazing, there are several great restaurants at the Factory in Franklin. I have lived here all my life but traveled all around the world. I love Tennessee and Franklin specifically. Glad you enjoyed your time here.
Long time listener, first time commenter. I saw some other folks mentioning City House, that is absolutely a good idea. If I could only take you to one place in the whole city, it would be Big Al's. Hands down the most "hidden gem locals only" type place I have been to in my decade living here. Al is a sweetheart and I promise you his dishes appear nowhere else on any menu in town, or probably the world. Banana Encrusted Chipotle Pork Tenderloin anyone?
Great vid. We hit a few of the same places when we visited like Hattie's and Peg Leg (you left out the owner is an actual amputee 😂) and agree with all your reviews. Great town, with great food and people 🤙🏻
Hot damn is this channel underrated! His tik toks are awesome but I really like this long form content. I feel like most review channels are just clones of each other, but this one is definitely unique. Fantastic job!
Third gen Nashvillian. When you come back, you need to do the old school classics other than Loveless: Swetts and Prince's who invented hot chicken, and Varallo's the oldest restaurant in Tennessee.
NGL….one Tuesday night, I was Ubering in East and picked up a couple from Audrey. They then told me they both struck up an hour long conversation with Sean Brock in the restaurant and the husband didn’t even eat any of his food. They had it in a to-go bag. Wife asked if I wanted it and I happily agreed. Ended up being a Bearcreek steak with morel mushrooms, some kind of potatoes, and some grits. Best steak I’d ever had and it was free and I ate it in my car. Funny side note: I was in the process of having dental work, so I had a temporary bridge in my mouth and the steak pulled my bridge off… 😂 I wasn’t even mad. But I spent the rest of the night and next morning with an exposed, ground down teeth.
I've not been to Audrey, but June was a great time. If you come back, I'd recommend Bastion. One of the best restaurants in the city. Ernest next to it is also great
0:10 says welcome to Nashville and immediately shows Franklin, a city 20 minutes south of Nashville😂😂 I don’t know why I find that funny lol. Hope you enjoyed your time in town
Hey if you didn't know, next time your down in Nashville, hit up Springwater Supper Club by Centennial. Dive bar, but it's oldest continuous and operational bar in Tennessee. Good little spot to get out of heat for a bit too.
I've lived in Nashville for 16 years. I'm so happy you gave Peg Leg 9-10. I absolutely prefer dry rub, and Peg Leg does it as good as any I've had. Chief's on Broadway does another really great try rub rib and mac&cheese. Loveless is good, I wouldn't give it 8.5, maybe 7. Maybe just because I prefer more interesting flavors versus just plain downhome stuff. I never get dessert at Hattie B's.
Man, that's a bummer about Fairlane. I worked on the opening team F&B department prior to 2020. I know COVID hit their staffing hard, sucks they haven't been able to fully bounce back because it's a beautiful space. This was one of the few videos I've seen about my hometown that wasn't overly sensationalized or touristy and I dug that.
I'm here for your transition into longer-form media. With your vibe and charisma, I think you could be the Bourdain for millennials. Keep it up, man. Hope to see more.
Thank you. But Bourdain was Bourdain for every generation. Like highlander, there can be only one. All I can hope to be is what I’ve always been and will continue to be - myself. Thanks for watching 🫡
These could be 5 times longer and I'd still watch.
lol I wouldn’t. Appreciate you though
Have lived in Nashville for about 16 years now, anyone who comes to visit I always take them to Monell's. It's southern family style meals, you sit at a big table with strangers, whoever is there to eat, and they bring out tons of food and you just pass it around in a circle. And its SO good. The dinner is amazing, and the breakfast is even better. Highly recommend.
Your videos are everything I want from a food reviewer. Concise, eloquent, funny, practical, and real. The quality of the filming is also improving greatly with every video. I can only imagine much success coming your way in due time.
Thanks so much
Quickly becoming my favorite on YT my dude. Heres hoping this series can become a staple and you hit some other countrys/continents.
That shoutout to Avery was awesome! 🫡🙌
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the next Anthony Bourdain. This guy is spectacular. Please keep making content and traveling. You have a gift and I’d love to see you travel all over the US and world and make videos. I’d love to see you sit down with people and talk to them about their culture and food. The sky is the limit.
Loved this! You and Mrs. Reactions are killing it.
Thank you for the video. You made me homesick for the days of Bourdain.
Man, I hope there will be more of these. 10/10 pace, editing, vibe, etc.
Entertaining, informative, and honest reviews. I give it a ten out of ten.
"The cobbler...it does nothing!" 🤣🤣🤣
Great video of my city! Thanks for all the positivity towards Nashville's food. Hope you come back soon!
Thank you for speaking on behalf of the environment. Littering sucks.
This is the only food/travel show I ever want to watch again
Glad to see I’m not the only one that gets excited when a new video comes out
“Not my Grandma… but A Grandma” 😂👏🏻
Gettin' Weird Time! I first watched the Sean Brock season of PBS' Mind of a Chef ten years ago right after my dad died very suddenly. During the very worst, most painful darkness of my life, Sean's passion and genuine love of the food and culture he shared was a bit of light and warmth that I needed so much. Haven't had a reason to be in that area of the country before, but may just need to find one in addition to checking out his restaurant.
SB is a legend
Amazing wu tang reference 👐
Audrey is amazing. Glad you enjoyed it.
always excited to see chef uploads
Really digging these long-form, destination videos. I admire you taking this further than the much simpler TikTok commentary.
Great stuff, as always, chef. I could watch a straight hour of this.
Thanks for the recommendations Chef!!
Loved every nuance of this, Chef… epic!
Love the show! Keep up the unabashed and honest content!
The "cobbler does nothing" line was absolutely hilarious. Went straight to the Simpons.... the goggles do nothing!!!!!!!!! Great video!!!!!
Great videos, chef. Keep them the way they are.
I’m a simple man. I see chef upload. I click.
You need to do voiceovers. I could listen to you talk for hours. I know you say you're monotone, but it's soothing lol. Anywho, I've never been to Nashville but if I do, will def try a few places. Thanks, Chef!
All fair assessments! Glad you enjoyed Nashville and it's always good to see ya on Henry Phillips Twitch stream!
Glad you enjoyed your time down here
Awww, your first country ham.
Also, solid visit, thanks for getting out of downtown, and visiting Pins (a fave of mine.) Your variety and honesty is appreciated.
Thanks for all the recommendations, safe travels
well done chef. i always enjoy your voice overs. make more!
More to come!
I’m glad you enjoyed Nashville and Franklin, my home. Please put City House on your list for your next visit. Chef owner Tandy Wilson is a JB award winner. The comfortable relaxed and casual vibe is only exceeded by their delicious cuisine and cocktails. I moved here in ‘97 from Jersey and CH ihas been on top of my list since it opened. Try the belly ham pizza with an egg! 10/10!
rlly glad you became famous enough to stay with gma while she needs u. ur snarky humor always makes me laugh. plus ur always authentic
Hattie B's in Nashville is our goal/treat on our annual road trip from the West through Nashville into North Carolina. It really is great. Princes is great too.
Another phenomenal video. I love your candor.
Love it all. Appreciate your honesty 🙏💙🙏
Great video! Super happy you hit Peg Leg Porker. You got what I normally ordered (green beans instead of regular beans).
I lived in Nashville 7 years and agree with everything you said except Audrey’s was not there when I lived there. I prefer Edleys over Peg Leg. Try Pucketts or Biscuit Love for breakfast. Merchants was getting remodeled while you were there but it’s a solid choice, along with Whiskey Kitchen
Thanks for the video! I’d love to hear a little bit more description of what made the food items “good.”
Also, any of Ford Frye’s places are amazing! Star Rover Sound is a classic old school Steakhouse with a modern vibe. Extremely well done!
Hell yeah, was hoping you'd come to Nashville, there so much food here, it's exploded, so many good places to eat.
Crazy to think you were literally 10 minutes from my house at Loveless Cafe. You rated them higher than I would have, to me they're a notch above a cracker barrel but barely. Over priced tourist trap and your complaint about the ham is spot on, it's always like that when I've gone, thin and dry. I'd give it a 7.5/10.
Some places for your list for next time: Hawkers, Velvet Taco (the chicken Tikka taco and red coconut curry queso are my go to) and yeah Princes is good but also try Mary's ribs and bbq and Martin's bbq is good as well. Peace ✌️
I love these so much. Especially the Disney ones.
Glad you enjoyed your time here, chef! You gotta do Monell's next time you visit.
Next time!
Monell's closed in April.
Can’t wait to see your Minnesota video!
I say this as a South Carolinian who was born in Springfield TN..right down the road from Nashville...it's amazing how nice the people in southern states are compared to their governments. The hatred of people is manufactured so hard around here. We have a huge food culture and if you come over for a cookout you're getting fed and leaving with a plate and we're going to have a lot left over. That's the way we do it. Screw all the entities that make things worse, most of us just want to have a free night to bbq a whole pig and make squash caserole and stuff.
I feel kinda bad for the Fairlane Hotel. They were smart enough to get you to come stay there for some free publicity.... and that was the end of their planning and preparation! "Just get him here!" 😆 (Place looked nice though.)
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This makes me want to visit Nashville so bad. Your long form travel vids are somehow even better than your Ttiktoks. Thank you!
Came for the food reviews, stayed for the dry humor. You gained a new subscriber. I'm a Nashville local so it was nice to see some places I haven't tried yet!
There is something about these longer videos that is touching a void in my heart left when Anthony Bourdain died. Something in the earnest delivery of it all amidst really beautiful visuals. You've got your own thing going, Chef, and the quality is really, really good.
Please more UA-cam content. It’s amazing
You just hit the more famous places and there are still more to hit. Biscuit love is amazing, there are several great restaurants at the Factory in Franklin. I have lived here all my life but traveled all around the world. I love Tennessee and Franklin specifically. Glad you enjoyed your time here.
Long time listener, first time commenter. I saw some other folks mentioning City House, that is absolutely a good idea. If I could only take you to one place in the whole city, it would be Big Al's. Hands down the most "hidden gem locals only" type place I have been to in my decade living here. Al is a sweetheart and I promise you his dishes appear nowhere else on any menu in town, or probably the world. Banana Encrusted Chipotle Pork Tenderloin anyone?
Netflix series just following you around in different cities would be a 10/10
Great vid. We hit a few of the same places when we visited like Hattie's and Peg Leg (you left out the owner is an actual amputee 😂) and agree with all your reviews. Great town, with great food and people 🤙🏻
Good stuff Chef! Nashville is a great food town.
Great video! You deserve more subscribers, sir. Always good content.
Wu-tang and hot chicken in the same video. The vibes couldn’t be better.
Hot damn is this channel underrated!
His tik toks are awesome but I really like this long form content. I feel like most review channels are just clones of each other, but this one is definitely unique.
Fantastic job!
Franklin resident here. Yes, we were all amazed at the size of the police station when it was built 😅
so good! I'm a native and was ready for your rips. so happy to see that you were into it. come on back!
Can’t wait to come back and dig deeper
Third gen Nashvillian. When you come back, you need to do the old school classics other than Loveless: Swetts and Prince's who invented hot chicken, and Varallo's the oldest restaurant in Tennessee.
digging the travelogues; looking forward to the next.
HELLL YEAH these vids rule!!!! dude needs a travel show
Looking forward to the Twin Cities episode!
This video is top notch, B roll is 10/10
Nice work Chef
I’m stoked to go to MN
Your best video yet! Great!!
The cinematography is top notch
Love this was excited to see it pop up! Maybe speed up pacing a tiny bit for all of us with TikTok brain rot
Were so excited for you to visit the MN state fair!!!
NGL….one Tuesday night, I was Ubering in East and picked up a couple from Audrey. They then told me they both struck up an hour long conversation with Sean Brock in the restaurant and the husband didn’t even eat any of his food. They had it in a to-go bag. Wife asked if I wanted it and I happily agreed. Ended up being a Bearcreek steak with morel mushrooms, some kind of potatoes, and some grits. Best steak I’d ever had and it was free and I ate it in my car.
Funny side note: I was in the process of having dental work, so I had a temporary bridge in my mouth and the steak pulled my bridge off… 😂 I wasn’t even mad. But I spent the rest of the night and next morning with an exposed, ground down teeth.
Brock is a culinary genius!
Next time head to International Market. James Beard nominated Chef Arnold Myint! He’s a flavor genius. I’ll buy!
Very cool. Always wanted to visit that city.
Redheaded Stranger is across the street from Audrey. If you like eating good food, you'll like Redheaded Stranger.
So appreciate you thanking Avery the server for her excellent service. We need to do this for these workers who excel at their jobs.
Chef! Next time you visit you gotta go to Red Headed Stranger! It’s right across the street from Audrey
This was a nice change from your reaction videos. Good to see the kinder gentler side of you. Now get back to work!
Glad you enjoyed your time in my home city! Next time you're here, if you have time, check out the belly ham pizza at City House.
Next time!
10/10 chef 🎉. Keep up the great work.
Appreciate it
Another great video from Jeffrey Actions.
As an Aussie, I appreciate the INXS reference 🇦🇺
Chef you need to do a travel show!!
Satans Piss.... that f-ing cracked me up! 🤣
I've not been to Audrey, but June was a great time. If you come back, I'd recommend Bastion. One of the best restaurants in the city. Ernest next to it is also great
Being Frank is refreshing to me
0:10 says welcome to Nashville and immediately shows Franklin, a city 20 minutes south of Nashville😂😂 I don’t know why I find that funny lol. Hope you enjoyed your time in town
Great places to choose! We can help with some selections for your next visit!
Hey if you didn't know, next time your down in Nashville, hit up Springwater Supper Club by Centennial. Dive bar, but it's oldest continuous and operational bar in Tennessee. Good little spot to get out of heat for a bit too.
Nashville has so much good food that even every hole in the wall spot is fire.
I've lived in Nashville for 16 years. I'm so happy you gave Peg Leg 9-10. I absolutely prefer dry rub, and Peg Leg does it as good as any I've had. Chief's on Broadway does another really great try rub rib and mac&cheese. Loveless is good, I wouldn't give it 8.5, maybe 7. Maybe just because I prefer more interesting flavors versus just plain downhome stuff. I never get dessert at Hattie B's.
Kudos to whoever edits your videos - (I know it could be you) really good!
It’s the Mrs…. I’m far too dumb to do any of that
Hello Chef. I’m glad you released this video. You keep it real. I hope your grandma is doing okay.
Thanks she’s doing okay!
I cackle like an idiot through each of these reviews, great job again Chef! Damn, now I want some chicken..
I’m going to loveless cafe this Saturday. Glad it was decent! Next time if you can, hit up The Stillery. They have a hot chicken pie and it’s amazing.
Well well well look who's back
Man, that's a bummer about Fairlane. I worked on the opening team F&B department prior to 2020. I know COVID hit their staffing hard, sucks they haven't been able to fully bounce back because it's a beautiful space. This was one of the few videos I've seen about my hometown that wasn't overly sensationalized or touristy and I dug that.
Great video but you gotta check out East Nashville next time!
I'm here for your transition into longer-form media. With your vibe and charisma, I think you could be the Bourdain for millennials. Keep it up, man. Hope to see more.
Thank you. But Bourdain was Bourdain for every generation. Like highlander, there can be only one. All I can hope to be is what I’ve always been and will continue to be - myself. Thanks for watching 🫡
@@chefreactions Greatly put!