Business Dinner in Nashville

[RdBchAndy]

Looking for a place for a great business dinner in Nashville. Not a stuffy steakhouse, but a place that has good, interesting foodie food. Hints appreciated

[jamiecarroll]

Watermark all the way!

[jon462]

If I'm staying at the hermitage is it easy to find cabs to watermark and back? I've never been to Nashville and don't plan on renting a car.

btw RdBchAndy did you end up having a good experience for a business dinner?

[jamiecarroll]

That should be no problem. Of course they can call you a cab at the hotel (if there is not one there) and Watermark is in the Gulch, which is a pretty taxi-rich area. And it will be a very short cab ride.

[jon462]

any specific dish recommendations jamiecarroll? thanks for the response

[jamiecarroll]

I'm a big fan of the stone ground grits souffle appetizer. And you can't go wrong with any of the seafood entrees.

[jon462]

any decent bbq in the downtown area?

[pete k]

There is Jack's bbq downtown..skip that one and check the one on West Trinity..about 5-10 minutes north of downtown off I24/65

[Yongeman]

Is there still that guy with his smoker parked outside the Station Inn? That's some damn fine bbq.

[SometimesSouthern]

Yes, I drove by there the other day and saw a guy with a smoker. Never ate it, so based on your recommendation I'll check him out.

[Yongeman]

Great, SS. I won't be back in Nashville for a couple of weeks, but the sample of ribs I had from him was very good..

[SometimesSouthern]

Watermark and the Standard are both good places to get foodie food and for a business dinner.

[pete k]

Giovanni Ristorante
Tayst
Capitol Grille (Hermitage Hotel)
Grill 1808 (Hutton Hotel)

[TLF]

I'm not all that fond of Tayst ... a lot of people like it, though. It's always struck me as "meh." Here are some others to add to pete's list:

Watermark
Margot Cafe
The Palm (although it IS a steakhouse, but a damn fine one)
Sunset Grille
Midtown Cafe
Flyte
City House
Bound'ry
Lime (Latin American)
Zola