M Restaurant and Bar

Needed a bite to eat and thought I’d give it a shot. Place was empty as I came after lunch, inside is clean and random stuff everywhere. The guy working explained the menu and gave a recommendation of the sweet pepper steak sandwich. It was delicious! There literally no one else in there so it was surprising that my sandwich took so long to make. But it was hot, fresh and delicious, the bread was fresh and the veggies perfectly cooked. Another odd thing was they literally handed me the sandwich wrapped in plastic wrap. No bag, no napkins, no direction to where they were, had to ask. I’ll definitely be going back to this place even with the oddities.

Recently stopped in to grab a coffee and both of us were pleasantly surprised at how good the food looked and options available. Coffee is REALLY good. Out if the way from downtown but if in area (eg frisk (- definitely stop in for a refueling.

I’m with Matt L. and updating my review 2015. They got all new folks in there and everything seems to be friendlier, fresher and cleaner. I get my coffee there a few days a week. Plus they have a coffee person there that can recommend a drink for you. This is a great place to have morning meetings with clients.

If you are at Cummins Station, this is probably your best bet for a quick and tasty lunch. Great selection of sandwiches on their menu and they usually have an interesting special on the board as well. I probably end up here about once a week. I get either the special or the Santa Fe chicken sandwich, which I honestly think has gotten even better than the first time or two I ordered it.
Although I have not tried them, I’ve noticed that they have breakfast sandwiches, too. They also always have a case of premade sandwiches and salads for when you need to grab a meal REALLY quickly. Oh, and soup, too. They really do seem to have a little bit of everything. Fresh, yummy, easy.
Very casual vibe, but comfortable, too. You can take your meal to go or grab a seat at one of the tables — inside, upstairs (kind of hidden, but handy extra seating), or even at a table outside.

Great food but over priced, and the service… not so much. I paid $ 15 for a BLT and a side of fruit. It’s saying a lot that I can walk to Turnip Truck and get more food at higher quality, lower price and better service.

So, I work in Cummins Station: which means this is one of 5 lunch options for me in the very near vicinity. I tend to favor M Café over anything else. I’ve been going for over a year, and have had a good selection of their food.
Let’s start with breakfast: I’m mostly a breakfast wrap kinda girl, because they’re $ 4, made on the spot (which means it takes a few minutes — sometimes it takes more than a few minutes, if there’s more than 2 people in line for breakfast, I just go somewhere else.) Note: when they were $ 3, they were the best deal in the whole building. Now they’re just a good option. I’ve also had the pancakes, which were delicious, the syrup that they sell in store is actually delicious. I love their mixed berry smoothie.
For lunch, I’ve yet to have something I didn’t like: their grilled cheese (comes with bacon + jalapeño-​peach jam?: nice combo, sweet and salty and delicious) the chipped beef, which smells like heaven and tastes amazing, I’m a big fan of their Southwest chicken wrap, which seems to come on different flavored wraps depending on what they have. I’ve also had the Sunshine BLT wrap, the chicken pita, and various other specials — all have been lovely. When their soups have peeked my interest, they’ve been delicious. The sandwiches range in price from $ 6 – 9. I do think this tends to be a little expensive, but they do have a rewards system in place, which I guess softens the blow.
I tend not to eat their cold sandwiches, don’t know why. Their cold case salads seem a little underwhelming/​weird to me. The desserts, btw, tend to be fairly heavenly, so don’t be afraid to indulge yourself if you see something that might peek your interest. The coconut cake they make occasionally is something of a dream.
The staff has always been very nice to me – exceedingly nice, actually. I have nothing but the highest compliments for their level of service, which I’m a stickler for. Oh, and I like the shop — its full of interesting things, the ambiance is always pleasant, although it does get loud.

See my review below – and it happened again. Although I choose not to eat here, I can’t help it when a guest wants to go. So I ordered the BLT wrap, thinking it would be a relatively light choice. However, the wrap is on flour, not whole wheat as advertised. And it’s loaded with mayo – again, not included on the ingredients (should I have thought to ask, perhaps, but aren’t you supposed to list ingredients?). There is so much mayo and no way to scrape it off. If there was a least table service, I’d be able to ask that it be re-​made, but you don’t event get table service with your $ 9 sandwich. They obviously over-​charge, but the least they could do is make what they say they are going to make.

What a delightful lunch spot!
I wanted to try somewhere new and decided M. Market would be perfect for lunch. There was literally not a soul inside (it was a Saturday) except one employee who took our order. I love the interior, and it would be a great stop for a work lunch or to camp out on your laptop to work solo. They also have a variety of baked goods and canned items for sale.
I had the sante fe chicken wrap and my BF had the Italian sub. They both were very tasty and came with a side of chips. For the price range of $ 7-​$ 9 I think that’s awesome! I was stuffed and really enjoyed my meal. I also ordered a container of potato salad and it was also great. Food was top notch all around.
I ordered a soy latte to go and it was just ok, but it got the job done!
Very friendly staff and owner (who came in later) and I would highly recommend a stop at M. Market!

We already try to support locally owned businesses. Its much easier to support when they are actually good. Well M Market is my go-​to lunch spot. The food is fantastic. Kinda sorta expensive but worth it for the quality.
Support local business and local produce!

When you go to a coffee place, and the guy who supposed to be making you $ 4 espresso drink tells you outright that he doesn’t drink coffee, there’s a bit of a problem. When he proceeds to give you the wrong drink altogether, it’s getting to be a bigger problem. When you just leave with the wrong drink because you don’t want deal with it anymore, it’s a bad experience all around. This actually happened to me. The Saturday «baristo» told me he didn’t drink coffee, and the turned around my order for a latte giving me what was obviously a cappuccino. I knew I’d never get this through the guy’s head, and guessed that the five minute demo of various coffee drinks he got didn’t really sink in.
All that being said, if you can make it on a weekday, this place is actually pretty darn good. The regular staff are around in droves, and they actually seem to care about making a good product. Instead of the normal coffee fare, I opted for a Mocha Milk Shake. That’s right mix vanilla ice cream with espresso shots, and chocolate, and you get what is possibly the best shake in Nashville, and I’ve had several.
Their deli selection looks good, and their seating is comfortable, if not a little cluttered. So, I can only surmise that their food looks as good as it sounds.
With Cummins Station and the Gulch cluttered with overbearing foofy-​food, super-​designed reboots of regular dishes, and high-​end places to be seen as much as to eat, this is potentially the only place in the area I’d actually go for lunch.

What a cute little nook!
Cummins Station is now a viable area to grab a nosh, refreshment, and meal with the additions of a few new establishments like Coffee Lunch (across the street), sister restaurant M, and M Market. I popped in for the first time the other day to set up my mobile office for some quality time with my laptop and really enjoyed myself.
The veggie sandwich that I ordered $ 7 and coffee were filling and tasty and I was also tempted by the smoothie menu, and To-​Go Case filled with fruit, salads, and sandwiches. What I most appreciated was the spacious loft area where I felt like a kid in a tree house as I hunkered down and blasted my in-​box.
The most impressive thing I encountered was when my cup of Joe was getting cold after a couple of hours, a friendly lady came out of an office area and just casually offered to refill my coffee. I restrained at first but she was said it was «no problem» and went and fetched it for me. Who knew that this place had FREE refills on their coffee? (regular cups of Joe only)
Well low and behold, I had a meeting today across the way at M and that doting lady walked in and said hello. When I asked my fellow diner, who this was? She happily told me that she was Jan the owner of M Market and M. I was impressed. Talk about pride in ownership and customer service!
Yes, yes… I do believe that I will be returning, many times.
Unilocal365 — #7

Breakfast sandwich is way overpriced and took a good while for them to prepare. Lunch however is great. I got the Tennessee Chipped Beef sandwich. Delicious.

This is definitely a solid place for lunch. I really enjoyed the sandwiches and will be returning soon. The prices are reasonable and it is a good alternative to chain sandwich shops.