I thought Monells was ok but if you can get down to Lynchburg, Mary Bobos has a lot better food IMO. They have limited hours. The JD tour costs money now.

I think Monells is living on past reputation.

We were close to a real tragedy here this week as a car crashed in to the original Prince's and caused a fire. They plan to reopen as soon as they can.

I haven't been to the new location but I need to go as it is a lot easier for me to get to.

Hattie B's is decent but missing something in their flavor profile that Prince's has. Still really good though.

If you make it down south there is Big Shake's. Their chicken is about the same as Hattie B's. They can be a little inconsistent but overall are pretty good. If you think you have a tough stomach go for the executioner. I've made it through executioner twice but it was a challenge and I like really hot stuff. And don't forget, the harder it is to get it in the more pleasurable your experience will be a few hours later.

If you do spicy chicken, no matter where you go it is important to eat the bread to get the full effect.

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Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
Another vote for Prince's chicken. BEST hot fried chicken I've ever had.

I grew up just south of Nashville.

Princes is the original, but they just had a car "parked" inside their original location, and are closed indefinitely. Princes south just isn't the same. Hattie Bs is tourist chicken. If you want Nashville Hot chicken, Slow Burn or 400 degrees are where you want to go.

For music, you can really just walk around. Broadway is stuffed with venues. Once you decide when you're coming you can start looking to see who is playing where

There really aren't any places to avoid. East Nashville is traditionally rougher, but it's become pretty gentrified. You probably have better instincts for the rough areas than me, but I've never felt unsafe even in the seedier looking areas, and quite a few great hole in the wall places look plenty seedy.

For parking downtown, I usually park at Nissan stadium and walk across the pedestrian bridge, or at the Music City Center garage. You can safely walk to "downtown" from either of those spots.

We stay outside of Nashville every year for a GSSF Match. We always try to get 5 Points Pizza.

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Originally posted by Tejas421:
Places to see: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum,
The Hermitage (Andrew Jackson's plantation) Johnny Cash Museum,
Belle Meade Plantation.

I don’t live in Nashville (obviously), but I hope you’ll allow me to make a suggestion or two.

May I suggest going a bit further south of Nashville and rather than Belle Meade, visit the Carnton Plantation near Franklin. There was a significant Civil War battle fought there, and Carnton was in the thick of it; the main house became a field hospital. There’s also a Confederate Cemetery located on the plantation. It’s an amazing place. The town of Franklin is pretty cool too. Some nice places to eat.

I will never again visit Nashville and NOT go to the Bluebird. I understand that you need to make reservations well in advance—no matter what night of the week you go, probably before you leave St. Louis.

Printer’s Alley was cool and there was a great Blues club there that I really liked. I said “was” because I understand a developer has bought out much of the Alley and it’s changing. Tejas may chime in and confirm or deny that it’s ruined.