Best Tortilla Soup

One of my favorite soups in the world is chicken tortilla soup. While most places serve a chicken broth based soup, the place I think has the best in Williamson County is tomato-based.

Vanderbilt’s Legends Club of Tennessee at the corner of Franklin Road and Mack Hatcher is an often over-looked lunch spot for the non-golfer. Open to the public, the restaurant, Legends Grille, has surprisingly good fare and very reasonable prices. Only two draw backs- members get priority seating, so if it’s busy plan on waiting a bit for a table, and second- jeans are frowned upon. Make sure you break out the khaki’s or dress slacks for the otherwise casual atmosphere.


After church lunch is our favorite time to go to Legends, although it makes a great business lunch spot during the week, and is just a mile or two out of the Cool Springs traffic bog.

The tortilla soup is thick and full of tomatoes, very high quality chicken breast sliced very thinly, and the surface of the soup is coated in cheese and thin tortilla strips. Its on the spicy side, leaving a nice acceptable burn in the throat. Well worth the trip.

It used to only be a soup de jour, but after many complaints by regulars, including me, on days it was not on the specials board, they finally added it to the menu as an everyday option. Enjoy!

Vanderbilt Legends Club Of Tennessee

1500 Legends Club Lane

Franklin, TN 37069

Lunch is served from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. on Friday through Sunday.