Just got back from a quick weekend trip to Nashville with Lady BR. First time using the companion pass so the trip started off on the right foot considering the flights were free and very few miles were used!
Got in Friday night to plenty of rain and we went directly to Boltons Hot Chicken and Fish.
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/boltons-spicy-chicken-and-fish-nashville?select=SxiuJPgbvLcbeclsk4XaKA#SxiuJPgbvLcbeclsk4XaKAYes it was a hole in the wall in a semi-sketch portion of the town but it was well worth it. The place has room for about 20 people to STAND inside and a couple little tables you could eat at but the vast majority of what looked like regulars were getting take out. Yes your feet stuck to the floor and yes we were the only caucasians in the place. The hot chicken and hot catfish were out of this world. A must visit any time in Nashville if you ask me. Being our first time in Nashville we hit up the bars downtown and had our fill of brew and live country music.
Saturday we walked down to the Gulch(fancy new hipster part of town) and the Yazoo brewery tour. very small brewery that makes some pretty decent beer. I really enjoyed their pale ale and the tour in general. Small= one guy packs all of their six packs of their bottler that does 2 bottles per second. have only had this one for like 3 years it sounded like. After a decent buzz on some beer and a really good late lunch at a place called whiskey kitchen we ventured back down to broadway so Lady BR could shop a little and we could stop in to some of the venues there. Visited another 4 or 5 bars and then headed in as we were both pretty drunk by now. Got take out for a late dinner and ended up just staying in as it was pouring and by the time we finished eating and started to sober up it was nearing 11.
Rained all day sunday so after church we pretty much drove around and saw some of the touristy sites and stopped at a few places so she could either shop or we could check out the local.
Older crowd than I had expected at the bars(shouldve known)
Good music everywhere if you like country
Compact city between Vandy and downtown compared to KC and what I expected
Rain sucks, trip would have been better if it would have cooperated
Would go back, probably best with a few couples and better weather
Getting a hotel downtown was a very good choice
