Nashville - Any Suggestions?

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Heading to Nashville next weekend for long weekend, and none of us going have ever been there. Any suggetions on good restaurants, clubs, etc?

We're going to the Bowl Game on Friday and the Pats-Titans game on Sunday, but want to get a feel for Nashville in between. Any can't miss spots or anything to avoid at all costs?

[Georgia Avenue]

12th and Porter. An address and a bar. Go there.

[J.D.]

I am mainly a lurker, but from the Boston area and was wondering this as well. Some friends and I are headed down there for the Pats game, but looking for a place to party on New Years Eve. Also, chev, the Bruins are playing the night before the Pats if you care for hockey.

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I'm not a big hockey fan, but we do have tickets for that. In fact, I have two extras. If you need any, PM me. We have 4 extras for the Bowl Game also. If anyone needs those, let me know.

[Soul Daddy]

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[The X-Factor]

I'm from Nashville and if you go down 2nd ave. any and everything you would really want to do is right there.

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Not from Nashville but this is where I always hang out when I'm in the area.

[ThreeMartini]

Whenever I'm in Nashville... http://monellsdining.citysearch.com/

I go for breakfast, it's family style and VERY VERY good.

[inlemur]

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Nolanfan34's last post in this thread (actually a PM from RunDownHouse) pretty much hit the nail on the head. I'll second Rotier's, a little joint on Elliston with the best burger I've ever had. Not mentioned in that thread is the best sushi restaurant in Nashville, Samurai, which is also on Elliston.

If you're looking for the tourist's Nashville experience, just wander around 2nd Ave and Broadway, as others have suggested. There are tons of local flavor bars, and everyone you meet wearing a cowboy hat will be from out of town as well. If you're younger, the local college crowd tends to hang out at a strip of bars on Demonbreun St.

Hillsboro village is another area of town that may interest you. Several great restaurants (Sunset Grill & Bosco's are two of my favorites) plus lots of small locally owned shops.

Also, it's probably worth your time to do a walk-through of the Opryland Hotel. It's one of the largest hotels in the country, and around Christmas they go all-out with the decorations. It has several large indoor conservatories, and while a walkthrough of a hotel may not sound interesting, I can pretty much guarantee you'll be impressed, though the crowds/traffic can be bad sometimes as it is adjacent to the largest shopping area in Nashville, Opry Mills. Definitely skip that, it's just a big mall, nothing special but it draws a lot of tourists.

[RacersEdge]

I agree with everything except the Opryland Hotel - it's a giant hotel with shops and restaurants in the lobby. I didn't think it was worth the 20 minute drive from downtown Nashville to see it.