Category Archives: Food & Drink
St. Patty’s Day: Distracted By Shiny Things Edition
So, as it goes, we were a little distracted by something shiny in the Demonbreun roundabout this morning, and our St. Patty’s Day roundup is rolling in a little late. But it’s never too late for green beer, so check out our top picks for the evening. Be safe, and program 862-RIDE into your phones [...]
Nashville Sounds Introduce Thirsty-ish Throwback Thursdays
After lamenting the absence of Thirsty Thursdays last season at the newly-renovated Greer Stadium, we’re excited to deliver news of a new Nashville Sounds season promo day that’s so close to the Thirsty Thursdays of olde, we can taste it. The Nashville Sounds will introduce “Throwback Thursdays” this year, offering hot dogs, pretzels, nachos, sodas [...]
The Weekendist: Films, Basketball, Beer And Benefits Edition
What more do you need in a weekend? Okay okay, so we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel this weekend, but hey. It’s Friday. Cut us some slack.
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2010 Oscar Shorts. The Belcourt, times vary. Stop by The Belcourt at some point this weekend to catch one of two 2010 Oscar Shorts offerings – 2010 Oscar [...]
March 24 Is Next Nashville Originals Discount Sale
Ahh, finally! More than a day or two of advance notice for one of our favorite quarterly events, the Nashville Originals discount gift certificate sale. Mark down March 24 on your calendar and get some extra sleep the night before, because you’ll be getting up early if you want to have a shot at scoring [...]
The Weekendist: Madness In March Edition
Your long-awaited Weekendist is back! It’s not often that we have so much happening in one weekend during the winter months, so much so that we’re dubbing this weekend “March Madness” (at least for us). Get out and enjoy the sun & mid-50’s temperatures, and take your pick from the madness.
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Ani DiFranco with Erin McKeown. [...]
Make Hoppy History: Yazoo Auctioning Off First Pint In New Brewery
We’ve got to give major props to Yazoo Brewing, makers of delicious, local beer and supporters of many random local shenanegins. Whether it’s sponsoring a tweet-up, showing up to a city-wide snowball fight with tasty, belly-warming treats, awarding prizes to their biggest fans in Yazooperbowl, tapping a single keg (and causing an internet stampede in [...]
National Holidays We Like: Free Pancake & Free Pretzel Day [Freebies]
Free pancakes. Free pretzels. What more could you ask for? This Saturday, February 20 is Free Pretzel Day at Auntie Anne’s, home to those irresistible mall cinnamon sugar crack-pretzels. There’s pretty much an Auntie Anne’s in every mall around – Green Hills, Opry Mills, Cool Springs, Hickory Hollow and Rivergate Mall all house a location. [...]
A Tayst Of Takeout: New “Quickbytes” Lunch At Tayst
Chef Jeremy Barlow of one of our favorite Nashville Originals restaurants, tayst Restaurant & Wine Bar, is dabbling in new waters by introducing a limited-availability takeout lunch on weekdays for $8. Now, if you’ve ever darkened the doors of tayst, you know that $8 for a full, sustainably-sourced meal from Barlow is an unbelievable bargain.
Quickbytes [...]
Fresh Blends: Blending No More [Comings & Goings]
Ah, Fresh Blends. What a short love affair we’ve had with you. You’ve been so coy, opening one store, then another, then closing the first, but we’ve followed you loyally, and we’re sad to say goodbye. From Fresh Blends on Facebook:
We are sad to announce that Sunday, January 10th, will be our last day of [...]
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