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Nashville's 5 best spots to score budget-friendly breakfast and brunch food

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Published on September 23, 2019
Nashville's 5 best spots to score budget-friendly breakfast and brunch foodPork Belly Cafe | Photo: Kristian M./Yelp

In search of a new favorite breakfast and brunch spot?

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the best affordable breakfast and brunch restaurants around Nashville, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to venture when cravings strike.

1. Mitchell Delicatessen

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Topping the list is Mitchell Delicatessen. Located at 1306 McGavock Pike in CCSI (South Inglewood), the deli and breakfast and brunch spot, which offers sandwiches and more, is the highest-rated inexpensive breakfast and brunch restaurant in Nashville, boasting 4.5 stars out of 420 reviews on Yelp.

For breakfast, look for breakfast sandwiches, like cream cheese and lox, on bagel, while the lunch menu features the Muffuletta sandwich, with mortadella, prosciutto, Sopressata, Swiss cheese, provolone cheese and house olive tapenade on a toasted hoagie roll.

2. Yeast Nashville

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Next up is Historic Edgefield's Yeast Nashville, situated at 805 Woodland St., Suite 300 With 4.5 stars out of 337 reviews on Yelp, the bakery and breakfast and brunch spot, serving coffee and tea and more, has proven to be a local favorite for those looking for a budget-friendly option.

Claiming it is Nashville's "Home of Kolaches" on the business website, Yeast Nashville offers the yeast-based dough with a fruit, poppy seed or cheese filling danish. In addition, look for muffins, bread pudding, egg dishes, a biscuit sandwich and breakfast tacos. When it comes to beverages, you'll find coffee, tea, espresso and herbal infusions. 

3. Grillshack Fries and Burgers

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Rosebank's Grillshack Fries and Burgers - Nashville, located at 1000 Riverside Drive, is another top choice, with Yelpers giving the cheap breakfast and brunch spot, which offers burgers and chicken wings, 4.5 stars out of 293 reviews.

The signature burger, the Grillshack, is a one-third pound beef patty topped with Muenster cheese on a Provence roll and served with fries, lettuce, tomato, onion and a pickle. There is also a veggie burger, a bacon Bleu grilled cheese and a triple grilled cheese, with cheddar, Monterey Jack and Bleu cheeses on rye. 

Click here to view the menu.

4. Ugly Mugs

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Ugly Mugs, a breakfast and brunch spot that offers coffee and tea and more in Lockeland Springs, is another much-loved, inexpensive go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 281 Yelp reviews. Head over to 1886 Eastland Ave. to see for yourself.

Stop in for a cup of locally roasted coffee, live music, local artwork and a menu that features bagel sandwiches, local granola topped with fruit, milk or yogurt, panini sandwiches, cold sandwiches and salad. Try the Benny Doon bagel sandwich, which includes eggs, avocado, sprouts and tomato and a baked pastry. 

5. Pork Belly Cafe

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Over in Lennox Village, check out Pork Belly Cafe, which has earned 4.5 stars out of 178 reviews on Yelp. Dig in at the breakfast and brunch spot, which offers sandwiches and more, by heading over to 7009 Lenox Village Drive, Suite 109.

On the menu, consider the Hogzilla sandwich, with bacon, sausage, ham, egg and cheese on a biscuit bun in the morning. For lunch, opt for the jalapeño bacon pimiento cheese sandwich, which includes spinach and a tomato on wheat, or the Rachael, with smoked turkey, Swiss cheese, spicy Russian dressing and apple cabbage slaw on marble rye bread. To view the menu, click here. 


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