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Mason Hereford built Turkey and the Wolf in New Orleans into one of the most acclaimed sandwich shops in America before bringing the Icehouse format to Nashville — a full-service version with natural wine, a cocktail program, and table seating rather than a counter.
The food philosophy doesn't change with the format: comfort food taken seriously without the kitchen taking itself seriously. The collard green melt is the study case — a vegetarian sandwich built with the structural and flavor logic of the best meat sandwich you've ever had, and better than most of those. The other sandwiches operate at the same level: oversized, architecturally sound, built on flavor decisions rather than ingredient accumulation.
The natural wine list is curated with the same sensibility as the food — fun and unpretentious and interesting. The room has personality that you can feel when you walk in.
The food philosophy doesn't change with the format: comfort food taken seriously without the kitchen taking itself seriously. The collard green melt is the study case — a vegetarian sandwich built with the structural and flavor logic of the best meat sandwich you've ever had, and better than most of those. The other sandwiches operate at the same level: oversized, architecturally sound, built on flavor decisions rather than ingredient accumulation.
The natural wine list is curated with the same sensibility as the food — fun and unpretentious and interesting. The room has personality that you can feel when you walk in.
The collard green melt proves a vegetarian sandwich can make a table of carnivores stop caring. The bar program is natural wine and good cocktails. The whole room has the personality of a kitchen that genuinely loves what it's doing.
Turkey and the Wolf Icehouse is Mason Hereford's Nashville concept — a full-service expansion of the acclaimed New Orleans sandwich shop. The menu centers on sandwiches with serious construction alongside natural wine and cocktails. East Nashville location with full table service and a bar program.
