Southern restaurantDowntown$$$$
Puckett's Restaurant
A downtown Southern grocery and restaurant: country breakfast from 7 AM, meat-and-three plates, and free songwriter shows most nights.
#10 in Meat & three + Southern
What to get
- Meat-and-three plate, or the three-veggie plate (collards, potato salad, skillet mac)
- Blackened catfish special
- Smoked wings at happy hour
- Country breakfast from 7 am
When to go
Weekday happy hour (3–6 pm), then stay for the evening show; breakfast from 7 am before downtown sightseeing.
Insider tip
When booking a show, pick the show's date, not the default 'today' (the venue's own tip). To-go packs feed 4–6 for $54.99.
Heads up
Visitor-oriented downtown chain outpost: comfortable more than exceptional.
Happy hour
- Mon–Fri 3 PM–6 PM$2 off draft and bottled beer; $7 A. Marshall Family wines; $2 off other wines and Puckett's cocktails; $8 bar bites (fried pickles, fried green beans, smoked sliders, half-dozen cherrywood-smoked wings) source
Live music
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 7 PM–9:30 PMSinger-songwriter shows most nights per the online calendar (e.g., Thu 7–8:30 pm, Fri 8–9:30 pm); no cover, tips appreciated. Book online to hold seats for a show. source
Find it
- Phone
- (615) 770-2772
- Website
- puckettsgro.com/nashville
- Reservations
- recommended
Recognition
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 Something out of date?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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