Best Restaurant in Nashville for a Late Night Slice After Broadway

The best restaurant in Nashville for a late night slice isn’t downtown in the honky-tonk crush — it’s about a mile and a half west, at the point where 21st Avenue splits into Broadway and Division. Two Boots Nashville sits at 1925 Broadway, in Midtown, in a building that used to house The Great Escape record store. On Friday and Saturday the kitchen runs to midnight.

That geography and that clock are the two things worth understanding before you plan a night around it. This post covers both, plus what to order when you get there.

Key takeaways

• Late night means Friday and Saturday. The kitchen runs to midnight those two nights and closes at 9:00pm the rest of the week, including Sunday.
• Midnight, not last call. Lower Broadway runs to 2 or 3am. If you’re leaving a honky-tonk at closing, you’ve missed it — leave a show at 10:30 and you’re fine.
• It’s Midtown Broadway, not Lower Broadway. 1925 Broadway sits where 21st splits into Broadway and Division, about a mile and a half west of the neon, closer to Vanderbilt and Music Row.
• Order The Kitty at least once. Hattie B’s hot chicken and jalapeños on a white pie, pickles on the side — the location’s home pie, named for Kitty Wells.
• Slices beat pies after a show. Four people, four different orders, no conversation. If you want whole pies, the 10-inch travels best.
• The crust is cornmeal-dusted, Cajun-influenced, and not a New York street slice. Different thing, on purpose, since 1987.

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Same street, different Broadway

Broadway in Nashville is long, and the version most visitors mean is the lower stretch — the neon, the honky-tonks, the boot stores. Two Boots is on the Midtown end, past Music Row, closer to Vanderbilt than to Bridgestone Arena.

That’s roughly a mile and a half from Lower Broadway. Walkable if you’re motivated and the weather cooperates; a short rideshare otherwise. If your night ends downtown at 2am, this isn’t your stop. If your night is a Midtown night — a show at one of the venues on this side of town, drinks along Division, a late dinner after something at the Ryman — it’s directly on the path.

Worth being clear about that up front, because “after Broadway” means different things depending on which end of the street you started on.

What “late night” actually means here

The honest version, by day:

Day	Kitchen hours	What that means for your night
Monday – Thursday	11:00am – 9:00pm	Dinner, not late night. Plan it as the meal, not the after-party
Friday	11:00am – 12:00am	The real late-night window — post-show, post-dinner, post-drinks
Saturday	12:00pm – 12:00am	Same as Friday; the strongest night for a late slice
Sunday	12:00pm – 9:00pm	Early close. Sunday nights end at nine

So the late-night proposition is a Friday and Saturday one, and it closes at midnight rather than running to 2 or 3am the way Lower Broadway does. If you’re leaving a honky-tonk at last call, you’ve missed it. If you’re leaving a show at 10:30 or 11, you’re comfortably inside the window.

This is the single most useful thing to know about the place and the thing most likely to save you a wasted trip. Set a reminder for 11:30 if the night is going well.

What to order at midnight

Two Boots names slices after people, and the Nashville menu carries pies you won’t find on the New York boards. Here’s the mapping.

The slice	What’s on it	Who it’s for
The Kitty	Hot chicken from Hattie B’s and jalapeños on a white pie, pickles on the side	The Nashville home pie. Order it once even if you order something else after
The Meg	Provolone, parmigiano, ricotta, mozzarella, roasted garlic, oregano	White-pie people, and anyone who’s had enough heat for one night
The Bayou Beast	Spiced shrimp, crawfish, andouille, jalapeños, mozzarella	The original Two Boots pie from 1987. Cajun, spicy, the strangest thing on the board
Cleopatra Jones	Sweet Italian sausage, roasted peppers, red onions, mozzarella	Sausage-and-pepper hero, on a pizza. Reliable at any hour
The Bird	Buffalo chicken, blue cheese dressing, scallions, jalapeños on a white pie	Heat without the hot chicken
Grandma Bess	San Marzano tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, basil, parmigiano, mozzarella, thin square Sicilian crust	The clean, simple one. Corner pieces go first
V for Vegan	Artichokes, red onions, shiitake mushrooms, two pestos, Daiya non-dairy cheese	The vegan in the group, who has options here rather than one option

The Kitty deserves the extra line. It’s Hattie B’s hot chicken on a white pie with jalapeños and pickles served alongside, named for Kitty Wells. It’s the pie that makes this location Nashville’s rather than a transplanted New York menu with a different address, and it’s the answer to the “you came to Nashville for pizza?” question.

The Meg is named for Meg White, and Two Boots supplies pizza to Third Man Records when they need it. Small detail, but it’s the kind of thing that makes the Midtown location feel connected to the city rather than dropped into it.

The crust, and why it isn’t a New York slice

Two Boots crust is cornmeal-dusted, which gives the bottom a distinct grainy crunch. The pizzeria’s whole premise is Italian plus Louisiana — the name refers to the boot shapes of Italy and Louisiana — and the Cajun influence runs through the toppings as much as the crust.

If you’re arriving expecting a foldable New York street slice, adjust. It’s a different thing, and it’s been a different thing since 1987. The Nashville location opened in June 2013 and has been running the same playbook since.

Slice versus pie at 11pm

For a late-night stop after a show, slices are the right call — you’re not sitting down for an hour, and the by-the-slice board lets four people order four different things without a conversation.

Pies come in 10-inch, 14-inch, and 18-inch. The 10-inch is the useful one for a late night: it’s a personal pie, it travels, and it’s the right size if you’re taking it back somewhere rather than eating at the counter.

If your group has a vegan and a meat eater and you want whole pies, order two 10-inch rather than one large. Same advice as anywhere, but it matters more at midnight when nobody wants to negotiate.

The Midtown-night version of this

The stronger use case, honestly, isn’t post-honky-tonk at all — it’s the Midtown night. Dinner or drinks along Division and 21st, a show at one of the Midtown venues, then a slice on the walk back. The 1925 Broadway address is on that route rather than a detour from it.

For visitors staying near Vanderbilt or Music Row, that’s the natural fit. For anyone whose night is anchored downtown, it’s a deliberate trip — worth it for The Kitty, but plan the timing rather than assuming.

Set a reminder for 11:30

The window is real but it isn’t long. Friday and Saturday, the counter is open until midnight at 1925 Broadway — enough time to walk over after a show, order a slice of The Kitty, and still be out before they close.

Order online if you’re picking up on the way somewhere. Call (615) 340-4343 if you’re feeding a group and want it ready when you arrive. Or just walk in and read the board — half these pies have a story attached to the name, and the counter staff will tell you.

Two Boots Nashville, 1925 Broadway, Midtown.

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