Why Meat And Three Is Nashville's Best Lunch - How We Eat

It might just be one protein and three side dishes on a plate, but in Nashville this simple lunch represents an entire eating philosophy. Check out this episode of How We Eat Check to hear from the chef/owners of two of Nashville’s most beloved meat and threes joints on what this longstanding tradition really means to them.
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[@scarletibis3158]

as a person who grew up in the south, i had no idea this was different from anywhere else (as a matter of fact i feel that most small towns cooked this way in restaurants). and I am in with a meat and three anytime. just wished they served a pint of guiness like pubs in ireland. which really are meat and threes with great ale.

[@LorenzoCiani]

"good company, good food, good music" Thumbs up!

[@danielvho]

Cool! Never heard of meat and three before. Thanks!

[@joshuamarsh7098]

They are a staple in the south

[@shadyzbabii420]

Damn, thought it was gonna be Lucas 😣😣😣

[@yemiserachkebede3344]

The black lady with a red hair…. Owooo….👍👍 I like the food in her restaurant. The test of cornbread is amazing.

[@cupcake1065]

Black food, black owners, is what I like to see!

[@coleworldvibes]

CupCakeLndn hell yea!!

[@xAuger]

Shouldn't matter what race the owners or food is. What should matter is the people and how good the food itself is that's kinda sad you only saw race :/

[@ItsSomeDeadGuy]

+FNU LNU To be fair, black food and black business owners are rarely focused on. Also "I DON'T SEE COLOR" is bullshit. Everyone sees color.

[@asian1599]

racist fuck

[@xAuger]

ItsSomeDeadGuy You mean like the many many episodes that eater and other channels have done of them right ? Stop trying to make excuses for it. The channel is about food and thats what it should be focused on. If the food is good and the people then who cares what color they are. Also I never said that so stop trying to make things up. Maybe you should try to stop seing color in everything and try to enjoy it, maybe that's your problem

[@NIX-FLIX]

Hey Phillip

[@Thrashmetalman]

I wish meat and three's were more common throughout the US.

[@rubinobolkeim745]

Yea

[@youtubeuser6004]

Great video.

[@reymundonavarro4796]

yes absolutly yes this is rigt up my ally

[@thetruth7608]

Love it 😋

[@ksmith22222]

Eater you need to visit Doretha's in Summit, MS. BEST SOUTHERN FOOD EVER

[@erikkunchan]

What is that thing on the left side of her head?

[@seanculligan8592]

meat and two veg! It's the similar in England.

[@santyvalens]

I'm from the ville and i have never heard of this place before. I don't get how these cafeteria places work

[@-SarahElizabeth-]

How is that even possible?

[@ken_sim6658]

Silver Sand is gross. when the uncle was running it it was good and now that he is deceased it is just horrible, she need someone else to season it. The macaroni has to much pepper and she is way toooo heavy with the salt.

[@graefx]

Huh. Never realized how much this was a Tennessee thing. I figured these were everywhere, just seems to make sense.

[@mekon1971]

They are.

[@DoyeLo1]

Clogged arteries diabetes and heart disease in three

[@KevDaMan-pq6dm]

03:16 I think he meant chicken fried steak

[@TG-nh9jx]

Kev. Da Man there is such a thing as chicken fried chicken, made same way as chicken fried steak but w chicken.

[@Gravy_Master]

Kev. Da Man It's not steak, it's chicken.

[@bts845]

RIP

[@joyjoyoo]

The mash potato (and gravy) looks too liquid-y

[@WanaBgamer]

I definitely wouldn't be able to work after eating that

[@paulareilly4530]

Can we get a healthy version? Grease and 3 sides of grease. I love soul food, but that's a shack shining with grease.

[@twp397]

MUH SEASONING

[@solraca8622]

The Southern diet is essentially edible cement.

[@kait2972]

Looks like sloppy prison gruel

[@MrAledro84]

first

[@ErinEllaNathan]

A lot of this video talks about how inclusive these restaurants are. Does this imply there are restaurants where certain people aren't welcome? I can't think of a restaurant where this isn't true. Even a high end restaurant will seat whoever has the money. Focus on food.

[@StukovM1g]

Nathan Lewis This refers to the age of segregation. The fact that black and white clientele were equally welcome was unthinkable decades ago.

[@ErinEllaNathan]

There was a single mention that these types of restaurants *may* have been the first to embrace desegregation, but then you'll notice it switches to present tense. Twice in a row they say that you can see blue collar workers and politicians in the same restaurant. My question is why do they think this is currently unique? I've lived in 5 different states in the south and can't remember going to a restaurant and thinking "there's a lot of blue collar workers here, no politician would be caught dead here".

[@StukovM1g]

I watched it again and I didn't catch that. He did switch to the present tense and it makes no sense that no one would be welcome at any restaurant. Or he may simply be referring to the universality of meat and three?

[@ChrisPduck38]

Slop

[@simp2234]

Grosssss

[@quinnw6795]

talk about so unhealthy

[@santanadevers8618]

looks like a heart attack #gross