Brad Schmitt

James Beard Award semifinalist Julio Hernandez launches his latest Nashville venture to long lines and a packed dining room.

Zewditu 'Z' Dullo was a single-mom merchant in her native Addis Ababa who came to Nashville to make a better life for herself and her daughter.

La Cucharita — the Spanish word for teaspoon — is the brainchild of high school sweethearts once known in Nashville as Mr. and Mrs. Empanada

Our food writers describe and rate the restaurants — from Thai to African to Mexican to Indian — on Nolensville Pike, Murfreesboro Pike and Thompson Lane

Check out the dining rooms, dishes and decor at spots along Nolensville Pike in South Nashville

Jim Sherraden, 67, said the clients at Friends Life Community call him a teacher, but it is he who is learning lessons about perspective and priorities.

The Pinson Hospital Hospitality House — which provides rooms for $35 a night — has served more than 22,000 families since it opened in Nashville 50 years ago.

Swett's is Nashville's ninth longest continually operating restaurant, and one of only four longstanding restaurants still owned by the same original family.

Christian comic Chonda Pierce is driving the effort to raise $1 million in one fundraiser in hopes of helping the teens in her lifelong hometown.

Hays often included her wife in videos posted to her three million TikTok followers: "We have felt your guys' love for us for years," the couple wrote