The Best Kurdish Food in the United States
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The best Kurdish food in the United States, according to the experts: The New York Times, The Infatuation, and the Michelin Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Edessa Restaurant comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Chicago and Nashville.
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Rank 1. Edessa Restaurant
Kurdish
Kurdish restaurant on Nolensville Pike, in the Nashville neighborhood that holds the country's largest Kurdish population, so the room knows what it's doing. Lavash comes out of the oven puffed with hot air, sesame seeds still warm, and the lamb stew arrives in its clay pot. The New York Times put it on their 2024 Restaurant List. Come with people, order more than you think you need, and plan on finishing it anyway.
The awards
- The New York Times The New York Times: 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times The New York Times: The 25 Best Restaurants in Nashville Right Now
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: #21 · The Best Restaurants In Nashville
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Nashville Right Now
- The Infatuation #21 · The Best Restaurants In Nashville
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Rank 2. The Gundis
Kurdish
Kurdish cooking on the north side, where breakfast alone draws a crowd: sesame-studded bread, house preserves, and eggs scrambled with roasted peppers arrive alongside bottomless Kurdish tea. The menu spans spreads, hearty meats, and flavors that pull from Turkey, the Middle East, and India in equal measure. The room is low-key, with exposed brick and leather banquettes, the kind of place that looks casual and then quietly surprises you.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 3. Muri
Kurdish Coffee Shop
Muri is a North Park coffee shop where the Kurdish coffee arrives unfiltered, with fine grounds settled at the bottom like a small, caffeinated riverbed. The baristas will warn you before you order it, and they'll swap in a cappuccino if the hazelnut version isn't your thing. Baked treats like pistachio cheesecake share the counter, and the shaded patio fills with laptop people who have turned a Tuesday into an office.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Coffee Shops In San Diego
- The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In San Diego