217 Louise Ave (Elliston Place)Nashville, TN 37203(615) 329-4349
www.jimmykellys.com
Categories: Steak House
Serves: Dinner
Entrée Price Range: Under $40.00
Features & Services: open late, full bar, handicap accessible, kid friendly, patio seating, smoke free
Dapper proprietor Mike Kelly usually greets the famous and the not-so-famous at the door of Jimmy Kelly's, the quintessential Nashville steak house that his grandfather first opened in 1934. The supper club-like atmosphere of this restored Victorian mansion, the restaurant's Midtown home for more than a generation, regularly attracts local politicians and other city leaders. And rock star Neil Young once made the place his home away from home while working on an album in Nashville. With bars downstairs and upstairs and premium cigars for sale (smoking is now relegated to the patio only because of state law), this place is old-school with a capital O. In fact, diners should know that there is a decidedly bygone atmosphere here – the servers are almost exclusively older African-American men (and the patrons disproportionately older white men who like their whiskey neat and still have their shoes spit-shined). Signature dishes besides the grilled steaks (which come with salad and baked potato or fries) include the Faucon salad, a shrimp rémoulade appetizer, Châteaubriand for two and pecan pie à la mode. Just don't fill up on the truly habit-forming corn cakes before dinner arrives! Full bar. Serving dinner and late-night Mon–Sat. Closed Sun.
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