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The Pancake PantryvsThe Loveless Cafe
Pancake Pantry and Loveless Cafe are both praised by experts. On balance, Loveless Cafe ranks slightly higher than Pancake Pantry. Loveless Cafe scores 81 with endorsements from 7 publications like Afar Magazine, Rough Guide and Zagat.
The Pancake Pantry
Fodor's
Frommer's
Zagat
BlackBook
Rough Guide
The Infatuation
Gayot
New York Times
Frommer's
1796 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212-3704
From $1/night
"A Nashville institution, Pancake Pantry is the place to go for breakfast. It's a favorite with locals, students, and celebrities." Full review
"The New York Times, Bon Appetit, and long lines (even in all kinds of foul weather) attest to the immense popularity of this satisfying but otherwise unextraordinary eatery." Full review
4.4
"“The line winds down the street” at this Hillsboro Village flapjackery, but the stacks of “fluffy pancakes” loaded with “unique options” are “worth the wait.”" Full review
"Hung-over college kids, tourists, and families commute for this bustling eatery, offering fluffy, melt-in-your-mouth pancakes topped with prepared fresh daily syrups."
"With more than 20 pancake choices, this cheery Hillsboro Village institution is a popular breakfast spot – expect to wait for a table at the weekend."
"One of the longest lines in Nashville isn’t to get into that new Broadway bar from another country star who happens to love beer, trucks, fishing, and beer - it’s for pancakes." Full review
"You'll often find a line of locals waiting for a pile of pancakes at this Hillsboro Village hotspot." Full review
"For both locals and travelers, the opening of a second Pancake Pantry downtown is relieving fans of having to wait in line at the Hillsboro Village location for the shop’s made-from-scratch flapjacks."
In Nashville, Boisterous Fun and Decadent Eating
April 21, 2022
"For more than half a century customers have been coming in droves to partake of the Pancake Pantry's dizzying selection of pancakes. The sweet-potato pancakes are the undisputed stars of the menu" Full review
The Loveless Cafe
Frommer's
Zagat
Gayot
Michelin Guide
Rough Guide
The Infatuation
Fodor's
Frommer's
8400 Highway 100, Nashville, TN 37221-4012
From $10/night
"For some of the best country cooking in the Nashville area, take a trip out past the city's western suburbs to this old-fashioned roadhouse and popular Nashville institution." Full review
4.5
"This West Nashville roadhouse slinging “quintessential Southern cuisine” is a “tradition that everyone must experience.”" Full review
11.0
"The fried chicken is especially good when paired with slow-simmered pintos and potlikker-rich greens. Those amazing biscuits are available all day, not just at breakfast." Full review
"For more than 50 years, the neon sign on the Loveless Cafe has beckoned locals and country-music stars like Reba McEntire
to breakfast in West Nashville."
"This vintage roadhouse is a local institution for its country cooking."
"For a taste of nostalgia and the best biscuits you’ve ever had, head to the Loveless Cafe 30 minutes southwest of Nashville." Full review
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By all means take a picture of their giant neon sign out front, but if you need another souvenir, make sure to buy some biscuit mix to take home.
"Southwest of Nashville on Highway 100, the Loveless Café serves up its famous scratch-made biscuits and country ham every day of the week" Full review
"Once a quaint motel restaurant known locally for its melt-in-your-mouth biscuits, country ham, and fried chicken, the Loveless Café, nearly 20 miles from downtown Nashville, has become so well known that it's now the centerpiece of a mini-complex and draws busloads of tourists" Full review