Yankee in nashville

We find ourselves with a large group of college girls loudly discussing the previous night's drinking antics and a young couple who mostly keep to themselves.

When newcomers arrive, King can often detect apprehension about eating with random pockets of strangers. But soon, he says, they'll be getting recommendations about where to go and what to see in Nashville. Sure enough, the food arrives in an onslaught and seemingly doesn't let up until you say so.

Each day of the week has its specialties, like chicken and dumplings and meatloaf on Mondays or fried catfish and spinach lasagna for lunch on Fridays.

Meats are the same each day but the accompanying vegetables change. The place was jammed one Sunday with the after-church crowd.

Classic Southern biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls, and coffee arrive first, with fried apples, cheese grits, hash browns, and corn pudding close behind.

Before you can fill your plate, and certainly before you can start digging in, another batch of food is set down: pancakes, scrambled eggs, and a towering meat platter with smoked sausage, bacon, and country ham. Finally, perhaps the most amazing skillet-fried chicken you may ever encounter — something King says may be scoffed at north of the Mason-Dixon Line, but remains a staple of the Southern breakfast.

Metro Nashville includes the entire county of Davidson, having expanded years ago to take over the surrounding small suburban communities. Nashvillians work hard maintaining this image and keeping the tourists coming. Too bad you are gonna bypass the Opryland Hotel. Numerous walkways through atrium gardens, including fountains, canals, and waterfalls are the main focus of the multi-billion-dollar complex called a hotel. Even though are staying at the trailer park, I suggest you at least go look at the hotel.

Opryland Park, the amusement park where I used to ride roller coasters, is gone. They bulldozed it down to build a fancy new shopping mall for you tourists.

By the way, most of us locals are still mad about Opryland Park being torn down. It is the best professional entertainment show in town — plenty of country music folks all doing their best hillbilly entertainment routine, just for you. You might enjoy a trip to 2nd Street.

It is a seedy old section of town that has been refurbished, more or less, for tourists. The Ryman Auditorium, former home of the Opry, is in the area. Stop in at Tootsies Orchid Lounge, a famous dive bar on lower Broad, where country music stars used to quench their thirst in the olden days.

When there is a game, the locals flee downtown for their lives while herds of sports fans take over the city. We are a historic city. We avoided much of the devastation incurred by other Southern cites and also established the useful skill of being able to endure Yankees.

Bring your families, bring your boats, bring your campers, bring your cameras, and especially bring your money! Our Southern hospitality runs just as deep as your good credit. Like Liked by 1 person. I was there on business. What I remember most is that it was a very clean city that basically closed up at , even McDonalds downtown. I remember walking down Printers Alley and listening to some jazz.

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