5th & Taylor sits in a converted warehouse in Germantown, a space Daniel Lindley began designing in 2013 as what he calls an homage to the Sunday dinners of his childhood. He worked with Nashville's Smith Gee Studio and LA-based designer Ruth De Jong to shape the raw building into a dining room built around banquette seating, with a life-size sculpture honoring General Francis Nash floating over the main room.
The kitchen runs on an open French island suite anchored by an 8-foot wood-burning grill, visible from the main dining area. A 28-foot bar sits beneath the building's original steel-frame windows, and an enclosed patio with a fountain gives the space a quieter, neighborhood-facing side. Private dining rooms, shielded by oversized two-way mirrors, accommodate larger groups off the main floor.
The menu runs toward upscale comfort food — cheddar biscuits, beer can chicken, beef cheeks, halibut, and mashed potatoes appear alongside short ribs and duck wings that regulars single out. Servers are known for knowing repeat guests' orders, and the restaurant has settled into its Germantown block as a neighborhood fixture as much as a destination.
The kitchen runs on an open French island suite anchored by an 8-foot wood-burning grill, visible from the main dining area. A 28-foot bar sits beneath the building's original steel-frame windows, and an enclosed patio with a fountain gives the space a quieter, neighborhood-facing side. Private dining rooms, shielded by oversized two-way mirrors, accommodate larger groups off the main floor.
The menu runs toward upscale comfort food — cheddar biscuits, beer can chicken, beef cheeks, halibut, and mashed potatoes appear alongside short ribs and duck wings that regulars single out. Servers are known for knowing repeat guests' orders, and the restaurant has settled into its Germantown block as a neighborhood fixture as much as a destination.