East End

As one would expect of a historic neighborhood, there are some truly gorgeous homes here. You can even find some honest-to-goodness white picket fences with flowers spilling over. Stretches of the area, too, are lined with trees unbroken by buildings—a detail that I usually like.

There are still quite a few “fixer-uppers” in this tiny neighborhood, though. When these are near those stretches of trees that one can’t see into, the effect can be a bit unsettling. Still, with such a dedicated neighborhood association as East End has, this is a place to watch.

The Turnip Truck, one of Nashville’s few locally owned natural foods markets, sits by the northwest edge of East End on South 10th Street. When that store moved to East Nashville, some of the local media debated whether East Nashville would support a natural foods store. Now, nearly 20 years later, they’re still around—and talking about expanding into The Gulch. That, in and of itself, says a lot about the East End and Edgefield areas.

Public transportation here is good. MTA’s bus #4 runs along Shelby Avenue, on the southern edge of this neighborhood. The #20 flits along Woodland on weekdays.

One of the oldest neighborhoods of Nashville is the East end district. For being one of the oldest neighborhoods, the area is well cared for and is well taken care of. If you are looking for a neighborhood to call home that is nice and quiet and that contains homes that are amongst the least expensive, you will want to look into the East end neighborhood area.

The homes in the area are also historic homes that are quite cheap when compared to other homes on the market in the Nashville area. Many of the homes are up kept and feature an historic feel to them.

It used to be that if you would once have looked for a home in this area that you would have to travel quite a distance in order to reach a decent restaurant as well as to participate in any shopping. Since then, the area has become quite popular for individuals who are starting a business. Many of the restaurants offer top of the line food and will have you coming back for more each week.

There is no need to head to far away from the area in order to reach a supermarket to do your weekly grocery shopping or when looking to stop for something for dinner. There is a Kroger in the area as well as Piggly Wiggly and many other smaller stores that are owned and operated by residents in Nashville.

The area still has some kinks that need to be worked out as far as any criminal activity but you are going to have that no matter what neighborhood you choose to live in. The area is a good area to raise a family and when looking to retire.

East End is one of the best and oldest historic neighborhoods in Nashville. It was also one of the earliest areas of town to start restoring homes. The homes are a visual feast for the eyes. You can spot homes in a variety of styles, including Queen Anne, bungalow, Italianate, Eastlake, Stick Style, Romanesque Revival, and American Four Square.

A number of years ago, you would live in East Nashville, but had to drive across the river to go to any decent restaurants or nightclubs. Not so any more. Now Five Points in East Nashville has everything you need. Try Batter'd and Fried, Mad Donna's, Beyond the Edge, The Rosepepper Cantina and Mexican Grill, or Ru San's Japanese Sushi and Seafood.

With a number of grocery stores in the area, you don't have any need to head west!

Nestled within the lovely homes and streets, however, are still a few rough areas. Tabitha Tuders, a 14-year-old girl disappeared in 2003 while walking to the bus stop on Lillian St. in this area, and has never been found. The case has received much press coverage.