Big Al's
15 people recommendvia r/nashville17 comments cited below
What people say, in short
Many diners recommend Big Al's deli for breakfast, and a couple call it old-school. One commenter names its breakfast sandwich, and another says it serves the best hearty breakfast of its kind, though it is not a diner. Caveats include the smell that one diner says lingers on clothes through the day, and a different commenter notes it does not serve white gravy. Commenters say it is closed on Sundays.
Address
Big Al's Deli, 1828 4th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208
At a glance
- Signature dishes
- Breakfast sandwich
- Best for
- Breakfast
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The evidence
Every point below is paraphrased from a real public comment, ordered by how much the community engaged with it. Caveats and negatives are kept in — follow any link to read the original for yourself.
- Recommendsu/Nashvital in r/nashville · Sep 2025
Recommends Big Al's enthusiastically.
- Recommendsu/rimeswithburple in r/nashville · Jun 2025taste
Names Big Al's sandwich for breakfast among their food picks.
- Recommendsu/nopropulsion in r/nashville · Dec 2023taste
Recommends crossing the river to Big Al's, implying its sausage biscuit beats Eastwood's version.
- Mixedu/0xBuyItWithBitcoin in r/nashville · Jun 2024variety
Recommends Big Al's but notes it doesn't serve white gravy.
- Recommendsu/DowntownFile1583 in r/nashville · Sep 2025
Also recommends Big Al's.
- Recommendsu/Purple_Evidence_5630 in r/nashville · Sep 2025
Recommends Big Al's Deli.
- Recommendsu/oatmealfoot in r/nashville · Jun 2025
Lists Big Al's Deli as a breakfast pick, alongside Monell's.
- Recommendsu/_RexSpex in r/nashville · Jun 2025
Says they lived in Nashville about 13 years and picks Big Al's Deli for breakfast.
Show all 17 cited comments
- Recommendsu/FastActingPlacebo in r/nashville · Jun 2025
Says Big Al's serves the best hearty breakfast of the kind described, though not a diner.
- Recommendsu/xoxoDulce in r/nashville · Sep 2025
Wishes more people mentioned Big Al's.
- Recommendsu/tengrin in r/nashville · Jan 2025
Names Big Al's deli as a recommendation.
- Mixedu/WellerSpecialReserve in r/nashville · Jun 2024ambience
Says the one drawback at that place is that the smell lingers on clothes all day.
- Recommendsu/missbethd in r/nashville · Jun 2024
Agrees with the Big Al's recommendation.
- Recommendsu/nashguitar1 in r/nashville · Sep 2025
Calls Big Al's the original old-school breakfast.
- Recommendsu/logansummers1 in r/nashville · Sep 2025
Also suggests Big Al's for breakfast.
- Recommendsu/After-Ad-6465 in r/nashville · Sep 2025
Calls Big Al's Deli incredible and super old-school, closed Sundays.
- Recommendsu/UnGeneral1 in r/nashville · Jan 2025
Names it as their breakfast answer.
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