Those familiar with Nashville - Going there in early April.

Wife and I did a 3 day trip back in December. Here's some information I posted in a different Nashville thread:

If you're thinking about an AirBnB for Nashville, I'd look at East Nashville. Very close to downtown and near lots of good bars and restaurants. If you're wanting to go the hotel route, check out the Thompson.

Some people will recommend you go to Husk for dinner - can't discourage that enough. I was completely underwhelmed by the food. The space was nice though.

Hattie B's was good for hot chicken, others say Prince's. I have a feeling you can't go wrong either way.

We went to Peg Leg Porker for BBQ and it was excellent. Although there's definitely more than one place to go for BBQ in Nashville.

Marche was an excellent breakfast spot.

My two favorite breweries that I either went to or had multiple samples from were Southern Grist and Bearded Iris. I thought Yazoo was overrated.

The Greenbriar distillery is really interesting and they give tours and tastings for fairly cheap. I really enjoyed that.

There are also some great coffee places - Barista Parlor and Killebrew Coffee specifically.

And I hadn't mentioned originally but Bar No. 308 had really great cocktails.

find the post 'nashville and charleston, sc, 5 days total' by 632627 that he posted on 2/13/18 for some current comments about Nashville.

It is on page 3 of the Travel Board; 6 pm on 2/23.

We stayed at the Hampton Inn downtown twice, the one PJinAtl referenced, and it is a typical Hampton. I would recommend it. We stayed at a Hampton at Goodlettsville once, to save hotel expense, but if you plan on doing the downtown attractions the extra cost is worth it for the convenience of being near the action.

We ate at Sole Mio, which is a ½ block to the east of the hotel and the food was good but I thought it was expensive for the quantity. It is Italian food.

I see on Google Earth that there is a Martin’s BBQ Joint about ½ block down 4th Street from the Hampton. We ate at one of those outside of town and it was good. Triple D did a show there so I wanted to try it.

We wanted to go to The Southern Steak & Oyster Restaurant but it was so crowded that we could not get in. It is located at the corner of 3rd and Demonbreun St. I have no idea if it is good but a lot of people were there to eat and drink.

We also ate at Bluesboro Rhythm & Blues at 2nd and Malloy St. (but it may have had a different name then) They had live music and bar food. I think we had wings and burgers. It was fun and it is a few blocks off of Broadway, so it was a little different atmosphere than the places on B'way.

We went to the Opryland Hotel and that's worth seeing but we had to pay $25 to park. We ate at a chain restaurant there and that was a mistake. Should have tried the Caney Fork River Valley Grille across the highway - they say they serve southern fried specialties and wild game dishes.

Between this and my other post that is about all I know about Nashville.

Probably need to give us a budget idea. Most hotels downtown are $150 to $300 night at that time of year. Lot’s for restaurants to choose from. Are you a BBQ fan? A foodie? Enjoy wine?

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If you are downtown...you should eat BBQ at either Pegleg Porker or Martin's, preferably both.

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Stayed at Thompson a few weeks ago for a long weekend trip. Liked it as far as hotels go. It’s a little further from the downtown music scene...close enough to walk but we took Uber for convenience. It’s in a trendy little area with restaurants, coffee shops, etc.