Hello folks! This deep dive into where to find healthy food and restaurants in Nashville will try to cover all of the best places to get nutritious food in your area so that you can feel as good as possible after your next meal.
Kicking things off will be the best local vegan and vegetarian restaurants. Mom always told you to eat your vegetables, well you certainly will be able to at these great venues.
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Then we will get into some other healthy restaurants near you, plus discuss good salad bars and restaurants with good soups. Nashville health food stores and markets will follow them up, buying nutritious foods and cooking meals yourself is a great way to know just how good your diet really is.
Smoothies and juice shops will come next, and we will get you out of here with a few gluten free bakeries that should also have plenty of low sugar sweets and treats. Stick around for our local healthy foods map at the end that will have all the places we mention throughout the post pinned on it.
Plus you are welcome to read our other posts on the region at that link if you are interested.
Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants
Some of the best vegan and vegetarian restaurants in Nashville would be:
- The Wild Cow at 1100 Fatherland St #104 1122
- Grins Vegetarian Café at 2421 Vanderbilt Pl
- Graze at 1888 Eastland Ave
- Vegelicious at 513B Fisk St
- Deep Sea Vegan at 975 Main St #4
- Copper Branch at 601 Church St
- CoreLife Eatery at 2330 Medical Center Pkwy E, Murfreesboro
- Mellow Mushroom at 317 Main St #100, Franklin
The Wild Cow makes creative vegan and vegetarian dishes in your area with homemade sauces and stocks to add bold flavors. Vegan and vegetarian grilled sandwiches, scratch made soups, salads, and cookies and muffins are offered at Grins Vegetarian Café.
Graze is a laid back restaurant serving local vegan breakfast, lunch, and dinner along with juices, smoothies, and other beverages. Homestyle vegan soul food, faux meats, salads, and sandwiches are available at Vegelicious.
Deep Sea is a scuba diving and beach inspired restaurant offering vegan and vegetarian fare. Innovative vegan, vegetarian, and plant based dishes are also available at Copper Branch.
Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free dishes in Murfreesboro that are perfect for health conscious individuals are offered at CoreLife Eatery. Mellow Mushroom in Franklin is a funky art filled chain providing creative stone baked pizzas with vegan and gluten free options.
Nashville Healthy Restaurants
More healthy restaurants in your area are:
- Sunflower Café at 2834 Azalea Pl
- True Food Kitchen at 3996 Hillsboro Pike
- Clean Eatz at 4004 Hillsboro Pike 115-R
- Epice at 2902 12th Ave S
- Sunflower Bakehouse at 2414 Lebanon Pike
- Herban Market at 3078 Maddux Way #300, Franklin
Homemade vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free dishes are served in a cozy setting at Sunflower Café which also has garden views.
True Food Kitchen is a laid back eco chic restaurant serving healthy meals with vegan options near you starting at 11am on weekdays and 10am on weekends.
Meal plans, family meals, kids meals, catering, smoothies, spices, snacks, and nutrition supplements are all provided at Clean Eatz.
In a beautifully designed setting Epice offers a one of a kind selection of Lebanese and Mediterranean beverages to complement their tasty cuisine.
You can order vegan dishes and gluten free baked goods, smoothies, coffee, and tea at Sunflower Bakehouse.
An all organic restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a wine bar, coffee bar, and a grocery store selling health foods and supplements in Franklin are all featured at Herban Market.
Salad Bars Near You
These local salad bars should have plenty of nutritious foods to choose from:
- Greenery Co at 1705 21st Ave S
- Acme Feed & Seed at 101 Broadway
- Rafferty’s Restaurant & Bar at 4041 Armory Oaks Dr #4577
- Urban Cookhouse at 1907 Broadway
- Darfons Restaurant & Bar at 2810 Elm Hill Pike
- Salads On Demand at 2137 NW Broad St, Murfreesboro
- Chicken Salad Chick at 2855 Medical Center Pkwy #F, Murfreesboro
Greenery Co makes salads, grain bowls, soups, snacks, and sweet treats from scratch. Acme Feed and Seed is a multi level venue with a rooftop patio and live music that serves creative dishes, salads, and plenty more.
Rafferty’s Restaurant and Bar is known to make some great salads but they also have lots of unhealthy stuff like burgers, steaks, and other comfort food staples.
Salads, sandwiches, and entrees that are made with fresh local ingredients are available at Urban Cookhouse.
Darfons Restaurant and Bar is a good option for salads in Nashville plus they also have an American menu of classic meat and seafood dishes.
You can get visually appealing and filling salads that pair well with homemade dressings at Salads On Demand in Murfreesboro.
A variety of chicken salads, sandwiches, soups, and sides are provided at Chicken Salad Chick.
Other places in this post offering some of the best salads near you include Grins Vegetarian Café, Vegelicious, Newk’s, and CoreLife Eatery.
Soup Restaurants
These restaurants are known for their great soups:
- TY’S Soups & Sandwiches at 160 4th Ave N
- Otaku Ramen Gulch at 1104 Division St
- Noshville Delicatessen at 4014 Hillsboro Cir
- Newk’s Eatery at 2714 West End Ave
- VN Pho & Deli at 5906 Charlotte Pike
- Vui’s Kitchen at 2832 Bransford Ave
- CoreLife Eatery at 2330 Medical Center Pkwy E, Murfreesboro
- Demos’ Restaurant at 1115 NW Broad St, Murfreesboro
TY’S Soups and Sandwiches has a variety of homemade soups, handcrafted sandwiches, and other items. Otaku Ramen Gulch is a hip open air restaurant specializing in traditional ramen, soups, and Japanese snacks.
Breakfast and New York deli staples like Reuben sandwiches and matzo ball soup are served at Noshville Delicatessen. Newk’s is known to make some of the best soups and salads in your area along with pizza and sandwiches.
A wide variety of soup options as well as classic Vietnamese fare are all provided at VN Pho and Deli. Vui’s Kitchen is a Vietnamese stop with indoor and outdoor seating for pho, banh mi, and noodle soup.
CoreLife Eatery serves delectable handcrafted salads, grain bowls, plates, soups, and sides.
Italian classics are offered along with traditional American dishes including soups, steaks, and chops in a cozy setting at Demos’ Restaurant.
Health Food Stores & Markets
Pick out your own produce at these Nashville health food stores and markets:
- The Turnip Truck at 5001 Charlotte Ave
- Sprouts Farmers Market at 7620 Hwy 70 S
- Whole Foods Market at 4021 Hillsboro Pike
- Herban Market at 3078 Maddux Way #300, Franklin
The Turnip Truck is open from 7am to 9pm Monday through Saturday and 8am to 8pm on Sunday selling healthy, natural, and organic foods near you.
A variety of healthy, natural, and organic supermarket items are sold at Sprouts Farmers Market from 7am to 10pm daily.
As of our last check there were three Whole Foods Markets in the Nashville metro area and we doubt we need to tell you what they have to offer.
You can buy high quality health supplements and amazing local body care products in Franklin at Herban Market from 8am to 8pm Monday through Saturday and 9am to 7pm on Sunday.
Smoothies & Juice Shops
There are plenty of smoothie and juice shops near you:
- The Urban Juicer at 2206 8th Ave S
- Fix Juice Co at 6017A TN-100
- Franklin Juice Company at 230 Franklin Rd #11w, Franklin
The Urban Juicer serves up local healthy foods, juices, and smoothies while Fix Juice Co offers small batch handcrafted cold pressed juices and whole food smoothies that are made from organic fruits and vegetables.
Franklin Juice Company excels at providing organic acai bowls, cold pressed juices, and freshly made smoothies.
Gluten Free Bakeries In Your Area
Enjoy some fresh baked goodness at these gluten free bakeries:
- Five Daughters Bakery at 1900 Eastland Ave #101
- Sunflower Bakehouse at 2414 Lebanon Pike
- The Cupcake Collection at 1213 6th Ave N
- Julia’s HomeStyle Bakery at 1911 Medical Center Pkwy B, Murfreesboro
- Gigi’s Cupcakes at 3065 Mallory Ln #106, Franklin
- Nothing Bundt Cakes at 535 Cool Springs Blvd #110, Franklin
Five Daughters Bakery makes pastries from scratch every day as well as non GMO and gluten free baked products in your area. Sunflower Bakehouse serves vegan dishes and gluten free baked goods along with smoothies, coffee, or tea.
Many people buy specialty cupcakes that are available in a variety of creative flavors including vegan and gluten free varieties at The Cupcake Collection.
Julia’s HomeStyle Bakery makes custom cakes for all occasions as well as pies, cookies, pastries, and other gluten free treats.
A wide variety of gluten free cakes, gourmet cupcakes, and cookies filled with frosting are available at Gigi’s Cupcakes. Bite sized and tiered Bundt cakes with gluten free versions are offered at Nothing Bundt Cakes.
You can also read our posts on:
- Healthy Places To Eat in Knoxville
- Healthy Places To Eat in Chattanooga
- Healthy Places To Eat in Memphis
- Healthy Places To Eat in Atlanta
Enjoy Eating Healthy In Nashville
We wish we had more to share but for now that is all we’ve got. After reading about all of those local vegan and vegetarian restaurants, other healthy restaurants, salad bars, places to get great soup, health food stores and markets, smoothies and juice shops, and gluten free bakeries in your area it shouldn’t be hard for you to grab a delicious and nutritious meal in the near future.
While we try our best to keep these posts updated it isn’t easy, if you noticed anything incorrect on this page please let us know in the comments. Hopefully you enjoy eating healthy food at restaurants in Nashville.