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?
Emily Dorio
#14 Peninsula
Accomplished at opening and running other owners’ restaurants in Seattle, Yuriko Say, Craig Schoen and Jake Howell came to Nashville in 2017 to open their own.
At Peninsula in East Nashville, they’ve created an intimate, adventuresome restaurant. Through chef Howell’s inventive dishes, Schoen’s remarkable gin bar and Iberian wines, and Say’s gracious hospitality, you have the pleasure of exploring the tastes of Spain and Portugal.
Howell makes complex fare out of humble ingredients—a sip of his garlic broth with braised rabbit, a spoonful of his navy beans pooled in oregano oil, or a bite of mushroom toast dotted with trout roe attests to that.
The trio chose a small space and decorated it with elements that lend the look and vibe of a Spanish inn. At 35 seats, they can better give their guests personal attention. Like Howell’s food, out of less comes more.
(1035 W. Eastland Ave., 615-679-0377; peninsulanashville.com)