At 24 years and counting, senior account executive Stevan Steinhart has the longest tenure of anyone at the Nashville Scene—and a long memory for what Nashville restaurants were like back in the day. With Carrington Fox ably covering the changes over the past two decades in the Scene's 20th anniversary issue this week, we asked Stevan some questions about the other side of the story: the way things were back then.
Buckle up, folks—you're going back in time.
What was the place you'd go 20 years ago for a special occasion?
SS: For a special occasion (anniversary, etc.) dinner at Arthur's in Union Station was deliciously romantic. They had a "Caffe Diablo" coffee service that was really fun—you were sitting in a semi-circular loveseat while you ate, with classical music playing. For the family, a visit to Fountain Square and a meal at The Heartthrob Café was totally fun.
How about a date?
My idea of the perfect (and totally impressive) date: drinks at Marty's, dinner at The Third Coast and coffee/dessert plus a turn around Music City at the Pinnacle on top of The Crown Plaza Hotel.
