Counting Down the Best Restaurants of 2019

#4 Folk

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If you have picked up a copy of the April issue of Nashville Lifestyles, then you have already seen our ranking of Nashville's best restaurants 2019. 

We're counting down our list revealing 1 of our top 15 picks every day. We hope you use this list as a guide whenever you find yourself asking the question: Where should we go to eat tonight?

With his first restaurant, Rolf & Daughters, chef Phil Krajeck gave Nashville a dose of contemporary, European influence with small, focused plates of pasta, vegetables, and breads. It still stands as one of the top meals in town.

 But today, we’re lauding him and his team at Folk, the restaurant he opened in mid-2018 as a riff on a more classic, American-style restaurant—one where the kohlrabi dish gets ordered in equal measure with the addictive wood-fired pizza.

The food at Folk feels both modern and timeless—modern in its various layers of seasoning, coaxed with skilled technique; timeless in the way it tastes good and satisfying but also sparks curiosity. There might be sake lees drenching roasted sweet potatoes, or shiso mixed in with the radicchio leaves.

The pizzas are produced on dough that is constantly evolving with ethereal results. It’s the type of place where you can enjoy a few courses capped with entrees for all, or slide up to the bar for pizza and a glass of wine. (It’s a tight and well-curated list full of wines Krajeck’s crew likes to drink: lighter, sometimes effervescent reds, lots of skin-contact, bottles that are so low in alcohol they’re nearly chug-able.)

It’s all wrapped up inside a neo-industrial space made to feel grounding with potted greenery and warm lighting. Just the spot for camaraderie and exploration.

823 Meridian St., 615-610-2595; goodasfolk.com

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