Your votes are in. Congratulations to all of the NASHtoday’s Best nominees. We’re excited to announce our roundup of local winners who truly shine and make Nashville a better place to live.
From high-level dining experiences and accommodations to places to hang with your friends — here are your top choices in each of our categories.
🏠 Apartment Complexes
From resort-style amenities to sleek modern designs, these communities make Nashville feel like home.
First place: Shelby House
Runners Up: The Shay + The Reeve
Honorees:
- Modera Germantown
- The Melrose Apartments
- NOVEL Edgehill Apartments
- The Edison at Riverwood
- Fallyn Apartments
- Oxenfree at WeHo
📚 Book Store
Nothing beats a cozy bookstore. Whether you’re into fiction, memoirs, or local zines, these spots have your next great read.
First place: Parnassus Books
Runners Up: McKay’s Nashville + The Bookshop
Honorees:
- Novelette Booksellers
- Rhino Booksellers
🍺 Breweries and Distilleries
Pour decisions encouraged. These local spots wowed you with their craft brews, inventive cocktails, and chill vibes.
First place: TailGate Brewery Music Row
Runners Up: Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery + Monday Night Brewing - Preservation Co.
Honorees:
- Tennfold
- Southern Grist - Nations (West Nashville)
- Big Machine Distillery
- Fait la Force Brewing
- Standard Proof Whiskey Co.
- Barrique Brewing and Blending
- Crazy gnome Brewery
🥞 Brunch
From classic comfort food to new twists on the brunch game, these picks are your go-to weekend hangouts.
First place: The Butter Milk Ranch
Runners Up: Dozen Bakery + The Pancake Pantry - Hillsboro Village
Honorees:
- Big Bad Breakfast-Nashville
- The Hampton Social - Nashville
- Benji’s Bagel & Coffee House
- Bagelshop
- Hearts
- Adele’s
- The Henry
☕ Coffee Shop
The bean scene is strong in Nashville — and these cafes delivered top-tier coffee, atmosphere, and community.
First place: Frothy Monkey
Runners Up: Prickly Pear Coffee Co. + Flour Your Dreams Bakery & Café
Honorees:
- Elegy Coffee East
- Benji’s Bagel & Coffee House
- Flora+Fauna cafe and roaster
- Matryoshka Coffee
- Americano Lounge
- Momento Specialty Coffee
- Merge Coffee Bar
🧑💻 Coworking Location
Remote work never looked so good. These coworking spaces are where productivity meets cool Nashville vibes.
First place: The Malin Wedgewood Houston
Runners Up: Drift Nashville + Switchyards Berry Hill
Honorees:
- Collective615
- InDo Nashville
- Industrious
- Center 615
- Three One Three | Coworking Office Space
- Eleven Willow
- Office Evolution
🍽️ Fine Dining
These restaurants took upscale cuisine to the next level with refined flavors, ambiance, and top-notch service.
First place: Noko
Runners Up: Bourbon Steak by Michael Mina + etch
Honorees:
- Locust
- Harper’s
- Bad Idea
- Joe Muer Seafood - Nashville
- kase x noko
- Choy
- Mimo Restaurant and Bar
- January
🚚 Food Trucks
NASH eats on wheels — these food trucks served up bold flavors and earned your votes.
First place: BAD LUCK BURGER CLUB
Runners Up: MAIZ DE LA VIDA + Brave Idiot
Honorees:
- King Tut’s
- Taqueria El Dolar #2
- The Truck Stop
- Heck YA!
- Chivanada
- The Inka trailer
- Tako Loko Truck
- Nofuss Taco
⛳ Golf Course
Fore. These golf courses are the ones you ranked best for beauty, challenge, and playability.
First place: Hermitage Golf Course
Runners Up: McCabe Golf Course + Hermitage Golf Course
Honorees:
- Two Rivers Golf Course
- Gaylord Springs Golf Links
- Harpeth Hills Golf Course
- Percy Warner Golf Course
- The Grove
- Shelby Golf Course
- Nashville National Golf Links
- Towhee Club
💪 Gym and Fitness Centers
Whether you’re lifting, spinning, or stretching — these gyms stood out for empowering our community to stay active.
First place: Forza Pilates
Runners Up: Iron Tribe Fitness - Belle Meade + Donelson-Hermitage Family YMCA
Honorees:
- Carbon Performance
- barre3
- BODYROK Pilates- Sylvan Supply
- Gym 5
- Club Pilates
- Studio Pilates International Sylvan Park
- BC Block
- A | Train Fitness Coaching
🍹 Happy Hour
Cheers to these local faves that made post-work hangouts memorable with great deals and even better vibes.
First place: The Hampton Social - Nashville
Runners Up: Cafe Roze + Coral Club
Honorees:
- Park Cafe
- Black Rabbit
- Bastion
- Bourbon Steak by Michael Mina
- Bad Idea
- Frankies 925 Spuntino
- AVO
- CHOY
🔧 Home Service Providers
Reliable, trustworthy, and highly recommended — these pros helped keep your home running smoothly.
First place: Ashbusters Chimney Service Inc
Runners Up: Compost Nashville + Lee Company
Honorees:
- Hardaway Construction Corp.
- Real Property Management Concordia
- Castle Homes
- Estes Heating & Cooling
📸 Local Influencer + Celebrities
These local personalities made an impact — both online and IRL — and you crowned them your favorites.
First place: Nashville Hidden Gems
Runners Up: Nashville with Caitlin + Bobby Bones
Honorees:
- Maneet Chauhan
- Sean Brock
- The Nashville Mom
- Nashville Noshes
- Kelly Sutton
- Dining with Delia Jo
- Star Maye
- Skhammer
💚 Local Nonprofit
Organizations that make a difference — these nonprofits inspired you with their mission and impact.
First place: Affordable Housing Resources
Runners Up: Wags & Walks Nashville + The Nashville Food Project
Honorees:
- Turnip Green Creative Reuse
- Room in the Inn
- Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
- Sexual Assault Center
- Hope Clinic For Women
- YWCA
- Big Table Nashville
- Blakeford at Green Hills
🥗 Lunch Spot
Midday eats done right — these lunch spots became your go-to for quick bites, client meetings, and casual hangs.
First place: Home Run Burger
Runners Up: Little Hats Market + The Pharmacy Burger Parlor & Beer Garden
Honorees:
- Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint Germantown
- Hattie B’s Hot Chicken - Nashville - West
- Waldo’s Chicken & Beer
- Hugh-Baby’s
- Joyland
- Chauhan Ale and Masala House
- Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer - Nashville
🏥 Medical Center
When care matters most, these medical centers deliver excellence, compassion, and trust.
First place: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Runners Up: St Thomas West Hospital + Women Obstetrics & Gynecology
Honorees:
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Back To Basics Family Practice Ronda (Rhonda) Clark, FNP-C, 45 W Caldwell St, Mt
- VUMC South Garage
🖼️ Museum
Nashville’s creative and cultural pulse is alive in these institutions filled with history, art, and innovation.
First place: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Runners Up: Cheekwood + National Museum of African American Music
Honorees:
- Frist Art Museum
- Tennessee State Museum
- Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum
- Johnny Cash Museum
- Lane Motor Museum
🎶 Music Venue
Whether you’re catching live bands or big names, these venues rocked your world — literally.
First place: Chief’s on Broadway
Runners Up: Marathon Music Works + Ryman Auditorium
Honorees:
- Ascend Amphitheater
- Grand Ole Opry
- The Basement East
- Bridgestone Arena
- The Pinnacle
- 3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill
- The Station Inn
- Harken Hall
🍴 Outdoor Dining
Nashville’s food scene is unmatched. These patios and rooftops made your meals extra memorable.
First place: Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint
Runners Up: Von Elrod’s Beer Hall & Kitchen + El Fuego Restaurant
Honorees:
- Sonny’s Patio Pub and Refuge
- The Mockingbird
- Park Cafe
- Miel Restaurant
- etc. restaurant
- Bagelshop
- Joe Muer Seafood - Nashville
🎊 Party Venue
Whether it’s a birthday, wedding, or just because — these venues brought the celebration energy.
First place: Pins Mechanical Co.
Runners Up: Friends in Low Places Bar & Honky-Tonk + Puttshack - Nashville
Honorees:
- White Limozeen
- Pont Neuf Bar
- Cross-Eyed Critters Watering Hole
- Frankies 925 Spuntino
- The Electric Jane
- The Getalong
- The Ariston
🐶 Pet-Friendly Venue
Your furry friends gave two paws up to these pet-welcoming favorites around the city.
First place: Urban Dog Bar
Runners Up: Redheaded Stranger + Nectar: Urban Cantina
Honorees:
- Double Dogs
- Sonny’s Patio Pub and Refuge
- Butchertown Hall
- Urban Grub
- Adele’s Nashville
- The Row Kitchen & Pub
📸 Photographer
Capturing Nashville, one frame at a time. These photographers stood out for their creativity and skill.
First place: Emily Anne Photography (emilyannephotoart)
Runners Up: Photowalk Nashville + Nashville Photography Group
Honorees:
- Ashley Holstein
- Affordable Photography of Nashville
- PIXEL Connection - Nashville
- David Bean Photography
- Tedesco Pictures
- Photography by Marion
- Snappr Photography
- Nashville Corporate Photography
🏡 Real Estate Agent + Group
You trusted them with your home search — and these local experts delivered big time.
First place: Adrianna Morehouse: The Agency Nashville
Runners Up: Nashville Apartment Locators + Caroline Keenan Realtor with Compass RE
Honorees:
- Marie Lee - Move Me to Tennessee
- Joseph Perricone - Realtor
💅 Spas and Salons
Self-care starts here. These salons and spas helped Nashville unwind and refresh.
First place: Southall Farm & Inn
Runners Up: Court and Jane - Skin & Bodysculpting + Local Honey East
Honorees:
- The Lotus Room Ayurveda
- Urban Sweat - The Nations
- Scout’s Barbershop
- Luxe & Luna Boutique Spa
- Framework
- R+R Wellness Spa
- Complexion Nashville
🍻 Sports Bar
Big screens, big games, and bigger energy — these bars were the MVPs of game day.
First place: M.L.Rose Craft Beer & Burgers - Melrose
Runners Up: Neighbors of Sylvan Park + The Corner Pub
Honorees:
- Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint
- DraftKings Sports & Social Nashville
- Jasper’s
- Sidecar Bar
- The Gumbo Bros
- BetMGM Sports Lounge
🍺 Tap Rooms
Flavor, flight, and friends — these taprooms turned beer tasting into a top-tier experience.
First place: TailGate Brewery Music Row
Runners Up: Tennfold + Homegrown Taproom & Kitchen
Honorees:
- New Heights Brewing
- Cyanide Cider
🎭 Theater + Performance Venue
Drama, comedy, music, and more — these venues made every night out unforgettable.
First place: Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Runners Up: Zanies Comedy Night Club + Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Honorees:
- CMA Theater
- Third Coast Comedy Club
- 3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill
🍷 Winery or Wine Bar
Sip happens — and these wine bars proved they’re the best place to unwind with a glass in hand.
First place: Arrington Vineyards
Runners Up: Butterlamp Bread & Beverage + Pont Neuf Bar
Honorees:
- City Winery Nashville
- Bad Idea
- Van Gogh’s Wine Bar
- Harvest Wine Market
