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Nashville, Tennessee

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Dining
December 8, 2005


Feed Me
More gift ideas—the edible kind

by Kay West

Dining cards are the perfect solution to even the most challenging gifting dilemma, and nearly every restaurant offers them. I encourage supporting our local independent restaurants by offering those who rarely stray off the beaten path an incentive to discover what treasures lie in our own backyard. A couple of those independents are giving back by offering more bang for your bucks, proving that sometimes more is actually less. Through Dec. 9, Bound’ry, South Street and The Trace will double the value of any gift card you purchase: for $50, you’ll get a $100 gift card; for $100, a $200 card.

To buy gift cards for Bound’ry or South Street, visit www.pansouth.net or make a trip to either restaurant on 20th Avenue South. For The Trace, visit the restaurant at 2000 Belcourt Ave.

Harried parents juggling kids and jobs would love to find a hot, healthy dinner on the table every night at 6: put a Plumgood Food gift certificate in their stocking, and it’s as good as done. The organic grocery delivery company has added prepared foods to their repertoire; chef Christi Harper and her staff have an extensive menu of vegetarian and carnivorous entrées and sides ready to heat and eat, as well as salads and desserts. To purchase cards, log onto www.plumgoodfood.com.

Nothin’ says lovin’ to displaced Southerners like a gift basket from the Loveless Café. Though the signature biscuits are not available for shipping—and the recipe is not included in the Loveless cookbook—there are plenty of ways to send a taste of the South above the Mason-Dixon or west of the Mississippi. Hams, jams, bacon, sausage, chow chow, relishes, rubs, pickles and even pickled beets—if you like that kind of thing—can be ordered from www.lovelesscafe.com.

Christmas dips at Bobbie’s

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Another beloved Nashville landmark, Bobbie’s Dairy Dip, is staying open through the season this year, decking their walls with kitschy décor, playing oldie-but-goodie Christmas tunes and serving burgers, chili and hot chocolate for weary shoppers to grab and go. Bobbie’s will be open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. and noon-7 p.m. Sun., until Dec. 23, when they will close for the winter, reopening next year with the first of the daffodils.

Send tips and notes to kwest@nashvillescene.com

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