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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sunset Restaurant (Lebanon, TN)
We’re blessed with several good Southern food joints in Nashville, but do you ever feel like they’re often too commercial? I do. I want to eat my turnip greens and pinto beans without feeling like I’m part of a production or tourist commercial.
It’s worth the drive to try out Sunset Restaurant in Lebanon, TN for truly Southern food with no pretense. I was lucky to be taken there for my birthday and was so glad to try it out. The menu is quite extensive but I was immediately drawn to the meat-and-three offerings (just under $7). I chose sugar cured ham, turnip greens, pinto beans, and fried okra. I appreciated not having to ask for vinegar to go with my greens, which is often the case around Nashville. The meal was delicious, the fried okra especially so. One bite into them and the okra just dissolved – yum. I’ll admit that my coworkers heard me “mmmm”-ing as I ate.
When it’s your birthday, you get a free piece of pie at Sunset, and I ordered the chocolate meringue. It’s become very difficult to get a fully homemade pie in restaurants, but this one was, from the crust to the filling (which wasn’t completely homogeneous, but that was okay by me) to the billowy meringue topping.
There are lots of choices to the menu at Sunset, and my fellow diners enjoyed meals of salads as well as other variations on the meat-and-three offerings. We ate around noon and the place was very busy with people of all ages, a good sign. Take note that the restaurant takes only cash and checks in payment, but an ATM is available as well.
We heartily recommend that you try out Sunset Restaurant! It’s easy to access right off exit 238 on I-40.
Sunset Restaurant
640 S Cumberland Street
Lebanon, TN 37087
615.444.9530
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Randy S. Cook — April 25, 2009 @ 7:09 am
Sunset is the “bomb”!
Make sure and try their broasted chicken