Sperry’s Restaurant

Why We Love It: Celebrating 41 years in middle Tennessee, this iconic restaurant is still the place for anniversary celebrations. The menu still includes time-tested classics like escargot, French onion soup, bleu cheese-stuffed filet, and broiled lobster tails, but also fresh local foods, including kale and quinoa salad and sweet potato fries. The crab cakes are “98% crab.” It boasts one of the only salad bars in town and serves the best, if not only, prime rib in town. Must have summer dish: Seared Tuna Stack with Jicama and Avocado