Sean Brock's 37-seat Appalachian tasting menu above Audrey, released on Resy the first of each month. Book it for a Nashville occasion.
The Reservation Problem at June
June does not take a phone booking, an email, or a table on OpenTable. It opens its entire calendar one day a month, on Resy, and then waits for you to be quick. That single rule is the whole game.
June is Sean Brock's tasting-menu restaurant, opened in 2022 upstairs from his sister restaurant Audrey at 809 Meridian Street in East Nashville's McFerrin Park. Brock, a James Beard Award winner for Best Chef Southeast and the chef who put heirloom Appalachian cooking on the national map, built June around 37 seats and a research-and-development lab. The menu is served as acts rather than courses and changes eight times a year. Nashville has no Michelin guide, so the measure here is Brock's own record and the room's standing as the most ambitious tasting in the city.
How to Book June
Reservations go up on Resy on the first of every month, for the whole of the following month. October opens on the first of September, and so on. Because the entire month lands at once, the first is the only date that matters: set a Resy alert for June Nashville, sign in a few minutes early with a card saved, and book the instant the calendar turns over. The 16-course act and the weekend slots move first, often inside the day, while the 8-course menu and weeknights stay open longer.
Single diners and parties of up to three should choose the chef's counter instead of a table, which carries its own availability and is the easiest seat in the house to land. If the month you want is gone, turn on Resy Notify and watch the days just before your date, where cancellations surface. The 10-seat bar runs first come, first served, so two people can walk in for a drink and a few snacks when there is no table to be had.
What You Eat
June is one long, building tasting menu, an 8-course or a 16-course sequence of acts that leans on the foraged and heirloom ingredients of the American South. Expect cured and fermented Appalachian flavours, Sean Brock's signatures, threaded through technique he picked up cooking in the modernist tradition. The kitchen updates the menu twice a season, so the dishes turn over through the year. There is a wine pairing and a non-alcoholic pairing; corkage is 50 dollars a bottle for the first two. The room cannot do vegan or vegetarian menus, and other allergies need 48 hours' notice.
The Smart Play
Decide your menu before the first of the month. For a first visit or a date, the 8-course act on a weeknight is the gettable, lower-priced way in. For an occasion worth the full arc, target the 16-course on a weekend and book it at the drop. Solo or a pair, take the counter for the kitchen view and the better odds. When the month sells out, the bar is the walk-in answer. If you strike out entirely, Yolan and The Catbird Seat are the other serious Nashville tasting rooms to fall back on.
Not for vegetarians or vegans, and not for a short, flexible meal. June serves a single fixed Appalachian tasting that cannot be adapted to a plant-based diet, and the 16-course act runs for hours.
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- By cuisine: the best tasting menus worldwide.
- Nashville tasting siblings: Yolan and The Catbird Seat.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How hard is it to book June in Nashville?
Moderate, and entirely about timing. June takes reservations only on Resy, released on the first of each month for the following month, so the whole grid for a month opens at once. The 37 seats mean the prime Friday and Saturday slots and the 16-course act go first, often within the day. Weeknights and the 8-course menu are far easier. Log in when the calendar flips on the first and you will usually land the date you want.
How do I get a reservation at June?
Through Resy, and nowhere else. On the first of the month, June releases the entire following month at once, for example October opens on the first of September. Set a Resy alert for June Nashville, log in a few minutes before the drop with a saved card, and book the moment the calendar turns over. Single diners and parties up to three should select the chef's counter rather than a table, which often has separate availability.
Can you walk in to June?
Only to the bar. June keeps a 10-seat bar that runs first come, first served, with no reservation, so a couple can have a drink and some of the kitchen's snacks without booking the tasting. The dining room itself, both the 8-course and 16-course menus, is reservation-only through Resy. For the full Sean Brock tasting experience you need a booked seat; the bar is the consolation when the month is gone.
How much does June cost?
Around 250 dollars a head for the 16-course menu and roughly 150 for the 8-course, before drinks. Wine and non-alcoholic pairings are extra, and corkage is 50 dollars a bottle for the first two. The menu is built as a sequence of acts that changes eight times a year, twice each season, so the spend tracks whichever Appalachian ingredients Sean Brock's team is working with that season.
What should I expect at June?
An extended Southern tasting menu served as acts rather than courses, built on heirloom Appalachian ingredients and the produce Sean Brock has spent his career preserving. June cannot accommodate vegan or vegetarian diners, and other allergies need 48 hours' notice. It sits upstairs from Audrey at 809 Meridian Street in East Nashville's McFerrin Park, with a research-and-development lab feeding the kitchen. Come hungry and let the acts build.