Legendary music row audio home to albums by Alison Krauss, Kings of Leon and more.

A cute bakery focusing on quirky cronuts. Has a following and sufficed for my annual donut.

An incredible guitar shop with all the instruments you've ever dreamed of playing. 1960 Gibson firebird pictures here.

Independent movie theater; great, eclectic set of programming. Via Maggie Spicer.

A great indie theatre with cleverly curated flicks.

The place to visit late night and see the lights of Nashville from 360°

The one decent coffee shop in an otherwise coffee desert of west Nashville. Nice people.

Jeans and things, custom fit to you.

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A don Johnson inspired French eatery by Strategic Hospitality. Good, but needs some work.

Amazing cocktails, unique design and a hidden restaurant. Must do in Nashville!

Amazingly designed bar with an intriguing snacks menu.

A chef's table of a restaurant, all seats situated around the kitchen with a regularly changing tasting menu. Definitely puts Nashville on the national culinary map. Would love to go back and see what new chef Ryan Poli is cooking up.

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Really good coffee, and a great chocolate selection in a beautifully unique setting.

Speakeasy bar; the Bourbon and Branch of Nashville, according to Maggie Spicer. The house Negroni is steeped for a month in oak casks!

The place that I see as the tipping point for Nashville's great food scene. Their opening chef was a weirdo.

Nice food option in Germantown, seasonally driven menu. Sunday supper is more casual. Via Maggie Spicer.

Always delicious locally inspired regional Italian food in a gorgeous old house.

BBQ is something only understood in the south and this place gets it. Pulled pork with baked beans and sweet tea is the way to do it. It's cheap too.

The best country food around. A classic meat-n-three where it may be a 3000 calorie meal, but you'll be back tomorrow.

The original place for hot chicken in Nashville, divey, in a woes part of town, but damn that chicken is good.

If more places like this existed when I lived in Nashville I may not have left. Great food and service nothing pretentious about it.

This place is an amazingly ambitious space: great coffee and breakfast in a living room setting, wifi and workspaces, lunch tables, craft cocktails, dinner, private rooms, bowling, poolside cocktails, bocce and more.

One of the better meals I've had - not just in Nashville, but anywhere. There's a reason this guy is a living legend.