The place nicknamed the “Beast” seats 400 and features everything you should expect at any major Nashville concert location: great sound, a great bar and an awesome concert calendar that features a little bit of everything, music genre-wise, from The Kentucky Headhunters through Mudhoney to The Fabulous Thunderbirds. ( 917 Woodland St) Best Dive Bar: Dukes Ryan Hurd at Dukes Of all these destinations, the most logical one to ask Hurd about is The Basement East, a live music venue located on the once gritty East side of Nashville. The owners posted the following message on their Facebook page after the storm: “Building is destroyed, but we will be back.” The only thing left standing was a mural of the Tennessee flag with the legend, “I Believe In Nashville.” Update: The Basement East was destroyed by a deadly tornado that raked Nashville on March 3, 2020. ( 1711 Division St) Best Live Music: Basement East It’s got a warm, old-fashioned vibe, conducive to intimate gatherings and private conversations. It’s an upscale speakeasy and it revolutionized craft cocktail scene in Music City by simply controlling the flow of customers-all in the name of letting barkeeps truly take time to work their magic. If you want an upscale stop in your bar crawl, Hurd name-checks The Patterson House. ( 401 11th Ave S) Best High End Bar: The Patterson House Ryan Hurd It’s definitely a place to sit and chill while trading stories. We relax a while and Hurd tells me about meeting his wife when they were both just beginning to make a few inroads into the business. I can imagine absolutely closing down the place on a summer night, the brilliant lights of the city in a panorama all around you. It’s an almost cinematic location, after all, in the heart of The Gulch, a chic neighborhood that didn’t even exist as such 20 years ago but now is home to an eclectic assortment of bespoke hotels and luxury boutiques.Īfter we get there and grab a couple of beers we step out to survey the city. Hurd tells me a lot of epic (my word, not his) music industry parties go down at the sprawling L.A. Jackson’s At the Thompson - Ryan sports Amavii shades, jewelry by Nialaya, and a Bulgari timepiece.
( 62 Hermitage Ave) Best Rooftop Bar: L.A. We spend a surprising amount of time exploring the place, which is clean and minimal, highlighting brands like Heron Preston, John Elliott and Stone Island. Hurd and I stop there late in the afternoon and he explains it’s where he picks up his retro high-top Nikes. Growing up in Nashville, I have to admit I never imagined there’d be a men’s clothing shop of any kind as cool as Rooted.
( 2600 8th Ave South) Best Men’s Clothing Shop: Rooted Ryan Hurd checking out Nikes at Rooted It’s got a stripped-down, almost industrial vibe inside but the menu is like a southern grandma’s greatest breakfast hits on steroids-steak and eggs, eggs benedict, pancakes, you name it.Īdd in some bottomless Bongo Java, and you’re ready for another day of dusting off the rest of Music City. Open Monday through Sunday, 7 am to 2 pm, Fenwick’sis Hurd’s choice for where to go the morning after an 80-proof bender down at Broadway and 2nd Avenue.
( 1808 West End Ave) Best Hangover Breakfast: Fenwick’s Ryan Hurd It has some secrets too, like The Analog, a 300-seat venue that hosts private events as well as intimate concerts by some of the biggest names in country. The Hutton marries Nashville’s down-home sensibility with real comfort and an ideal location for both tourists and industry players, as close to the heart of the city as it is to more leisurely destinations like Centennial Park, Music Row, and The Gulch in general. There’s a reason: It’s easily Nashville’s coolest hotel, and has the distinction of being the place where Maren Morris cut her hit single “The Middle.” As we tour the basement studios Hurd points out the booth in which she made the recording with pride. Best Place to Stay: The Hutton Ryan Hurd upstairs at the Hutton in The Analog But going on a tour of the Country Music Capitol with Hurd, I saw Nashville through new eyes.Ī lot of native-born sons and daughters of cities that are blowing up bemoan the loss of the place they knew as kids. I realized it’s the place to be right now, and a man as checked in as Hurd is the perfect tour guide.īelow are some of his top recs for clued-in tourists and locals looking to shake up their Nashville experience.
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