One night in Nashville
 

Hey all,

Mrs. Nolanfan and I are going to be in Nashville tomorrow night, before heading back to the NW on Wednesday. Having not been there before, I'd love to get recommendations on a good place to eat tomorrow night. Or a good place to get a drink.

So, I know some of you are from that area, or are familiar with it. Any suggestions are welcome, thanks.

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Unless there's some great demand for Nashville knowledge, I'll just PM you some stuff.

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I'd like to know what's good in Nashville.

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GREAT demand. My gf, best friend, and his gf, and I are going to be there for the next four days. We're moving to Nashville in March to expand our record label and so, we're taking a four-day trip out there to get the lay of the land, see some apartments, and go have a good time.

I've been there a couple times, but I've always been working, not getting a feel for what the city's like. So any and all things you could tell me about Nashville would be fantastic. Places to eat (especially the best sushi, steakhouse, mexican, and italian places), cool bars/clubs, best/worst areas of town. Any info any of you are able to impart would be wonderful. Thanks.

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One bump.

Thanks to those who responded through PM so far.

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Can we get these PMs, or a summary of what was suggested, posted to this thread? I'll be there for a couple of days next month and would like to have something in mind.

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Good place to eat: Sunset Grill in the Hillsboro Village area, esp. if you like good wine/food pairings. There are a few places to get drinks within walking distance of Sunset. Depends on what kind of atmosphere you're looking for.

Sunset Grill Menus
Wine List
pics

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The best that I have found,

sushi=Ru Sans, Virago

steakhouse=no great niche steakhouses. Nashville has Palm, Ruth's Chris, Morton's. I've never eaten at Nick and Rudy's, which is a steakhouse, but it has received mixed reviews.

Italian= Mario's is a really nice place downtown. Valentino's is another nice place in the downtown area, but I've never been there.

Mexican=From what I've found, Cozymel's is about the highest quality Mexican food in or around Nashville. There's a great TexMex place called San Antonio Taco Company(Satco). They are known for their queso and fajitas. I love it and go there at every opportunity. Satco has a large deck and serves beer, so it's a nice place to hang out when the weather is nice. Las Palmas is a straight-forward mexican restaurant where most everything is under $10. It's nothing exceptional, but the food is good and it's always busy, esp. at lunchtime.

Cup

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Can we get these PMs, or a summary of what was suggested, posted to this thread? I'll be there for a couple of days next month and would like to have something in mind.

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I will do, when I get back home and have more time.

Off to check out downtown now, and get a few drinks. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Just a quick note, the area around Vanderbilt has neat-o coffee-shops and such. There's a fantastic "indie"-rock club called 12TH & PORTER which is exactly where it says.

Cheers,

--GA

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De Ja Vu is a great place if you like boobies!

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Follow up:

Here was a good PM courtesy of RunDownHouse:

Good Eats
Pricey: The Palm, Ruth's Chris, Flemings, and Nick and Rudy's are the best steak places in town. The Palm is downtown, right next to Gaylord Entertainment Center (GEC). Ruth's Chris is on West End by Vandy, Flemins is on West End on just the other side of Vandy, and Nick and Rudy's is on 21st, not far down the street from Ruth's Chris. Personally, I like the Palm the best, but dinner for two will run $100+

Less Pricey: Tin Angel, Valentino's. Tin Angel is on West End just before 440. This is my favorite restaurant in Nashville. Entrees run $13-22 or so and are pretty ecletic as far as what's offered. Be prepared for some very very good sauces with almost any entree. Valentino's is an Italian place on West End. I've never been there but its supposed to be one of the best midrange Italian places in town.

Even Less Pricey: South Street is a restaurant on Division (I think) that has a great atmosphere, a good beer selection, and generous portions. Sportsman's, on 21st, is pretty much the same deal, with a menu pretty much straight American, as opposed to seafood. Rotier's is a famous Nashville burger joint on Elliston, pretty much across the street from Vandy and Fleming's. Its definitely a hole-in-the-wall, but, like I said, famous Nashville, and there's a rumor that Jimmy Buffet was moved to write "Cheeseburger in Paradise" after eating there. If you're going low-price, though, you should really have a traditional southern meat-and-three. The Loveless cafe is about 30 minutes from downtown, but probably the best meat-and-three around - my mouth is watering thinking of it. There's also a good one on Murphy road, near 440, but the name escapes me.

OK, so on to drinks. If you're looking for beer, look no futher than the Flying Saucer, off of Broadway next to Union Station. Over 100 on tap, over 300 total, and reasonable prices. The Beer Seller (downtown somewhere) also has a good beer selection and is more of a bar atmosphere. If you're going honky-tonkin', Tootsies Orchid Lounge (Broadway and 4th or thereabouts) is a landmark. Less well known to tourists is Lonnie's Western Room, a tiny place in Printer's Alley that can rock your socks off. Its the busiest when local colleges are in session, though, so it may not be as fun when they're out. You'll have to check it out.

If you tell me what you're looking for or where you're staying, I can be more specific. Also, you'll be happy to konw that downtown Nashville is easily doable on foot, so if you just get yourself down there there should be no problem stumbling from bar to bar.

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We ended up just walking around downtown a bit, and sat in at one of the little honky-tonk places and listened to a band play for a bit. Had a couple of drinks there. The Whitehorse Saloon was closed for a private party (Music City Bowl function), so we didn't get to check that out. It was huge though, looked cool.

Ate dinner at some brewery place close to there, because they had a rib special. It was only so-so, but at least the beer was good.

Didn't stay out much to drink after that, because we're old and lame. Seemed like it would be a fun city to check out some more though, next time we head down to visit Allllaaaabaaaammaaaa.