[NU Sports] VANDERBILT

[Jim Leonard]

John,

I lived in Nashville from 2002 - 2009. Your assessment of hotels on West End 
Ave. is spot on. Opryland still hasn't re-opened since the flood but I would 
never recommend it anyway because it's so far away from the rest of the city. 
The guide was exaggerating about country stars living nearby, but you may well 
see some in Starbucks.

Here are some other things to consider while in Nashville. 
- The Pancake Pantry on 21st ave. (in a neighborhood called Hillsboro Village) 
is legendary. You'll be in the tourist crowd standing in line but the pancakes 
are awesome. 

- The honky-tonk bars are on lower Broadway (use 412 Broadway as an address on 
Google maps). Legends Corner and Tootsie's are the most well known but really 
the musical talent is the same everywhere. I personally like The Stage and 
Second Fiddle. Some of the new ones across the street are OK too, but the 
Trailer Park is a dump.

- Rotiers is a legendary greasy spoon about 75 yards from the Vanderbilt 
Marriott. The burgers are tasting, but don't bring health nuts and vegetarians. 

- A can ride from the Vanderbilt stadium to Lower Broadway shouldn't be more 
than $8-$10. If the weather is good you can walk it in about 35 minutes.

- If anyone wants an expensive dinner there's a place called Margot's in my old 
neighborhood (East Nashville) that is awesome. Also over in East Nashville 
there's a local joint called the Family Wash that makes an awesome Shepherd's 
pie and has good local music.

If you have any more specific questions, please let me know.

Go Cats!
Jim





----- Original Message ----
From: Labbe John <johnl at mac.com>
To: JLrs751 at aol.com
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Mon, August 23, 2010 10:08:18 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] VANDERBILT

I've never been to Vanderbilt, but we're going to the game, so I'll quickly 
share my research.

There are two hotels immediately adjacent to the stadium: a Holiday Inn and a 
Marriott.  There are also a bunch of other hotels within a few blocks of the 
stadium in Nashville's "West End" including a Loews (which appears to be the 
nicest hotel in the neighborhood), two Hampton Inns, a Courtyard, and a little 
further up West End Ave., an Embassy Suites and a Hilton Garden Inn.  The "West 
End" appears to be a fairly hip part of town, and given that you can walk to the 
game, that's where we're staying.  According to one guidebook, "[T]he 
moneymakers and musicians of the Nashville scene gather in the West End, 
referred to by locals as the intellectual side of town. . . . [T]his upscale 
neighborhood is home to many small shops, lots of excellent (and often 
expensive) restaurants, and several hotels."  The guide goes on to say that a 
bunch of country music stars live in mansions nearby.  The neighborhood is also 
adjacent to Nashville's Centennial Park, which features a full-size replica of 
the Parthenon.

If anyone else has any more info to share, we'd appreciate it, as well.

By the way, I learned today that NU sold its entire allotment of tickets for the 
Vanderbilt game, so there should be a few Cats fans in attendance.  I'll be 
buying our tickets from StubHub or directly from Vanderbilt.





On Aug 23, 2010, at 8:23 PM, JLrs751 at aol.com wrote:

> Any suggestions as to where to stay if attending the Vandy game in Nashville?
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