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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Nashville Lifestyles, StyleBlueprint, and Nashville Scene. Updated August 2026.
Marsh House · The Gulch
A seafood-forward dining room inside the Thompson hotel in The Gulch, praised by the Scene for a tomato-based courtbouillon loaded with snapper, crabmeat, and oysters. The raw bar and a fried-oyster benedict at breakfast are regularly singled out.
The Optimist · Germantown
Chef Ford Fry's Nashville outpost of his Atlanta fish camp, set in a reclaimed Germantown warehouse styled after a Gloucester fishing village. An extensive oyster bar and wood-hearth roasted seafood plates anchor the menu, with a cocktail lounge upstairs.
The Southern Steak & Oyster · SoBro
A downtown shuck-to-order oyster bar and steakhouse in the Pinnacle building, serving oysters from multiple coastal regions alongside locally sourced, grass-fed beef in a sunlit room finished with architectural salvage and vintage city photos.