"...the only 'real' restaurant in Nashville...
that I like."
Julia Reed, Senior Food Editor
New York Times
"- Trends may come and trends may go --
today it's shiitake mushrooms, tomorrow its goat cheese---but
steak houses are a staple of American dining, a tradition that
is as firmly anchored in our psyche as apple pie, cars and
baseball. And when it comes to steak houses in Nashville, none
is more of an institution than Jimmy Kelly's, now managed by
its third generation of Kellys and serving at least its forth
or fifth generation of local diners. .....
Jimmy Kelly's doesn't jump up and down and call attention to
itself. It's an insiders' kind of place that's just as inviting
to newcomers, a Nashville treasure that simply, year after
year, gives its customers what they want, what they expect
----and a little bit more."
Food by Kay West, Nashville Scene
"There is something very comforting about going to a
restaurant that has been open since 1934, and that not only
has managed to survive for more than 70 years, but actually
managed to thrive. Jimmy Kelly's is just such a place, and
as TRAVELHOST of Nashville recently discovered, the reputation
as one of the grand old restaurants of Nashville is very well
deserved."
TRAVELHOST, Paul S. Redlbeim |
