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Present Tense
Japanese
The 40-seat dining room shares a building with a nightclub, which does set a certain tone. Present Tense is a Japanese restaurant where the chef's Italian background keeps surfacing on the plate, squid ink noodles with nduja and wasabi, koji chicken with shoyu au poivre. The New York Times named it one of Nashville's 25 best restaurants. The chef's counter fills early, and by the time the martinis land, nobody's rushing anywhere.
The awards strongest first
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Nashville Right Now
- Nashville Scene 2024 · Best Base for Tuna Tartare: Seaweed Sourdough · Best of Nashville
One number, weighted & current 72
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Squid ink noodles
“with dishes like squid ink noodles with rings of tender squid spiced by nduja and wasabi, and dusted with umami-rich pecorino”
The New York Times -
Koji half chicken
“new ones, like koji half chicken with shoyu au poivre, are already showing star power”
The New York Times
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