One of Nashville’s best meat-and-threes is only open 90 minutes a day, four days a week. It doesn’t take reservations. It doesn’t have a sign out front. In fact, it’s not even really a restaurant. It’s Community Lunch, a program hosted by The Scarritt Bennett Center since 2018.
A nonprofit conference, event, and community space, Scarritt Bennett sits on an 11-acre campus in Music Row. (It’s on the former site of Scarritt College, which closed in 1988.) In an area filled with cars, people, and banners announcing the latest number one song on country radio, its weathered brick buildings, and well-maintained grounds are invitations to sit still. There’s even a labyrinth on the quad, with a placard encouraging passers-by to ponder their spirits as they walk the maze.
