DIERKS BENTLEY WHISKEY ROW HOW TO

DIERKS BENTLEY WHISKEY ROW HOW TO

If anyone knows how to have a good time, it’s going to be the man, Alan Jackson, himself. What I’d order: The menu includes a few vegan options – Gwen’s influence? – so out of curiosity I’d try to ignore the hot chicken biscuit and maybe find out what a cauliflower steak tastes like. Like many of its fellow bars along this strip, the Nashville Branch has live music every day from mid morning until the wee hours. The chain’s been described as ‘not your great uncle Merle’s honky tonk’, though with a tractor hanging from the ceiling, it still sounds pretty red neck to me (in the best possible way, of course!). Last month saw the opening of the enormous Nashville branch of the Ole Red chain named after Blake Shelton’s 2002 hit. What I’d order: To start, a Pretzel, followed by the Creole Fettuccine, finishing with the Warm Skillet Brownie and Dierk’s Lemonade to drink Ole Red Spread over three floors, this restored guitar shop (how apt!) looks like a pretty upmarket honky tonk with its original South West menu given a Southern spin – meaning that catfish and grits have been added to the menu … mmm, not so sure about that … but the craft cocktails menu more than makes up for that. Recently opened with live performances from friends Thomas Rhett and Maren Morris amongst others covering 90’s country classics, this is the third in the franchise and first in Tennessee (the other two are in Arizona, Dierk’s home state). What I’d order: Since it’s his momma’s own recipe I’d betray my usual chocolate cravings and try the peach cobbler. Its lengthy menu is apparently made up of Jason’s own southern food favourites. Jason Aldean’s eponymous venture is a three floor restaurant, bar and event space adorned with vintage signs and paraphernalia including a 1961 John Deere “Big Green Tractor”. The newest addition to lower Broadway opened on 6 th June 2018 to nicely coincide with the influx of fans for CMA fest. But, inspired by the songs and the artists themselves, here’s a round up of country music artist owned (or themed) bars and restaurants I’ll need to check out (for research purposes, of course) when I finally book the next trip Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar Nashville’s Broadway doesn’t lack watering holes and honky tonks and I’m pretty sure you’d have a good night in any one of them. The logical reaction, of course, is to start to plan my own fantasy Nashville nights out.

Social media feeds are currently adding to the obsession by providing a constant stream of friends’ photos from CMA Fest. I’ve been dreaming (some would call it scheming) about taking advantage of British Airways’ new direct flights to my spiritual hometown, Nashville.

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