Taverna on the Green

Taverna on the Green is a restaurant in Cookeville, TN. This family-owned establishment serves authentic Greek cuisine alongside American options to the Upper Cumberland community, with hours of Tuesday through Saturday from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM and 4:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Sunday from 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM, and closed on Mondays. Takeout can be ordered by phone at (931) 372-6975.

The dinner menu opens with appetizers including pan-fried calamari rings with orange sauce, a cold spread sampler of melitzanosalata, tzatziki, and hummus, melitzanosalata with pita, saganaki flaming kefalograviera cheese, spinach pie deluxe, dolmades stuffed grape leaves with rice and herbs topped with lemon butter, shrimp cocktail, hummus with pita, tzatziki with pita, grilled octopus, feta cheese, and spinach pie. Soups include Greek lemon chicken. Salads cover garden, Greek, village Greek, and Caesar, with add-on proteins of gyro, grilled marinated chicken breast, or salmon. Sides include French fries or oven-browned potatoes with lemon-butter sauce, steamed fresh broccoli with cheese, and rice pilaf. The lunch menu features gyro on pita, chicken souvlaki on pita, a half-pound handcrafted hamburger, an all-beef hot dog, grilled chicken wrap, BLT wrap, cashew chicken wrap, taco salad with chicken, eggplant parmigiana on a hoagie roll, chicken parmigiana on a hoagie roll, and baked Greek moussaka with ground sirloin, potatoes, and eggplant.

Taverna on the Green holds a 4.9 rating from over 61 customer reviews, with diners noting generous portions, careful preparation, and a friendly family atmosphere.

Taverna on the Green brings traditional Greek cooking and Mediterranean flavors to Cookeville's Upper Cumberland at its Country Club Road location.

The restaurant sits on Country Club Road in Cookeville, with Burtons Branch running nearby and the Golden Eagle Golf Club about half a mile away. East 10th Street and Chelsea Place Duck Pond are also within roughly half a mile of the property.

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