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Prince's Hot Chicken
Two Pieces + Sides
Two pieces of legendary Nashville hot chicken with white bread and pickles + a side — the original since 1945. Two people eat the real deal for under $20. Cash only, always a line.
📍 Nashville, TN · ⏳ Ongoing
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Hattie B's Hot Chicken
Two Hot Chicken Plates
Two plates of Nashville hot chicken (choose your heat level: mild to 'Shut the Cluck Up') with sides. Plates run $10–$14 each. Two people under $25. Multiple Nashville locations.
📍 Nashville, TN · ⏳ Ongoing
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Mas Tacos Por Favor
Tacos for Two
East Nashville taco institution — tacos around $4–5 each, tamales, soups & more. Two people build a great meal for under $20. Cash preferred, always a line, always worth it.
📍 Nashville, TN · ⏳ Ongoing
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Arnold's Country Kitchen
Two Meat-and-Three Plates
Nashville meat-and-three institution since 1983 — choose your meat (fried chicken, roast beef, catfish) with three classic sides. Plates under $12 each, two people well under $20.
📍 Nashville, TN · ⏳ Mon–Fri lunch only
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Degthai
Thai Lunch for Two
Yelp Top 100 2026 — Nashville Thai spot earning national recognition. Lunch bowls and plates under $12 each. Two people eat acclaimed Thai food for under $20. One of Nashville's most buzzed-about affordable spots.
📍 Nashville, TN · ⏳ Ongoing
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Robert's Western World
Two Recession Specials
The best value deal in all of Nashville — $6/person gets you a crispy fried bologna sandwich on white bread, a bag of chips, a cold PBR, and a moon pie. A Broadway honky-tonk institution that locals consider the real Nashville. Live country music, no cover, and two full Recession Specials for $12 total.
📍 Nashville, TN (Broadway) · ⏳ Ongoing
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Pupuseria Reina La Bendición
Pupusas + Torta for Two
Nashville's best pupusas — thick, chewy, and perfectly charred at $3.25 each, stuffed with pork, beans, ayote, or loroco with cheese. Add the $8.75 torta de asada (pillowy crisp bread, sliced beef, tomato, mayo sauce) to share. Two people build a complete Salvadoran meal for well under $20. One of Nashville's most unique cheap eats.
📍 Nashville, TN · ⏳ Ongoing
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Five Points Pizza East
Two Slices + Garlic Knots
East Nashville's most beloved pizza joint — New York-style thin crust with a rotating cast of serious toppings (Italian sausage, prosciutto & basil, meatball). Slices plus a shared order of garlic knots lands two people right at $20. Reviewers specifically rave about hitting $20 for two. Walk-up window + indoor seating, always a line.
📍 Nashville, TN (East Nashville) · ⏳ Ongoing
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Brown's Diner
Two Burgers + Tots
Nashville's oldest dive bar, in a double-wide trailer in Hillsboro Village, claiming the city's original burger. A stacked classic burger + a side of tots runs about $9 each — two people eat and drink for ~$18 including tax and tip. Red plastic tumblers, full bar, no pretense. The Infatuation confirmed this is one of Nashville's best under-$20 meals.
📍 Nashville, TN (Hillsboro Village) · ⏳ Ongoing
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Applebee's
2 Entrees + Appetizer
One shareable appetizer + two full-size entrées. Fiesta Lime Chicken, Classic Bacon Cheeseburger, Boneless Wings & more. Available dine-in, takeout & delivery.
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Chili's
3 for Me — ~$10.99/person
Each person picks a starter, full entrée, and non-alcoholic drink. Roughly $10.99/person — one of the best per-head values in casual dining.