intimate dinners

Exceptional restaurants and chefs will invite guests to indulge in specialty pairings dinners across the city at select establishments on Wednesday and Thursday evening, featuring beverage pairings, chef led conversations and more.

intimate Dinner hosts

  • An Evening with Chef Vivek Surti of Tailor

    This dinner is part of MCFW's Intimate Dinner Series leading up to the festival weekend and will feature an Indian BBQ at Tailor. The menu will spotlight a combination of Southern and Indian grilling and smoking techniques and flavors and will end with a special dessert course collaboration with Van Leeuwen Ice Cream's pistachio flavor sandwiched between two of Tailor's signature nankhatai cookies. A portion of proceeds will benefit API Middle Tennessee.

    Reserve 5:30pm seating HERE

    Reserve 8:00pm seating HERE

  • A Culinary Collaboration Dinner Featuring Chefs Mark Grimes & Sean Finley

    Join Deacon’s New South’s own Chef Mark Grimes and guest Chef Sean Finley for an unforgettable six-course dining experience. This exclusive evening showcases the refined Southern elegance of Deacon’s, perfectly complemented by Chef Finley’s masterful approach to big game cuisine, delivering a menu that is both bold and exquisitely crafted.

  • Under the Sea at Maiz de la Vida

    Explore an evening "Under the Sea" at Maiz for our Mexican Marisqueria night. For one night only experience coastal Mexican seafood in Nashville. Inspired by famed culinary regions in Mexico such as Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Veracruz. Enjoy a four course menu featuring a variety of prime seafood flown to Nashville from the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.

  • A Cut Above: An Intimate Bourbon Steak Experience

    Experience an extraordinary evening on Wednesday, April 23rd, as Bourbon Steak Nashville’s Executive Chef, Travis Tanner, presents an exclusive dining experience for the Music City Food & Wine Festival, showcasing his masterful culinary artistry.

    Set in our Rye private dining room, where breathtaking floor-to-ceiling views of the Nashville skyline create an unforgettable ambiance, this intimate event features a meticulously curated five-course menu, available for one night only.

  • An Evening with Nelson's Green Brier Distillery

    Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery is teaming up with Barrique Blending and Brewing to take you on an exciting adventure where craft brewing meets craft distilling. Following a successful collaboration on a barrel-aged barleywine and barleywine-aged bourbon, they’re joining forces once more. Join in for a special Music City Food and Wine Festival edition of Green Brier’s very popular Thursday Night Supper Club. Be ready to indulge your appetite and quench your thirst!

  • Chateau Marmar at Margot's Cafe and bar!

    Chateau Marmar pops up again! Imagine this- Nashville’s tastiest Meat & 3 Classics reimagined with French Ingredients. Emphasizing the “South” in the South of France. As always-utilizing local farm produce and seasonality our menu will meld French bistro classics with Nashville’s iconic meat & 3 standards. Bon Appétit Y’all! 

    Menu preview- more to come! (BBQ Duck Confit, Champagne Fried Chicken, French Onion Soup n’ Dumplings, Caramel Brûlée, Buttermilk Pie

Featured Wines at Intimate Dinner

Enjoy exquisite wines paired with special menus at some of the city's best restaurants.

Tailor

Deacon's New South

Bourbon Steak

Maiz de la Vida 

Margot Cafe & Bar