IM2 of a Kind

The year was 1975—a time that feels like the Stone Age in terms of Nashville’s culinary scene. Newly married, Patti Myint could not find any restaurants that served Thai cuisine, nor could she find key ingredients to prepare dishes from her heritage at home. Together with husband Win, she decided to remedy that, purchasing a commercial building at 2010 Belmont Blvd. There, the couple opened what became the pioneering and legendary International Market and Restaurant—a Nashville first.

For over four decades, Patti (or Mama Myint as she was known to many) served the neighborhood