Nashville's restaurant explosion has kept booming in 2017. All kinds of new eateries offer everything from the fancy to fast casual. Here are 50 restaurants that have opened or will soon open in Nashville this year.

The Ainsworth

Upscale New York bar/restaurant The Ainsworth is headed to the $100 million-plus Aertson Midtown development. Menu specifics and prices for The Ainsworth Nashville aren't yet available, but a menu for a location in New York included a small plates section, gourmet burgers and Mexican-inspired dishes.

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The restaurant has opened in April at 132 46th Ave. N., just a few blocks from Sylvan Park's main commercial corridor. Co-owner Victoria Rothberg said 60 percent of the restaurant’s menu will be shareable dishes and 40 percent will be composed entrees, with prices ranging from $5 to $30. Specialties will include small plates such as Asian-inspired arancini, Mediterranean roasted octopus and tostones with housemade chicken chorizo. Entrees will include housemade pasta, burgers ground in house and a nightly fresh fish feature.

Attaboy

The owners behind acclaimed New York cocktail bar Attaboy opened the East Nashville location, at 8 McFerrin Ave., in July. The bar will have no written menu and instead will personalize drinks for each customer. Attaboy will serve a limited food menu with items such as locally sourced charcuterie and cheeses.

Babalu Tapas & Tacos

The restaurant will offer gourmet Spanish-style tapas and tacos with a Southern twist plus craft cocktails. It will open this year in the mixed-use development at 2407 Franklin Pike in the Melrose area of Berry Hill.

Bavarian Bierhaus

The 650-seat German-inspired beer and sausage restaurant opened in April in Opry Mills. It has 12 taps with beers from seven breweries. The menu features items such as a giant pretzel with sweet mustard; Kartoffelpuffer potato pancakes with applesauce, sour cream and chives; and beer cheese soup.

Black Forest Lodge

The restaurant is among three concepts — under the umbrella name of Germantown Bar — that were planned for this summer at 1318 Sixth Ave. N. in Germantown. The menu for Black Forest Lodge has been described as comfort food with southern American influences. Items might include filet, pasta, fish, mashed potatoes and greens. The restaurant also was set to have a full service liquor bar with an extensive bourbon and whiskey collection, higher-end wine and craft beer.

Black Rabbit

Trey Cioccia, the chef/owner of The Farm House restaurant, is planning his new concept for 218 Third Ave. N. near Printers Alley. He plans to feature creative cocktails and small plates. The food will be more of an homage of old-school finger foods like canapes, as well as squab rillettes and a wood-fired bread program. The restaurant planned to open in late spring.

Cafe Intermezzo

The European-style coffeehouse concept has leased a space at The SoBro apartment tower in downtown Nashville for its first location outside Georgia. Cafe Intermezzo serves coffees, pastries and beverages, and the menu includes toffee French toast, smoked salmon pasta, Italian (Gnocchi) dumpling, spicy tortellini alfredo and various salads. It is targeting a late fall opening.

Caliber Coffee Co.

This coffee-centric restaurant is expected to open in November in the former Fat Mo's location at 2509 Lebanon Pike. It will operate from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and be open at night on Sundays for family dinner. The breakfast menu will include pastries and sandwiches along with breakfast platters, croque madame, hot browns and pancakes. The lunch menu will include fresh artisan salads, a crab cake BLT and The 45, Caliber Coffee Co.'s twist on a Cuban sandwich.

The Cardinal

The restaurateurs behind Nicky's Coal Fired restaurant plan to open The Cardinal in the Stocking 51 development this fall. The Cardinal will highlight Belgian beer with an extensive list of classic and creative cocktails. The food menu will be Northern European inspired with a variety of appetizers and entrees, including fresh charcuterie and smoked fish.

Caviar & Bananas

The urban market and cafe opened in June at 2031 Broadway. The space is part restaurant and part retail with an espresso/tea/wine bar, bakery, prepared and packaged foods, made-to-order salads and sandwiches, wine and craft beer, cheeses, gourmet gift baskets and a curated selection of groceries for the urban shopper. On the menus you’ll find foods ranging from healthy to indulgent, such as turmeric milk overnight oats ($6) or matcha chia pudding ($6) to a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich ($5.75) or smoked salmon bagel ($5.50).

Deacon's New South

The owner of Puckett's Gro. & Restaurants plans to open Deacon's New South in the iconic L&C Tower on Church Street. The fine-dining restaurant is targeted for opening on Nov. 1. Deacon’s New South will offer a vegetable-centric menu as a complement to its selection of dry-aged meats. It also will offer an extensive selection of wines.

EiO & The Hive

EiO stands for "everything is organic," and The Hive is a reference to community and the critical role bees play in the food system. The restaurant is headed to 5304 Charlotte Ave. in West Nashville.

FGL House

Country duo Florida Georgia Line opened in June its four-story restaurant and bar, FGL House, right off Lower Broadway. FGL House features live music daily and what's billed as the largest "Cruise" rooftop with views of downtown's skyline. The kitchen offers Southern style cuisine with a California flair. Bars on each of the four floors serve local craft beers and mixed cocktails — many featuring the duo’s own Old Camp Whiskey.

Fort Louise

The chef-driven restaurant and bar opened in the building formerly occupied by coffee shop/wine bar Perk & Cork in Inglewood. The restaurant serves lunch, dinner and weekend brunch.

Geist

Nashville restaurateur Miranda Whitcomb Pontes plans Geist in a former blacksmith shop at 311 Jefferson St. in Germantown.

Gray & Dudley

Former Cochon Butcher Nashville chef Levon Wallace will lead Gray & Dudley, the restaurant at 21c Museum Hotel. Wallace will serve what he described as “inspired comfort food” that pairs fresh and regional ingredients with simple cooking techniques.

Greko Greek Street Food

This family-run restaurant is now open at 704 Main St.

Grilled Cheeserie

Popular Nashville food truck The Grilled Cheeserie opened its first brick-and-mortar restaurant at 2003 Belcourt Ave.

Headquarters Beercade Nashville

At 114 Second Ave. S., the Nashville location features 16 rotating lines of draft beer, signature craft cocktails and up to 35 classic or vintage retro pinball and arcade games from the 1980s and early '90s.

Henley

Chef RJ Cooper opened Henley, billed as a "new modern American brasserie," as part of the Aertson Hotel/Kimpton property on the corner of 21st Avenue South and Broadway.

Henrietta Red

The Germantown restaurant and oyster bar is the dream of homegrown talent Julia Sullivan and her partner Allie Poindexter.

Hopdoddy Burger Bar

The Austin, Texas-based craft burger and local beer chain plans to open its first Nashville location this year in the former Hillsboro Village space of Boscos brewpub.

Hopsmith Tavern

The restaurant/bar plans to open next to Soulshine Pizza Factory at 1903 Division St. in Midtown.

Hugh-Baby's

Barbecue king Pat Martin opened Hugh-Baby's at 4816 Charlotte Ave. in the former Porter Road Butcher building. Martin described Hugh-Baby’s as an old-school hamburger joint with a focus on quality. The simple menu includes hamburgers, cheeseburgers, slugburgers (a burger popular during the Depression era that combines meat with an extender such as flour or meal), Memphis-style barbecue sandwiches with Memphis-style slaw and sauce, fries and shakes.

I Love Juice Bar

At 2005 Belcourt Ave., I Love Juice Bar serves 100 percent fruit and vegetable juices with produce sourced from local farmers whenever possible.

Kuchnia & Keller

City House sous chef Aaron Clemins is behind plans for this restaurant, which plans to occupy the Germantown building formerly home to Southern Broom & Mop Co.

Little Octopus

Little Octopus, an East Nashville restaurant that celebrates clean and fresh food, has moved to a new home in the Gulch at 505 12th Ave. S.

Lulu

Germantown restaurant Lulu will have "hearty" salads paired with proteins, sandwiches, packaged items for takeout, a juice bar and a "thoughtful" kids menu, says owner Miranda Whitcomb Pontes. Lulu is next to Pontes' restaurant Geist.

Luna Llena

The Mexican taqueria will replace the brunch cafe The Perch at the Court Square Building at Third Avenue North and James Robertson Parkway. Luna Llena's offerings will include breakfast burritos and eggs for breakfast, tacos at lunch and a more expansive dinner menu at night.

The Mainstay

Owners of this East Nashville restaurant are opting for a more casual "farm-to-sports-bar, elevated bar food" vibe. The Mainstay promises an over-the-top signature bloody mary, "garnished with olives, sliders, onion rings, a smaller bloody mary, and actual sparklers," which must mean the sparklers are actually lit. It opened April 1 at the renovated space at 501 Main St.

Milk & Honey

Homemade gelato, craft coffee, a seasonal food menu and a food bar are among the offerings at Milk & Honey, which opened in a space at 214 11th Ave. S. in MarketStreet Enterprises' Gulch Crossing building.

M.L.Rose Craft Beer & Burgers

The Nashville favorite is opening its third location by bringing its popular sweet potato buns, signature waffle fries and extensive craft beer menu to the Gulch this fall. The restaurant/bar has inked a deal for the massive Capitol View project at the intersection of Charlotte Avenue and 11th Avenue North.

The Mockingbird

Maneet Chauhan, who captured her idea of India meets South, has partnered with Chicago duo Brian Riggenbach and Mikey Corona for this Gulch restaurant. Riggenbach says the cuisine will reflect the comfort foods of classic diners with a Mexican (and beyond) twist, citing dishes like a barbacoa sloppy joe, fancy meatloafs and Frito pie with lamb. The Mockingbird opened at 121A 12th. Ave. N. this summer.

Oak Steakhouse

The 7,000-square-foot steakhouse is adjacent to but independent of the new Westin Nashville, with seating for 200.

Parson's Chicken & Fish

The restaurant will open its first location outside Chicago when it comes to Wedgewood-Houston late this year. Parson's Chicken & Fish specializes in street and soul foods but is perhaps best known as the originator of the slushy version of the classic Negroni cocktail.

Pastaria

The restaurant from James Beard Award-winning chef Gerard Craft will be part of the OneCITY development just off Charlotte Pike near Centennial Park. It opened in September.

Pancho & Lefty's Cantina

The team behind popular barbecue restaurant Edley’s is planning Pancho & Lefty's for Lower Broadway. With a simple motto of “good tacos and good tequila,” the restaurant opened in the historic building at 104 Fifth Ave. S. right across the street from Bridgestone Arena. The building’s previous tenant, Pub 5, closed recently.

PDK Southern Kitchen and Pantry

The fast-casual concept from the owners of Demos' Restaurant will make its debut by year's end at the new One Bellevue Place development. The menu will include burgers, chicken, salads made fresh in front of customers, specialty soups and banana pudding.

PizzaRev

The Los Angeles-based chain opened a location at 2032 West End Ave. PizzaRev cooks its pizzas in three minutes in a 900-degree stone-bed oven. Customers can choose their own crust, sauce, cheese and toppings, which include more than 35 options for one price. One of the restaurant's more unique features: a self-serve beer system where customers 21 years and older use bracelets to activate beer and wine taps.

Rush Bowls

Founded in 2004, Rush Bowls blends meals from fruit, adding protein, vitamins and other optional ingredients. Bowls are topped with organic granola and honey. Customers can choose from more than 20 signature bowls or smoothies made with fruit, yogurt or acai. The first of three Nashville-area locations is slated to open this summer at 1201 Demonbreun St. in Eakin Partners' office tower.

Sea Salt

Sea Salt, a farm-to-table restaurant with a French flair, occupies the ground-level space at 209 Third Ave. N. in Printers Alley.

Sindoore - Indian by Nature

The restaurant, at 457 Donelson Pike, is serving dinner with plans to add a lunch buffet on Sept. 22. Prices range from $2 for naan bread and chapati with Shrimp Biryani and Shrimp Karai costing $17.

Slim & Husky's

Three Tennessee State University grads' fast-casual pizza and beer joint is at 911 Buchanan St. in North Nashville. Another location is scheduled to open in the vacant former Applebee's building in Antioch later this year.

The Stillery

Downtown bar and live music venue The Stillery is targeting a midsummer opening in the heart of bustling Midtown. The Stillery’s original location opened in 2015 at 113 Second Ave. N. The restaurant/bar serves brick-fired pizzas, burgers, salads, sandwiches and appetizers with a drink menu that includes signature mason jar cocktails and local brews.

Sunda

The Chicago-based Asian fusion concept will make its Nashville debut this fall and will feature a large bar and a sushi bar. It will occupy the ground-level space at the Icon in the Gulch condo tower where gourmet Mexican restaurant Cantina Laredo used to be.

Tànsuŏ

At Tànsuŏ, Maneet Chauhan and her partner Chris Cheung hope to plate and deliver the "real" Chinese food Nashvillians have longed for. The restaurant is at 121-B 12th Ave. N.

Von Elrod’s Beer Garden & Sausage House

The Germantown venture is planned for a high-profile location at 1004 Fourth Ave. N., just steps from First Tennessee Park. It is scheduled to open next month.

Woolworth on 5th

Tom Morales is planning to take what was once a lunch counter at a department store that turned away people based on race and reimagine it into a restaurant and live music venue paying homage to Nashville's civil rights history. Morales and his partners are targeting a late 2017 opening for the restaurant at the former Woolworth Building at 221 Fifth Ave. N. It will serve soul food in addition to hosting plays and live music.

Your Pie

The restaurant that specializes in customized brick over pizzas, paninis, salads and microbrews is headed to the new Capitol View development in the Gulch. Signature pizzas listed on Your Pie’s website include the Ischia with olive oil, mozzarella, tomato, basil and garlic and the Southern Heat with buffalo sauce, mozzarella, chicken, red onions and jalapeno.