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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Nashville Scene and Nashville Lifestyles. Updated August 2026.
The Gumbo Bros · 12 South
The Gumbo Bros, led by chef Adam Lathan, took the Nashville Scene readers' poll for Cajun in back-to-back years. The kitchen turns out Louisiana cooking, gumbo chief among it, from its 12th Avenue South bar and restaurant. The room fills fast on weekends.
Spicy Boy’s · East Nashville
Spicy Boy's runs out of a historic East Nashville house on McFerrin Avenue, pairing Louisiana cooking with Nashville sports on the TVs. It has placed second to the Gumbo Bros in the Scene's Cajun readers' poll and earned a writers' pick.
Voodoo Gumbo · Bellevue
Voodoo Gumbo brought Creole cooking to a Bellevue shopping center as part of that neighborhood's dining resurgence. Its gumbo is the signature dish, alongside etouffee, jambalaya, po'boys, and beignets. The Scene named it a writers' pick for the category in 2021.