Dive + burgersEast Nashville$$$$
Dino's
A Gallatin Avenue dive serving cheeseburgers late since the 1970s; readers' pick for best dive and best late-night eats.
#1 in Burgers#2 in Late-night eats
What to get
- Cheeseburger, charred on the old flat-top, with LTO and pickles
- The peppery fries
- A High Life pony or a Fernet and Coke
- Summer: frozen Arnold Palmer from the Dolly-themed lemonade stand on the back patio
- Cheeseburger (one of the city's best)
When to go
Late: the kitchen and bar run to 3 am every night; Infatuation describes summer patio crowds 'putting down burgers until 3am'. Weekend afternoons (from noon) are calmer.
Insider tip
Order at the bar. No reservations and no call-in to-go orders; after 10 pm they won't box to-go, but they'll hand you a box. 21+ after 8 pm. Dogs welcome on a leash: enter around the back.
Heads up
Cramped, loud and 'sticky' by design; the phone usually goes unanswered (email instead).
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 226-3566
- Website
- dinosnashville.com
- Reservations
- walk-in only
Recognition
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville 2025, Readers' Poll: Best Late-Night Eats (winner; Daddy's Dogs second)
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville 2025, Readers' Poll: Best Dive Bar (winner; Santa's Pub second)
- Eater Nashville 38 Best Restaurants (2026): 'East Nashville's essential late-night haunt'
- The Infatuation, The Best Burgers In Nashville (Sept 2026): 8.9, 'A burger guide in Nashville without Dino's? We would never.'
- Eater Nashville: The Best Burgers in Nashville
- Nashville Scene Best of Nashville Readers' Poll: Best Late-Night Eats (Daddy's Dogs 2nd, Waffle House 3rd)
Checked Oct. 1, 2026. Ratings are a snapshot from Google and Yelp; ranks are ours (how we rank). Something out of date? Tell us.
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