Rolf and Daughters
Rolf & Daughters is a Germantown pasta and small plates institution that helped define what serious Nashville dining looked like before the city got crowded with serious Nashville dining. The wood-fired cooking, the pasta, the wine list — still among the best in the city.
James Beard Winner
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Philip Krajeck
Rolf and Daughters
About
There was a version of Nashville where Rolf & Daughters felt like a discovery that not enough people knew about. That Nashville is gone, but the restaurant — which moved to a larger space without losing its identity — is still very much here.
The pasta is the foundation. Philip Krajeck built a reputation on hand-made pasta with the kind of chew and texture you can only get from pasta made properly, shaped by someone with muscle memory for it. The wood-fired dishes have a char and depth that adds a layer to everything they touch.
The wine list is one of Nashville's best — smaller producers, natural-leaning but not dogmatic, the kind of list that rewards exploration and doesn't punish you for ordering something you've never heard of. The staff can talk about any bottle on it.
Rolf & Daughters has been around long enough in a city that changes fast to have survived multiple waves of competition. That's not luck. That's a restaurant that knows what it's doing and keeps doing it.
The pasta is the foundation. Philip Krajeck built a reputation on hand-made pasta with the kind of chew and texture you can only get from pasta made properly, shaped by someone with muscle memory for it. The wood-fired dishes have a char and depth that adds a layer to everything they touch.
The wine list is one of Nashville's best — smaller producers, natural-leaning but not dogmatic, the kind of list that rewards exploration and doesn't punish you for ordering something you've never heard of. The staff can talk about any bottle on it.
Rolf & Daughters has been around long enough in a city that changes fast to have survived multiple waves of competition. That's not luck. That's a restaurant that knows what it's doing and keeps doing it.
Review
Rolf & Daughters helped build Nashville's serious dining identity. Full review coming.
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36.1775447
-86.7928888
+1 615-866-9897
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