Village Eats: A Phenomenal Meat-and-Three at Hamby's Market

Shane Burkett

7 hours ago

2 min read

OPINION

Phenomenal. Everything just tastes so good. I stopped into Hamby's Market on Hadley Avenue on Friday for the new meat-and-three. It was a fantastic meal, and I would highly recommend it if you're looking for a healthy meal that's easy.

The shop is the neighborhood grocery at 800 Hadley Avenue in Old Hickory Village, in Metro Nashville and Davidson County. On Nov. 1, Hamby's announced a new lunch: starting Nov. 11, a meat-and-three, served hot and ready every day from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The regular deli menu and ice cream, the market said, would still be available all day.

A wood-paneled dining room at Hamby's Market, with tables and chairs and a wall tapestry that reads Old Hickory, Tennessee, Founded 1918. — The dining room at Hamby's Market, with a tapestry reading "Old Hickory, Tennessee, Founded 1918." (Photo by Shane Burkett / Old Hickory Citizen)

I ordered the plate with green beans, spaghetti, cabbage, two deviled eggs, a dinner roll and unsweet tea. I paid $14.99.

That lunch window is short, so it helps to know the rest of the clock. Under winter hours Hamby's posted as starting Nov. 1, the market is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, and the deli and ice cream counter from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Some third-party listings show different hours, including a later morning opening and an earlier deli close, so I would go by what the market itself posted and would not count on the lunch plate after 2 p.m.

The deli is still there if you want a sandwich, and the ice cream is still there if you want another stop. The phone number on the market's public listings is (615) 854-3572.

When Hamby's announced the meat-and-three on Nov. 1, it said the weekly menu was coming soon, so it is worth asking at the counter what is being served that day, and confirming the price.

Shane Burkett paid for his meal. Hamby's Market is not an advertiser with the Old Hickory Citizen. Burkett is a regular customer at Hamby's.