Comment Archives: Locations: Goods & Services: Bars/Clubs
Re: “The Rusty Nail”
The lint of Hermitage's butt-crack, The Rusty Nail offers all the biker trash and dried-up bar skanks of East Nashville a place to wet their disease-ridden beaks with a vast selection of sub-par beers, ranging from all of your favorite Mexican brands to chilled hobo urine. Avoid the food at all costs, as it tastes like a cat that was salted and beaten against a tree. The mixed drinks are reasonably priced, but that does little to distract you from being surrounded by people who spent their childhoods locked in the attic. The last time I visited this bar, a man dressed in drag walked in and started flirting with the drunkest men there. Nobody noticed. In closing, for those Friday nights when The Rusty Nail is your last resort, find yourself an expired jug of milk and some livestock to rape. After all, you deserve to wake up with your dignity intact.
Also, they have a volleyball court.
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Re: “The End”
Can ANYONE tell me the name of the opening band for the HEAVY CREAM show tonight??
Re: “Little Hamilton”
Hellgoat
Yautja
Winds of Malice
Antikos Kul
will be performing at Little Hamilton on Dec.31 (new years eve) $7, BYOB, Doors at 8pm, Music at 9pm
Re: “Rippy's Smokin' Bar & Grill”
The absolute BEST barbecue and BEST service on music row. The musical talent featured is remarkable as well. HIGHLY recommended!
Re: “Sol [Closed]”
The food and service were great. This isn't the usual formula Mexican food found in national or local chains. The menu is well thought out and it all works with an upscale twist. Don't miss the Pollo Relleno.
Re: “FooBar”
ALMOST FORGOT... FOOBAR gets 5 Stars. Nashvillescene.com owes me one. Actually two for disapointing my girlfriend.
Re: “FooBar”
It would have been nice if Nashvillescene.com would have had the dates for the show correct. I wouldn't have driven over three hours from.North of Knoxville to miss the show.. Other than a wasted trip FOOBARR is a great place with awesome staff..l
Re: “Chase's Sports Bar & Grill”
This 10,000 sq. ft. Music and Sports Venue is only 15 minutes north of Nashville right off the 65 FWY at exit 97 located in the Music City Shopping Center! Over 12 TVs for sports, 20 x 40 Sound Stage with full Sound and Lights for the best live bands ever. Big dance floor and great Food... Altho you pay $8 cover for Friday & Saturday Night you receive FREE Domestic longneck beer for 7pm to 12 midnight.. Parking is Free and Safe. Karaoke on Thursday Nights at 8:30 with no cover. Wedneday Nights is FREE Texas Hold-em Poker games and Live Band Jam that you can sing with! Chase's is clean and fun for you 21 and up! Try it, you'll see!
Re: “3 Crow Bar”
My favorite neighborhood bar and one of the best places to meet friends and new people. Beers selection is great, although not a HUGE variety, but just what you need. Sundays are great for the 2 for 1 drink specials and watching sports (or not...depends on where you sit). When the weather is nice, sit by the opened front windows to people watch. Stays open late and staff is super friendly (although frequently busy, so give them a break). And... can't forget... free wi-fi!!
Re: “FooBar”
Great funky atmosphere, cheap drinks, fun staff, awesome music!
Re: “Ri'Chard's Louisiana Cafe”
Boy oh man do I love me some Ri'Chard's! What a great place to dine. I have tried a bunch of the items from the menu and loved them all. My favorite is the Red Beans and Rice. .... and the Jambalaya and the Fried Pickles and the Fried Mushrooms and the Shrimp Creole and the Muffalettas and the funky snosage and the po boys and the ... well you get the point. The wait staff is not only beautiful but friendly and fun. The cooks know what dey doin too! The music is always a delight. Home grown singer songwriters. All original music, which is refreshing. The owner, Richard Trest is a good good man and loves to entertain the crowd throughout the day and evening. R'Chard's = one of the bright spots of Nashville.
Re: “Sambuca”
I've dined at Sambuca many a night and have never had anything less than a great experience. The service is always exceptional, the food is better than phenomenal, and there's something fun happening onstage nightly. Mike Reynolds is one of Nashville's best bartenders and Chefs James Reesor and Mitchell Spivey are a great culinary duo. I'm always impressed and love to introduce friends to the Sambuca Scene. It's been one of the best things to hit the Gulch!
Re: “Blue Bar”
I like this place, its got a laid back vibe ... not pretentious. I've seen some really talented artists come through during the week. Weekends are more for the dancing type, I would prefer to see a band.
Re: “Vanderbilt's Langford Auditorium”
I can’t believe David Dorfman Dance is coming to Nashville!! I have been waiting to see them for so long!
Re: “F. Scott's Restaurant”
For the sake of brevity, I will just touch upon F. Scott’s Restaurant and Jazz Bar, who boasts nightly jazz with rich, extravagant fare. Jazzy it may be, F. Scotts is far from cool; this vanilla ‘hotel lobby’ is a favorite among old wealth, and I mean old.
I came in after 9 p.m. for their half priced entree specials, during a happy hour so to speak. This is an incredible deal for their extravagant preparations, and after having dinner, wine, and dessert once already that evening, my wallet didn’t need anymore of a workout.
I showed up expecting to have my cake and eat it too; sitting to watch free jazz with a half-priced entree sounded like a great deal. But the jazz groups play in the bar section which is separate from the dining room: the only place half price entrees were available. Reluctantly I sat in the dining room and as I gazed about, folks triple my age dined quietly which made this space feel even more out of style than it already was. The decor was a lousy attempt at a 1920s theme, with a few art deco murals on the walls. The ambiance lacked intimacy and romance, unless you really wanted to impress your grandma (Atmosphere for romance -5). I was hoping for more of an east egg mansion feel or perhaps a downtown NYC speakeasy theme.
F. Scott’s ambiance disappointed but the food soothed with its use of ‘easy-pleaser ingredients’, which were essentially bacon and cream. The shear quantity of these fatty fillers unfairly biased my opinion with guilty pleasure, but I know better now. The menu at F. Scott’s is cohesive and extravagant. Dishes include a lot of components with bold flavors, and seem to be composed in creative and delicious ways. Regionally, I would classify its style as French-southern fusion, like many of Nashville’s fine restaurants. And of course, dishes are rich, so the health conscious should dine with discretion.
Cauliflower puree soup with lemon brown butter and cornmeal fried oyster $9
The dish came looking like it had a rough journey from kitchen to table; the brown butter had diverged from a cutesy squirt design, to a hot, runny mess (Presentation -1). Aside from aesthetics, the soup was delicious. But basic it was, with an extremely high cream to cauliflower ratio (Use of easy-pleasers -1). The cornmeal fried oyster added a nice brininess to the round flavors of the soup and showed a bit of creativity. A chardonnay paired nicely with this bowl of cream, but the combination of the wine and oyster, was spectacular. The lemon was lost in the brown butter, leaving just butter. And ultimately, it was this pool of butter on top of cream that left me feeling quite fat (Use of easy-pleasers -1, Sin factor +1).
REVAMPED Cauliflower puree soup with lemon gastrique, brown butter, and cornmeal fried oyster $9
The menu description was not deceiving; I expected lots of cream, and the inclusion of butter was disclosed. The only aspect I would change is the lemon component. A separate lemon gastrique along side of the brown butter would have really made the soup pop.
Rainbow trout with fennel and bacon, greens and roasted red pepper-scallion butter $27 ($13.50 after 9 p.m.)
My entree arrived looking much more presentable than the soup. Two identical roulades of trout stood at either end of a long rectangular plate. Local greens rested under the fish and ‘red pepper-scallion butter’ was pooled about. It was visually appealing, and if you really like butter and bacon, this dish had an affinity to the heart, in a very threatening way. In this extremely rich ‘up do’ of trout, there was too much grease and butter, and frankly more fat could not have been squeezed into this dish. Let’s break it down. After trout, there was fennel, which according to the menu, was a feature. Then came the bacon, and finally the market greens which were smothered in what F. Scott's has called a roasted red pepper-scallion brown butter. This brown butter appeared more like diced roasted red peppers and scallions in brown butter. The dish sounded good on paper, looked good on a plate, but tasted like microwave pizza. Well sort of, the roasted red pepper, smokey bacon, and shear fat content reminded me of pizza. The smokiness of Benton’s bacon was so overbearing that I tasted not much else (Flavor pairing fundamentals -2). The roasted pepper and butter came through, like they would, but the fennel was completely lost in the smoke. Even the trout was hard to taste, which on a side note, was over done. This over doneness was disguised by the quantity of added fat in the dish (Doneness precision -2). This dish was also very salty and I must revoke a point here (Use of salt -1). Ultimately this dish was pretty good in a really smokey, unhealthy way (Use of easy-pleasers -2). I also preemptively deduct one point for ‘Health dish execution’ because I have a hunch that this would be out of F. Scott’s comfort zone (Health dish execution -1).
REVAMPED Rainbow trout with fennel and bacon, greens and roasted red pepper-scallion butter $27 ($13.50 after 9 p.m.)
I would have not used Benton's bacon, it's just too smokey and pedestrian for high cuisine. Prosciutto would have been perfect wrapped in the trout roulade. Fennel is too delicate for all the big flavors of butter, ham, and red pepper. I think the dish would have worked well without it.
Additional grudged deductions:
F. Scott's has no sex appeal (Sex factor -3)
The waitstaff bored me just like the crowd (Waitstaff enthusiasm -2)
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1. Menu cohesion 0
2. Pricing 0
3. Beverage pairings -1
4. Atmosphere for romance -5
5. Cleanliness 0
6. Waitstaff competence 0
7. Waitstaff enthusiasm -2
8. Overall management 0
9. Flavor pairing fundamentals -2
10. Flavor pairing originality 0
11. Texture Profile 0
12. Use of "easy-pleasers" -4
13. Use of salt -1
14. Doneness precision -2
15. Dish sin factor +1
16. Dish sex factor -3
17. Presentation -1
18. Dish practicality 0
19. Healthful dish execution -1
20. Kitchen speed 0
1st visit (100-21 = 79)
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Re: “B.B. King's Blues Club”
Always ejoy myself at BB Kings.
Re: “Cool Beans Restaurant & Tavern”
Best place to drink cold beer and eat a great cheeseburger on the UT Strip!!
Go Vols
Re: “Lonnie's Western Room”
Lonnie's Western Room is the dingy gravesite for the hopes and dreams of rejected Nashville Star auditioners. From the moment you walk into this janitor's-closet-turned-karaoke-bar, you are assaulted with the coppery, blood soaked stench of aborted music careers and a purgatorial sound that can only be found here. And no, that sound you'll hear is NOT a screwdriver in a pencil sharpener combined with the anguished screams of Bobcat Goldthwait pulling rusted wrought-iron anal beads out of his ass (don't be discouraged... that was my first guess too). With the help of this experience, Lonnie's truly redefines the term "dive", as in "Jesus, I would rather DIVE off the high side of Percy Dam than listen to you sing another f*cking song."
The silver lining? The drinks are cheap, so don't be afraid to pound a few beers while you listen to the "cowboy noir" singing Jason Aldean songs so high that he sounds like Mike Tyson before puberty.
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