Help going to Nashville

[pspr11]

Going to Nashville January 17. What should I be aware of? What are the fun things? Thanks in advance

 

[Eleven]

Martin’s BBQ. Best brisket ever.
People watching. Always fascinating.
Live music everywhere. take your pick and enjoy.

 

[Apollo]

Make sure to get to Tootsie’s. Iconic place right on the main strip

 

[rgw]

Going to Nashville January 17. What should I be aware of? What are the fun things? Thanks in advance

Downtown Nashville on Broadway. More bars and restaurants than you can handle. People watching here is fun as well.

Have fun

 

[Tyler2Rings]

If you care at all about country music you should make a pilgrimage to the Ryman

 

[willie99]

^^^^

This, go to the Grand Ole Opry, especially if the show is at the Ryman Hall. The original facility located in downtown

Buy tickets early. And buy them on the Grand Ole Opry website. There are almost always tickets available and much less than the secondary markets

 

[kobebeanbryant]

Skip broadway unless you’re under 25 and still haven’t figured out how to hold your alcohol

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Went there when we took on (and lost to) Vanderbilt in football years ago. Fun times, met and hung out with Cornelius Benton and Glenn Antrum for most of the weekend.

The one thing that struck me was that you can walk into any bar and you’ll hear great live music.

 

[Deepster]

Make sure to stop in Robert’s Western World for a fried baloney sandwich. Sandwich, chips, a moon pie and a PBR for like 5.00? Awesome place.

Best Fried Bologna Sandwich In Nashville: Robert's Western World

The fried bologna sandwich from Robert's Western World in Nashville is the best you'll ever try. It's also a great live country music venue!

www.onlyinyourstate.com

 

[CTBasketball]

Make sure to stop in Robert’s Western World for a fried baloney sandwich. Sandwich, chips, a moon pie and a PBR for like 5.00? Awesome place.

Best Fried Bologna Sandwich In Nashville: Robert's Western World

The fried bologna sandwich from Robert's Western World in Nashville is the best you'll ever try. It's also a great live country music venue!

www.onlyinyourstate.com

Don’t listen to this guy, that sandwich sucks. And so does the moon pie.

Going to Nashville January 17. What should I be aware of? What are the fun things? Thanks in advance

I used to live in Nashville for a bit, there are some places you should and shouldn’t go but it all depends on what you want to do and who you’re going with.

If you like mainstream bars and crowds stick to Broadway. If your goal is find women, stick to Broadway but be prepared to buy drinks for bridesmaids. Your personality will get you nothing on that street.

If you like lower key, I’d suggest Printers Alley. Blues/Bones and Boogie is a great blues bar with very good talent, cover charge but the bar is very unique and memorable. Fleet St has great food in an oddly enough UK-style pub.

As for places to see the Ryman is cool if you’re a music fan. I did not like any of the museums - too touristy for me. Catch a Preds game at the Bridgestone, it’s a very good venue. Titans games are fun too but they won’t be playing when you’re there.

If you’re staying on the other side of 40 past the Gulch, go to the bars near Vanderbilt. At least tour Vanderbilt - it’s a great campus. Their basketball arena is very interesting and is a must-see if they’re playing.

Don’t go to Hattie B’s it is overrated. If you like beer go to Bearded Iris, they sometimes do collabs with big craft breweries and usually have good stuff. If your goal is a bender, stick to the light stuff or you’ll have the shakes by day 3.

For food stick to the barbecue or American-style spots. Don’t go for anything pizza or Italian. That should go without saying.

If you want more recs DM me, but don’t go north of the Doubletree into Buena Vista.

 

[superjohn]

Women walking around with blowup dolls.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Lots of country music. If it was me, I'd pack earplugs.

 

[Deepster]

Don’t listen to this guy, that sandwich sucks. And so does the moon pie.

 

[Waquoit]

Skip broadway unless you’re under 25 and still haven’t figured out how to hold your alcohol

Terrible advice for a first timer. Broadway IS Nashville. It's like nothing else in any other city. It's a must.
My hot take: Skip the Grand Ol' Opry. It's brutally bad, even if you try to take it in ironically. I chose it over Broadway on my trip to Nashville and I regret it to this day.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Terrible advice for a first timer. Broadway IS Nashville. It's like nothing else in any other city. It's a must.
My hot take: Skip the Grand Ol' Opry. It's brutally bad, even if you try to take it in ironically. I chose it over Broadway on my trip to Nashville and I regret it to this day.

I love ya @Waquoit. But this statement is doodoo.
Broadway is as much Nashville as times square is nyc.
(But..it is a must see for sure);

 

[kobebeanbryant]

Broadway IS Nashville.

@Waquoit when he goes to nyc:

 

[NJHusky]

Went there when we took on (and lost to) Vanderbilt in football years ago. Fun times, met and hung out with Cornelius Benton and Glenn Antrum for most of the weekend.

The one thing that struck me was that you can walk into any bar and you’ll hear great live music.

Not just bar…anyplace. Hotel lobby, food court downtown….and they don’t get paid. Just tips!!

 

[NJHusky]

Terrible advice for a first timer. Broadway IS Nashville. It's like nothing else in any other city. It's a must.
My hot take: Skip the Grand Ol' Opry. It's brutally bad, even if you try to take it in ironically. I chose it over Broadway on my trip to Nashville and I regret it to this day.

If all I want to do is drink stay on Broadway. We toured the Ryman which is cool. Saw a show there too (more for the experience than the band).

We got that skip Broadway advice..glad we ignored it for a bit. Being above 50, we hit Broadway earlier in the evening. Great music everywhere. Newer bars are all celebrity branded but pretty monochromatic. We liked the older places with more character. The bologna sandwich isn’t fine dining but at midnight for $5 with a pbr it hit the spot

We also checked out the gulch to get off Broadway. The station inn is the oldest bluegrass bar in the country..so they claim

U can make of the trip want u want. Do Nothing all day/night but drink with music or tour around and see some of the history

We skipped the grand ole opry as it’s too far outside of town and we were only there for a long weekend

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Meet up with the other thousands of people there for bachelor/bachelorette parties

 

[Revrat]

If you like excellent wild ales (sours, saisons and lambic styles) Barrique brewery is a little known gem out in a warehouse district.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

@Waquoit when he goes to nyc:

Shut it down. Post of the day.

 

[superjohn]

I love ya @Waquoit. But this statement is doodoo.
Broadway is as much Nashville as times square is nyc.
(But..it is a must see for sure);

Broadway, Times Square, and Bourbon Street are very much a part of their cities and perfect for tourists/people watching.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Broadway, Times Square, and Bourbon Street are very much a part of their cities and perfect for tourists/people watching.

100% I don't hate on broadway. My wife works at bridgestone corporate and we're down there quite a bit.
When people come here to visit me it's the first place I have them go. If they love it, they usually only stay there. But on their return visits they usually want to explore.
We have neighborhoods just like Prospect park, Williamsburg, Astoria and the villages etc.
But those are usually explored after they do the downtown thing first.

 

[Waquoit]

I love ya @Waquoit. But this statement is doodoo.
Broadway is as much Nashville as times square is nyc.
(But..it is a must see for sure);

Yeah, Times Square isn't New York for the first-timer. You can tell by how crowded it is, even in sub-freezing weather.

 

[superjohn]

100% I don't hate on broadway. My wife works at bridgestone corporate and we're down there quite a bit.
When people come here to visit me it's the first place I have them go. If they love it, they usually only stay there. But on their return visits they usually want to explore.
We have neighborhoods just like Prospect park, Williamsburg, Astoria and the villages etc.
But those are usually explored after they do the downtown thing first.

There's a reason touristy stuff like this is popular, it's fun. We don't really have a Broadway, Times Square, or Bourbon in Chicago but I love it when people come to visit because I get to take advantage of the touristy stuff I take for granted living here.