Written about in
- The New York Times
- Food Network
- Lonely Planet
- PETA
- Fodor's Travel
- The Infatuation
- Nashville Scene
- StyleBlueprint
National Top 10, PETA AVO's Chocolate-Avocado Tart was named one of the ten best vegan sweet treats in the United States — a silky filling in a walnut, date and sunflower seed crust.
Ten years of coverage
AVO opened in June 2015 and has been written about ever since — by national travel press, by Nashville's critics, and by the vegan writers who track this city closely. Here is all of it, most recent first.
2026
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The InfatuationJanuary 2026
The Best Vegan Restaurants In Nashville
AVO is included in The Infatuation's guide to the city's vegan dining.
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Nashville GuruJanuary 2026
Best Vegan and Vegetarian Restaurants in Nashville
Credited as Nashville's first fully vegan restaurant.
2024
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Nashville SceneFebruary 2024
A Look at Nashville's Now-Thriving Vegan Restaurant Scene
Noted for a gluten-free-leaning, locally sourced kitchen — and for the avocado margarita.
2022
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Nashville SceneSeptember 2022
Seek Out the Bibimbap and Bourbon at AVO, Nashville's Vegan Virtuoso
A full-length review praising "elegant versions of bistro classics" — and naming AVO's bibimbap the writer's favourite in Nashville.
2020
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PETAFebruary 2020
Top 10 Vegan Sweet Treats in the U.S.
AVO's Chocolate-Avocado Tart was one of ten desserts chosen nationwide, with a framed certificate awarded to each.
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Food NetworkJanuary 2020
The Best Vegan Restaurants in the Country
Chosen for its locally sourced kitchen, the Cali Burger on a sweet potato bun, and a cocktail programme built inside a renovated shipping container.
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StyleBlueprintNovember 2020
Nashville Restaurant Spotlight: Annie Choo with AVO
A FACES of Nashville profile of owner Annie Choo — on leaving corporate marketing for the restaurant, and on AVO's monthly nonprofit partnerships.
National travel press
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The New York Times
A Taste of Vegan Nashville
AVO anchored the Times' look at Nashville's plant-based turn, singling out the "deliciously confusing chocolate avocado tart" alongside the kimchi spring rolls and avocado margaritas.
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Lonely Planet
The best vegan restaurants in Nashville
Highlighted for seasonal produce from Bloomsbury Farm and Greener Roots Farm, and for an avocado margarita that has been on the menu since opening day.
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Fodor's Travel
AVO, Nashville
Called the "culinary jewel in the crown" of oneC1TY, with a waitstaff trained to guide guests through specific dietary needs.
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Nashville City Guide
Vegetarian
The Wild Nashville salad named "arguably the most filling salad we've ever eaten."
These two pieces are from AVO's first year. Annie Choo bought the restaurant in 2017, and the menu has changed a lot since then.
2015
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Nashville SceneBest of Nashville 2015
Best New Restaurant — Readers' Poll
Voted by readers across the whole city, not within a category. AVO also took Best New Vegetarian Restaurant in the Writers' Choices the same year.
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Nashville SceneAugust 2015
First Bite: Avo
The Scene's original review, by Megan Seling.
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