Midtown Café
102 19th Ave. S. (West End Ave.) 
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Nashville, TN 37203
615-320-7176 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Cuisine
Open
Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightlyFeatures
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Romantic setting
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Valet parking
- Casual dressy
Wine
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| The décor at Midtown Café is luxurious yet sleek; several tables on the higher level are favorite haunts for country stars and the folks who produce and market them. Menu favorites such as the lemon artichoke soup and pesto linguine have lingered a long while under the rule of Nashville restaurateur Randy Rayburn, with chef Brian Uhl in the kitchen. Entrées feature several different veal preparations; we recommend trying the veal three-way sampler, selecting morsels from piccata, Oscar and saltimbocca to compose a singular experience. Uhl takes creative license with some classics, such as a shrimp and duck confit carbonara, for which he chooses farfalle. The only ingredients this and the classic version have in common are the Parmesan, the peas and the bacon. Most dishes are well executed, although not especially adventurous, in the vein of seared scallops, a roast pork porterhouse and jumbo lump crab cakes. When it's on the menu, we like the walnut-apple strudel. The wide-ranging wine list, chosen by Rayburn himself, charts a course between the ordinary and the extraordinary, with the Mt. Difficulty Pinot Noir from New Zealand in the latter category. Numerous good choices are offered by the glass. |
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