Nashville was founded in 1779. It was a perfect location as a shipping port and railroad center. Ironically as the state capitol, Nashville succeeded from Tennessee during the Civil War and was taken over by Union Troops. After the war, however, it once again became the state capital and grew as manufacturing companies began to move to the city.
Today, Nashville’s populations is just under seven hundred thousand and is considered the largest city in Tennessee. Company headquartered there are AT&T, Hospital Corporation of America and Southern Baptist Convention to name a few.
As the city grows so does the need for unique restaurants and their developing “foodie’ culture. Nashville was even ranked as the thirteenth snobbiest city in America!
The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium was born in 1995 and has grown to several restaurants in the southwest parts of the United States. They refuse to become a franchise because they just want to deliver quality crafted beer to people who love it.
The Nashville Flying Saucer serves a ton of beers on draught and offer the more popular beers by the can or bottle. Join them on Monday nights for Pint Nite or Tuesdays for Trivia Bowl or Wednesdays for their Half Price menu starting at ten in the evening.
Their menu offers some of the most favorite “foodie” items. You could start with Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos with spiced beef, chorizo and cheese stuffed jalapenos that are wrapped in bacon and served with ranch dressing. Who doesn’t love 
a soft pretzel that is buttered, salted and toasted and serviced with two dipping sauces: cream cheese and chive, spicy mustard or queso. Of course, they have Hot Wings and Loaded Rocket-Tots that are jalapeno potato tots topped with cheddar-jack, goat cheese, bacon and green onions with a fried egg on top.
If you are more of a salad person they offer the usual garden or cobb salad. But you could try Lauren’s Goat Cheese Salad with a spring mix, cranberries, goat cheese, tomatoes, walnuts, red onions and balsamic vinaigrette. For something more traditional and tummy warming have their Grilled Cheese and Tomato Bisque. This has a three-cheese blend with bacon on a toasted sourdough.
You could create your own Saucer Pie by picking the toppings you want, and they will bake it to perfection. Of course, they have great burgers. Try their Saucer Burger made with Black Angus Beef, mustard-mayonnaise, red onion, lettuce, tomato and pickle. Topped with pepper-jack, American or Swiss cheese or substitute the cheese for an artisanal cheese for an additional dollar. I always lean towards a Rueben and their Reuben-Esque is built with Boar’s Head pastrami, jalapeno-kraut, melted Swiss cheese and Russian dressing on a toasted marble rye.
Finish your meal with a Mud Island Torte made with molten chocolate lava cake, vanilla ice cream and a raspberry sauce. They also offer a Beer Float that is made with Russian Imperial Stout and vanilla ice cream (pretty sure you have to be over the age of twenty-one for this float).
I can see why they have a four-point-four star rating online with over one thousand reviews.
The Pinewood offers a variety of things to do while you enjoy a beer, wine or cocktail. They have movies on the last Tuesday of every month. They give you free popcorn and themed frozen drinks poolside. They encourage you to get there early so you can claim your favorite chair by the pool.
Pinewood in Nashville has six lanes for bowling. The wood from the lanes come from an old Bowl O’ Rama in Indiana. You can have up to eight people on each lane. Shoes and balls are included in your hourly rental.
When it gets too hot outside think of taking a cool dip in one of their pools. They have a thirty-foot airstream pool side where you can order food and drinks. The food items range from salads to tacos. Pools are open from ten in the morning to ten at night Wednesday through Sunday.
How about a game of Bocce Ball on the patio? There is plenty of seating and covered furniture to keep the sun at bay. If Bocce Ball is not your game, you can play a game of Ping Pong.
The Pinewood is happy to host private events as well. They will rent out the place to a filming crew or a photo shoot.
With a menu that can feed you breakfast, lunch and dinner you can make the Pinewood an all-day event. Their menu has so many offerings you are sure to find something that will fill your belly. No wonder they have over fifteen hundred online reviews giving them a four-point-four rating.
Merchants was established in 1892. It is located in a three-story building on the corner of 4th Avenue and Broadway. Originally built to be a pharmacy, it was later expanded on and became a hotel. It was a popular place to stay for traveling salesmen as it only cost twenty-five cents per night. It is said it was once a brothel and a casino but there is no real evidence that supports that. There is a documented love affair with a young lady and a Civil War soldier. The documentation was not found until the building underwent a renovation one hundred years later and love letters were found.
Merchant was frequented by Wild West outlaws like Jesse James and Wild Bill Hickok. Later it was a favorite place for country western music stars like Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash.
Falling into hard times in the 1970’s because the lower Broadway area became seedy, it was almost torn down. In the 1980’s it was preserved as a historical building and turned into an upscale restaurant in 1988. The Merchant brought locals and tourists back to the downtown area and it started to improve. However, it fell on hard times again and was secretly purchased by brothers Benjamin and Max Goldberg in 2010. They kept the current staff and did improvements after hours.
Today the Merchant is a thriving bistro restaurant. The first floor serves a casual lunch and dinner. The second floor has a more refined menu serving fresh seafood and steak and the third floor is available year-round for private events.
There are over nine hundred reviews online that give Merchants a strong four-point-five rating.
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