Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Global eateries bring bold flavors, rich traditions, and fresh perspectives to Nashville.
Nashville’s food scene is evolving. While Music City still takes pride in its iconic meat-and-three diners and smokehouse-barbecue joints, a new wave of immigrant-owned restaurants is redefining the city’s culinary identity. Beloved by locals and tourists alike, these global eateries bring bold flavors, rich traditions, and fresh perspectives to a town long known for its Southern roots.
▬▬ About Next Door Neighbors ▬▬
Nashville PBS’s Emmy® Award winning Next Door Neighbors series looks at Nashville’s status as a new destination city for refugees and immigrants, and explores the rich diversity of people now calling Nashville home. Across the United States, mid-sized cities like Nashville, TN are experiencing unprecedented growth in their international populations. Together these communities are redefining the traditional international city on a smaller local scale. As our new neighbors rebuild their lives in Nashville, their experiences, contributions and conflicts impact the city, but they are challenged by isolation and barriers unknown to many Nashvillians. How Nashville addresses its changing demographic will be important for the future of similar communities across the country.
► Watch more videos from Next Door Neighbors: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF508BDE5B5E707FE
► Find out more about Next Door Neighbors: pbs.org/show/next-door-neighbors
► Enjoy Next Door Neighbors on any device with the free PBS app: wnpt.org/videoapp
▬▬ We ❤️ Being Your Nashville PBS ▬▬
Whatever you call us—WDCN, Channel 8, WNPT, NPT or Nashville Public Television—we love being your Nashville PBS.
► Subscribe to Nashville PBS's channel: wnpt.tv/yt-subscribe
► Watch more videos from Nashville PBS: @nashvillepbs
▬▬ About Nashville PBS ▬▬
Nashville PBS, formally known as NPT - Nashville Public Television, is Middle Tennessee’s & Southern Kentucky’s local PBS station.
Nashville PBS provides, through the power of traditional television and interactive digital communications, quality educational, cultural and civic experiences that address issues and concerns of the people of the Nashville region, and which thereby help improve the lives of those we serve.
Nashville PBS, WNPT, is Nashville's independent nonprofit PBS station, is operated by licensee Nashville Public Television, Inc.
► Learn more about Nashville PBS: wnpt.org
► Donate: wnpt.org/donate
Global eateries bring bold flavors, rich traditions, and fresh perspectives to Nashville.
Nashville’s food scene is evolving. While Music City still takes pride in its iconic meat-and-three diners and smokehouse-barbecue joints, a new wave of immigrant-owned restaurants is redefining the city’s culinary identity. Beloved by locals and tourists alike, these global eateries bring bold flavors, rich traditions, and fresh perspectives to a town long known for its Southern roots.
▬▬ About Next Door Neighbors ▬▬
Nashville PBS’s Emmy® Award winning Next Door Neighbors series looks at Nashville’s status as a new destination city for refugees and immigrants, and explores the rich diversity of people now calling Nashville home. Across the United States, mid-sized cities like Nashville, TN are experiencing unprecedented growth in their international populations. Together these communities are redefining the traditional international city on a smaller local scale. As our new neighbors rebuild their lives in Nashville, their experiences, contributions and conflicts impact the city, but they are challenged by isolation and barriers unknown to many Nashvillians. How Nashville addresses its changing demographic will be important for the future of similar communities across the country.
► Watch more videos from Next Door Neighbors: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF508BDE5B5E707FE
► Find out more about Next Door Neighbors: pbs.org/show/next-door-neighbors
► Enjoy Next Door Neighbors on any device with the free PBS app: wnpt.org/videoapp
▬▬ We ❤️ Being Your Nashville PBS ▬▬
Whatever you call us—WDCN, Channel 8, WNPT, NPT or Nashville Public Television—we love being your Nashville PBS.
► Subscribe to Nashville PBS's channel: wnpt.tv/yt-subscribe
► Watch more videos from Nashville PBS: @nashvillepbs
▬▬ About Nashville PBS ▬▬
Nashville PBS, formally known as NPT - Nashville Public Television, is Middle Tennessee’s & Southern Kentucky’s local PBS station.
Nashville PBS provides, through the power of traditional television and interactive digital communications, quality educational, cultural and civic experiences that address issues and concerns of the people of the Nashville region, and which thereby help improve the lives of those we serve.
Nashville PBS, WNPT, is Nashville's independent nonprofit PBS station, is operated by licensee Nashville Public Television, Inc.
► Learn more about Nashville PBS: wnpt.org
► Donate: wnpt.org/donate
