Nash recs

I just remembered that I made this huge list for an old friend who was about to move to Nashville for grad school in my notes app as a way to help her navigate the city. This was right before I moved out of Nashville and served as a great and unexpected way for me to reminisce on and memorialize some of my favorite Nashville spots in my mind. I lived in Nashville for 4 years and wasn't keen on spending money which resulted in not going out very much but I did stumble across some awesome places and learned about the rarity and value of free parking. Consider this my gift to you and a personal tour guide to the city that helped raise me throughout my college years.

Pardon the typos. This is a direct copy/paste from my notes app. Enjoy.

DRINKS AND FOOD

The Station Inn

• go on Sundays around 6:45pm, wait in line until doors open at 7pm, bluegrass jam music starts at 7:30, cheapish beer and stuff its awesome - no free parking cause its downtown though but no cover fee!

Greenhouse Bar

• cute and chill, they have firepits going during winter, also we would go a lot in groups because they let all ages in you juse get carded at bar

Taco Mama

• literally a chain LOL but best margs ever and yummy

Grain and Berry

• also a chain haha but i love

Pancake Pantry

• worth the hype omg. don’t stand in line, orde pickup and then park real quick and run in and get it

12th South Farmers Market

• Tuesday evening during the summer

Bottlecap

• on 12th south, i love going to the farmers market with friends and then walking here for drinks and trivia on tuesdays nights. Make sure to get there early beacuse tables FILL up on trivia night

Cilantros

• fine food, i think they have a happy hours for margs, yum

Hopdoddy

• yummy food, i think they have a good happy hour for drinks

E&rose

• a lot of my friends like it but im not a fan, big expensive acai bowls,i think im just not a fruit person haha but i didnt think it was bad! very filling too

Jeni’s

• a chain lol but if you know people who work there you can go in when they’re working a prob get a free scoop, yummiest icecream ever

Dhengthai

• YUMMY thai food on nolensville pike

Smiling Elephant

• yummy thai food and big huge portions

Funtime

• yummy boba, can't remember what food tastes like, right next to Belmont

Chagos

• a classic, right next to Belmont, food yummy, margs fine

Peaches

• idk if this is the right name of this place but it’s in Greenhills and has good coffee and yummy crepes

Portland Brew

• ICONIC, great vibes and coffee but i think tragically closing

615 Deli

• right next to Belmont

Mesa Komal Kaloorville

• on Belmon’t campus, my fav Indian food, i think they have 2 other locations in nash too

Ladybird taco

• close to 12th south, fire breakfast tacos

Daddys dogs

• yummy ass hotdogs, there’s one in printers alley too

Also do you shop at Trader Joes???? if not lmk i have recs for that too

SHOPPING

• if you’re going to walmart go to the one on charlotte pike, the other ones are scary and bad

Music City Thrift

• my favorite thrift store in nash, it’s everything to me

Southern Thrift

Thrift smart

• i think they have student discounts on a certain of the week

Serendipity

• on 12th south, CUTE BOUTIQUE vibe, perfect for getting people presents

if you can get up to the rooftop of the Bobby hotel there’s a bar and its a gorgeous view, there’s also another hotel with a rooftop view but i cant remember the name. there’s lots of good bars with rooftops thouhg haha

Literally do me a favor and walk around Belmont’s campus <3 it’s beautiful and right in between 12th south and 21st ave

Cornelia airport park is an abandoned airport that has awesome trails and I used to love to ripstick/roller skate there on the old tarmac. It sits in East Nash which is so awesome and cute and gay and fun

Centennial park is awesome to walk around and has big band nights saturday nights during the summer where there’s a band and dance lessons at 7pm and some food trucks. i love it

Radnor park, about a 3 mile or less loop, great for seeing wildlife and wanting peace

FREE PARKING

• capitol building after 6pm (great for downtown, din, broadway, or seeing a show/concert if you’re willing to walk)

• not free parking at all but for concert at ascend or bridgestone I park under music city center because it’s like $20 for 4-8hours i think and everyone in car spliting it equals cheap

• 21st ave, behind Jeni’s and hopdoddy there’s a garage and it looks like you have to pay but you can print out a ticket for free 1.5 hour parking (great when getting food anywhere on 21st)

• 2st ave, there’s also free parking at Belmont UMC when they don’t have services

• 12th south, free parking at servier park or down any side street tbh

• public library downtown validates up to an hour and a half of free parking i think that's right

• no free parking but idk if you’ve ever been to Broadway but its a million dollars for a beer. literally just sneak shooters in and take in bathroom lol

I hope that you enjoy Music City as much as I have <3