Smoke & Donuts BBQ

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Smoke & Donuts BBQ pairs low and slow barbecue with made to order cake donuts in a casual, family-run Milk District room. The USDA Prime brisket comes moist and tender, the Carolina pulled pork and pork belly banh mi keep the smoke honest, and then there is the Lou, a donut under bourbon maple glaze and brisket burnt ends. Guests joke that the big donut chains could never, especially with donut holes landing on the house.

District Story

The story of Milk District

One cow, twenty acres and a dairy on the edge of town: the neighborhood that grew up around the T.G. Lee plant and took its name from the milk.

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Keep Going

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Iron Cow Local Pick

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Part hi-fi sushi lounge, part underground club, the Milk District's good contradiction.

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Bustling, homey Southern bakery cafe on Primrose Drive, owner on the floor, running like a well-oiled machine.

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Lam's Garden Chinese Restaurant

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An old-school, family-owned Cantonese room on East Colonial Drive that has served the corridor since 1975.

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Chicken Fire

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No-frills, welcoming hot chicken joint on East Colonial Drive, Nashville style with soul.

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A small-group walking food tour through the dairy-named district east of downtown, personal, easygoing and rich with local history.

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