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Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:52 pm
by Giff
We're going to see American Aquarium and Murder By Death at The Ryman next weekend. I have some decent ideas for non-food (but a lot of alcohol) places, but my friends who recently went don't really care about food. Any recs on good places to eat downtown or anything else you would recommend doing in a 48-hour period (of course, we have the concert and the Texans second-round game already planned)?
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:09 pm
by duff
When I was down a few years back we did The Pharmacy for bugers and it was better than most. Another place was Von Elrod's by GEODIS Park. In house made sausage and beer garden.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:11 pm
by sancarlos
duff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:09 pm
When I was down a few years back we did The Pharmacy for bugers and it was better than most. Another place was Von Elrod's by GEODIS Park. In house made sausage and beer garden.
Would’ve guessed you’d prefer your homemade bugers.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:12 pm
by Giff
duff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:09 pm
When I was down a few years back we did The Pharmacy for bugers and it was better than most. Another place was Von Elrod's by GEODIS Park. In house made sausage and beer garden.
Well The Pharmacy has a bacon cheeseburger with Gifford smoked bacon so I think that means we have to eat there.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:54 pm
by govmentchedda
If you guys are up for super fancy coffee and tea, my friends opened up a spot at the Continental inside the Grand Hyatt at 1000 Broadway called Now and Then. I'm dying to get up there and check it out. It's part of Sean Brock's food empire. I'm pretty sure there's a restaurant there as well, and the spot where they sling coffee is a Japanese style HiFi cocktail bar/listening bar in the evenings. The Black Keys were spinning there the other night. If you go for coffee and tea, make sure to tell Davy and Demi I sent you.
Now and Then doesn't really strike me as a place where two dudes meeting up for a concert would go, but it's just 5 blocks up the road.
Also, I hear East Nashville is the neighborhood you want to hit. My only time in NashVegas was for the Bolts' outdoor game vs. the Preds a few years ago and none of our crew wanted to get out that way. I really did not enjoy Broadway at all.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:57 pm
by A_B
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:54 pm
If you guys are up for super fancy coffee and tea, my friends opened up a spot at the Continental inside the Grand Hyatt at 1000 Broadway called Now and Then. I'm dying to get up there and check it out. It's part of Sean Brock's food empire. I'm pretty sure there's a restaurant there as well, and the spot where they sling coffee is a Japanese style HiFi cocktail bar/listening bar in the evenings. The Black Keys were spinning there the other night. If you go for coffee and tea, make sure to tell Davy and Demi I sent you.
Now and Then doesn't really strike me as a place where two dudes meeting up for a concert would go, but it's just 5 blocks up the road.
Also, I hear
East Nashville is the neighborhood you want to hit. My only time in NashVegas was for the Bolts' outdoor game vs. the Preds a few years ago and none of our crew wanted to get out that way. I really did not enjoy Broadway at all.
Discount cigarettes, liquor and wine. Anywhere, anytime, we deliver.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:59 pm
by sancarlos
East Nashville Skyline is a great album.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:03 pm
by A_B
sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:59 pm
East Nashville Skyline is a great album.
Was my first Todd snider album I think. It's full of slappers, bangers and certified twangers.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:06 pm
by Giff
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:54 pm
If you guys are up for super fancy coffee and tea, my friends opened up a spot at the Continental inside the Grand Hyatt at 1000 Broadway called Now and Then. I'm dying to get up there and check it out. It's part of Sean Brock's food empire. I'm pretty sure there's a restaurant there as well, and the spot where they sling coffee is a Japanese style HiFi cocktail bar/listening bar in the evenings. The Black Keys were spinning there the other night. If you go for coffee and tea, make sure to tell Davy and Demi I sent you.
Now and Then doesn't really strike me as a place where two dudes meeting up for a concert would go, but it's just 5 blocks up the road.
Also, I hear East Nashville is the neighborhood you want to hit. My only time in NashVegas was for the Bolts' outdoor game vs. the Preds a few years ago and none of our crew wanted to get out that way. I really did not enjoy Broadway at all.
Is the coffee shop now and then? Or am I not reading good.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:24 pm
by govmentchedda
Yeah, the coffee shop is
Now and Then, and it's inside the Grand Hyatt Nashville.
https://www.instagram.com/nowandthen.nashville/?hl=en
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:32 pm
by Giff
Gotcha. I always try to find a new coffee shop wherever I go, so this sounds like a winner.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:44 pm
by govmentchedda
Giff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:32 pm
Gotcha. I always try to find a new coffee shop wherever I go, so this sounds like a winner.
My one hesitation with recommending this place is that it is going to be the highest end coffee place you've ever been to (and that I would have been to either). They're veteran baristas that moved there from Tampa a little over a year ago. They'd do monthly popups at different spots down here with their "elevated" takes on coffee and tea. Guessing it'll be ~$7-15 per drink, depending on what you choose. They're definitely still spinning records on the HiFi system in the morning, but I think they don't really want/allow anyone to use it as a workspace (i.e. sit on their computer), like most other coffee shops. I suspect you'll love it, but I don't want to send you there with an expectation that it's just a "fill your cup from the 3 gallon drip coffee urn" type spot.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:51 pm
by mister d
"One venti pumpkin spice latte, please."
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:01 pm
by A_B
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:51 pm
"One venti pumpkin spice latte, please."
And a coke for my friend here.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:36 pm
by Giff
A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:01 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:51 pm
"One venti pumpkin spice latte, please."
And some coke for my friend here.
FIFY.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:40 pm
by Ryan
(Is handed powdered Sprite)
“Thank you”
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:12 pm
by A_B
Looks like they're way ahead of us.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:21 pm
by Giff
Haha perfect.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:38 am
by A_B
Me and Giff driving in from the airport
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:53 am
by govmentchedda
Kinda surprised he even got a talking to.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:57 am
by mister d
"Sorry sir, I couldn't see you were white before I pulled you over."
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:59 am
by A_B
I mean, east nashville seems like a fun place
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:35 am
by A_B
We're gonna need an East Nashville Thread.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:41 am
by Giff
I'm getting drunk on the plane and we're headed straight there.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:59 am
by A_B
Last year I went to Cali when they had their coldest week in a decade. Now I'm headed to Nashville with one of their worst winter storms. Lexington isn't great right now either.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:00 am
by Giff
How are the roads looking? Is my competitor truck twin 4WD?
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:04 am
by A_B
Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:00 am
How are the roads looking? Is my competitor truck twin 4WD?
I think it will be Ok. And yes, anyone who buys a pickup truck without 4wd is a maroon unless you live in a dry climate I guess.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:05 am
by Giff
A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:04 am
Giff wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:00 am
How are the roads looking? Is my competitor truck twin 4WD?
I think it will be Ok. And yes, anyone who buys a pickup truck without 4wd is a maroon unless you live in a dry climate I guess.
I'll let you decide which one I am.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:59 pm
by A_B
Giff is about to have his first Zombie Dust. We are at the pharmacy. I’m so excited.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:12 pm
by P.D.X.
can someone translate
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:09 pm
by mister d
Zombie Dust is an IPA from Indiana.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:24 am
by P.D.X.
Clearly I need to have my first
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:54 am
by Giff
duff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:09 pm
When I was down a few years back we did The Pharmacy for bugers and it was better than most. Another place was Von Elrod's by GEODIS Park. In house made sausage and beer garden.
These burgers were on point.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:22 am
by A_B
I had the bratwurst and it was fantastic.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:55 am
by A_B
Giff is dressing like we are going skiing. Down Everest.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:51 pm
by Ryan
These people haven’t seen a Texan alive since their grandparents bought one
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:44 pm
by duff
Giff wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:54 am
duff wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:09 pm
When I was down a few years back we did The Pharmacy for bugers and it was better than most. Another place was Von Elrod's by GEODIS Park. In house made sausage and beer garden.
These burgers were on point.
You guys took my recommendation on the pharmacy and had an indiana beer. My Hoosier heart is warm on this frigid Saturday.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:34 pm
by Nonlinear FC
mister d wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:09 pm
Zombie Dust is an IPA from Indiana.
It's delicious and in heavy rotation in the fridges of this 'hood in MD.
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:46 pm
by Giff
A_B wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:55 am
Giff is dressing like we are going skiing. Down Everest.
Who was whining he didn’t have long johns on about 32 minutes after this post?
Re: Swamp Travel Guide: Five Pound Basses Take NashVegas
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:19 pm
by rass
Giff wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:46 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:55 am
Giff is dressing like we are going skiing. Down Everest.
Who was whining he didn’t have long johns on about 32 minutes after this post?
ROCK AND ROLL