Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Check out the Cheekwood Botanical Gardens. They regularly have live music that is pretty kid friendly plus it's gorgeous.
East Nashville has some terrific restaurants but otherwise is pretty dull for kids so maybe save that for date night options.
Definitely do hot chicken if your family likes spicy food. We prefer Hattie B's to Prince's. Pepperfire is also good and people like the hot fish at Bolton's (not my thing).
There are some terrific antique stores in North Nashville and Buena Vista area that my kids enjoyed wandering through. Check out Rolf & Daughters and Butchertown for food (Butchertown is more family friendly).
Biscuit Love in the Gulch is cute and fun for breakfast or brunch and is near the Instagram-famous wings mural if your kids are into that (personally I would feel weird waitng in line to take a photo a million people have taken before of yourself standing in front of a wall but whatever).
Buy boots and check out a guitar shop. Definitely hit up a honky tonk or two. Broadway can get nutty at night especially on the weekend but you can go during the day and it's relatively tame and you will hear music as long as places are open.
Have fun!
It makes me very sad that Nashville has become this cliche.
Every place is "this cliche" when you're a tourist. People go to NYC and see the statue of Liberty and the empire state building and go in the Sex and the City tour. They go to LA and visit Universal Studios and the Walk of Fame. They go to Chicago and visit the bean and eat deep dish.
All of these cities also have not-cliche local stuff but it's... for locals. Or people who visit a lot. Family visiting a city for the first time means you do the cliche stuff. It's okay and not embarrassing. The cliche stuff is often actually fun!
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