Nolensville Road runs through South Nashville and has some of the best international cuisine and markets in Nashville. Here’s our guide to spending the day on just a half mile of Nolensville, from the Nashville Zoo to Paragon Mills Road. Keep following for guides to more Nolensville Road favorites!
🦓 Shopping & Entertainment
- Love animals? Then you have to go to the Nashville Zoo, where you can say hello to their new clouded leopard cub, watch your kids play on their epic playground, or listen to flamingos shout at one another. Here’s my complete zoo guide!
- Go thrifting at Music City Thrift for some hot deals on clothes, furniture, home goods, and all sorts of other stuff!
- Plaza Mariachi is a Hispanic and Latin American community hub with daily live entertainment, an arcade, and plenty of shopping and restaurants.
Inside Al Rasoul Market. (Daniel Sumstine / City Cast Nashville)
🛒 Head to the Market
Numerous international markets line Nolensville Road. Here are our favorites on this block!
- Newroz Market carries Middle Eastern products, and it’s the place to go for Kurdish bread and the best baklava in town.
- Al Rasoul Market is another Middle Eastern market and restaurant with amazing halal chicken roasted on a rotisserie built by the owner.
- Mazfresco Market is a Latin American grocery store in Plaza Mariachi with a great selection — I especially like their produce.
Find possibly the best tacos in Nashville here. (Daniel Sumstine / City Cast Nashville)
🍽️ Eat Internationally
- When on Nolensville Road, you have to eat tacos. It’s an unspoken rule. Our favorite taco place along this stretch is Tacos Y Mariscos El Amigo.
- You’ve gotta try the shawarma at Jerusalem Reebar.
- Edessa serves delicious Kurdish and Turkish fare, and was named one of the best restaurants in the U.S. by The New York Times!
More international restaurants we love!
