Germantown · Nashville, TN
The Best Tacos in Downtown Nashville
Eleven of them, corn or flour, three bucks apiece on Tuesdays — served across the sidewalk from First Horizon Park.
Where to actually go
Downtown Nashville Is Not Short on Tacos. It’s Short on Good Ones.
Lower Broadway will sell you a taco. It will be $9, it will arrive in a paper boat next to a plastic cup of something blue, and it will have been assembled by somebody watching the clock. That is the trade you make for standing in the middle of the honky-tonks.
The alternative is a mile north. Fourth Avenue runs straight up from Broadway, past the State Capitol, and into Germantown — the oldest neighborhood in Nashville, and the only part of downtown where dinner is not competing with a PA system. Social Cantina sits at 820 4th Avenue, directly across the sidewalk from the ballpark, and it is the only Mexican restaurant in Germantown proper.
Eleven tacos on the menu. Corn or flour, your call, every time. Here is the whole lineup, what to order when, and the one day of the week you should plan around.
- First Horizon Park (Nashville Sounds) Across the sidewalk
- Cumberland River Greenway Steps from the door
- Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park 7-minute walk
- Nashville Farmers’ Market About a 10-minute walk
- Ryman Auditorium About a mile · 20-minute walk
- Bridgestone Arena & Lower Broadway About 1.2 miles · 25-minute walk
The whole lineup
Every Taco on the Nashville Menu
Order them à la carte, or take three on a plate with cilantro-lime rice and bacon charro beans. Choice of corn or flour tortilla on every single one — see the Nashville menu for current pricing.
Menu items and pricing current as of publication and subject to change. The Nashville and Mishawaka food menu is always the live version.
Every Tuesday
Taco Tuesday in Downtown Nashville
Classic tacos drop to $3 every Tuesday. It runs as a daily special rather than a happy-hour pour, and between 3 and 6 it overlaps with happy hour — which is the window worth aiming for.
Classic Tacos
All four classics, every Tuesday. Corn or flour, same as always.
Don Julio Margaritas
The same Tuesday special, alongside the tacos. The reason Tuesday gets busy around six.
Lunazul, 3–6pm
Happy hour overlaps Tuesday. Stack it and the math stops making sense in your favor.
Not on the taco page
The Quesabirria, and the One That Changes Monthly
Two more worth knowing about, both filed under entrées rather than tacos, which means people miss them.
Quesabirria Tacos — three of them, slow-cooked barbacoa beef and melted cheese, griddled, with a cup of consommé for dipping and rice and bacon charro beans on the side. If you have been hunting birria tacos in Nashville, this is the plate.
Then there’s the Taco of the Month, which is exactly what it sounds like — a one-off the kitchen runs for four weeks and then retires. It changes on the first. There is no way to find out what it is except to ask, which is the point.
Four ways in
When Nashville Eats These
Before a Sounds game
The First Horizon Park gate is across the sidewalk. Three tacos and a beer, then walk twenty yards to your seat. No shuttle, no parking twice.
Weekday lunch
The Two Taco Plate — gringo beef, carnitas or tinga chicken — comes with rice and beans or chips and salsa and a soft drink. The Capitol and the state office buildings are a short walk south.
Before Broadway
Eat north, walk the mile down 4th, and arrive at the Ryman or Bridgestone already fed. Broadway is a better night when you are not queuing for food in it.
Straight to the couch
Order online for pickup on the way home. Tacos travel better than most things on a Mexican menu, especially with the tortilla kept separate.
The downtown Nashville question
Yes, There’s Parking
Roughly 6,000 parking spaces sit within a half-mile walk of 820 4th Avenue, free and paid. Compared with circling Lower Broadway for twenty minutes and then paying $40 to a man with a folding sign, it is the quiet argument for eating in Germantown.
Music City Central, the downtown bus hub, is about a ten-minute walk if you would rather skip the car entirely. On Sounds nights, come early — the closest lots fill outward from the stadium.
The plates
What Comes Out of the Kitchen
- Address 820 4th Ave, Suite 137
- Phone (615) 600-5882
- Taco Tuesday Every Tuesday
- Sun–Thu 11am – 9pm
- Fri–Sat 11am – 10pm
- Happy hour Sun–Thu · 3–6pm
Before you come
Taco Questions We Get a Lot
Where can I get the best tacos in downtown Nashville?
Germantown, at the north end of downtown. Social Cantina is at 820 4th Avenue, about a mile north of Lower Broadway and directly across the sidewalk from First Horizon Park. It is the only Mexican restaurant in Germantown proper, with eleven tacos on the menu plus quesabirria and a rotating Taco of the Month.
When is Taco Tuesday in Nashville?
Every Tuesday. Classic tacos are $3 and Don Julio margaritas are $10, listed as daily specials rather than happy-hour pours. Happy hour runs Sunday through Thursday from 3pm to 6pm, so the 3–6 window on a Tuesday stacks both.
What kinds of tacos do you have?
Four classics — chicken tinga, carnitas, americano and pork belly. Seven signatures — carne asada, hot honey fried chicken, shrimp and street corn, shrimp fiesta, chorizo, fried mushroom and fried avocado. Every taco comes with your choice of corn or flour tortilla, and quesabirria tacos are available as an entrée with consommé.
Do you have vegetarian tacos?
Yes, two. The fried avocado taco with romaine, adobo crema and pico de gallo, and the fried portabella mushroom taco with cabbage, roasted corn and poblano salsa and tomatillo crema. Both are built as their own tacos rather than as substitutions.
Where can I get birria tacos in Nashville?
Our quesabirria tacos come three to a plate — slow-cooked barbacoa beef with melted cheese and a side of consommé for dipping, served with cilantro-lime rice and bacon charro beans. They are listed under entrées rather than in the taco section of the menu.
Can I get tacos before a Nashville Sounds game?
Yes. The First Horizon Park gate is directly across the sidewalk from the restaurant, so you can eat and walk over without moving your car. Arriving early on game nights also means parking in the closer lots, which fill outward from the stadium.
Menu items and prices are current as of publication and subject to change. Please tell your server about any allergy or dietary requirement before ordering.
