Nashville Restaurant Health Scores - Dec. 2

High Scores:

Taco Bell/Pizza Hut
2200 Childrens Way
Date Inspected: 11/25/2009
Score: 91

Vandy Deli
1313 21st Avenue South
Date Inspected: 11/25/2009
Score: 91

Low Scores:

There are no low scores.

Updates:

There are no updates.

Business of the Week - Batter'd & Fried

Please visit Batter'd & Fried in East Nashville and try their mouth watering seafood and spirits. If you like sushi, well they have that too. Stop by and visit them and tell them that Corey and Webbspun Ideas sent you. This is a place that I have visited many times and I've always enjoyed the service, food and atmosphere.

Check out their menu, location and hours of operation at their website. http://www.batteredandfried.com/

Creative Minds Summit this Wednesday at Batter'd & Fried

Will be held at Batter'd & Fried in East Nashville at 6:00pm this Wednesday. Please RSVP so I know how many people are attending.

Batter'd & Fried

1008 Woodland St # A
Nashville, TN 37206

615-226-9283

Watch the NRHA Futurity live online

I can't be there but I still love to see wht is going on at the Futurity. Great times, great rides and all the good people. Follow the link to watch the rides.

http://www.nrhafuturity.com/coliseum.php

Nashville Restaurant Health Scores - November 26

High Scores:

Brother Zs Wings
308 Douglas Avenue
Date Inspected: 11/18/2009
Score: 97

Low Scores:

August Moon Express
1000 Rivergate Pkwy.
Date Inspected: 11/19/2009
Score: 58
Major Violations:
* Roach on floor by prep. table
* No sanitizer in three-compartment sink

El Tacorriendo Mobile Unit
4537 Nolensville Road
Date Inspected: 11/19/2009
Score: 59
Major Violations:
* Beef tripe on top of lids on steam table was 91 F
* Pans stored inside hand sink

Updates:

There are no updates.

2010 calendar from Webbspun Ideas

Would anyone be interested in calendars for 2010 that use my photographs of Nashville and from my travels? Contact me if you are.

Monday night at Creative Minds Summit

See you this coming Monday at 6:00pm at Batter'd & Fried in East Nashville for the next Creative Minds Summit. Instead of $1 entrance fee, please bring a can of food or something that we can give to the Nashville Rescue Mission. It is thanksgiving after all and let's try to help someone else enjoy the season as well.
~Corey

Batter'd & Fried

1008 Woodland St #A

Nashville, Tn 37206

Creative Minds Summit - Monday November 23

The first Creative Minds Summit went very well and now we are gearing up for the second one. This coming Monday, November 23 at a location to be determined. $1 gets you into the fun, so come ready to talk about ideas, your business, Nashville or whatever comes up.

~

See you there!

Winner of the "Horse Doctors" book

Stephanie Mertin-Slaughter won the book "The Horse Doctors." Thanks Stephanie for being a part of the Webbspun World.

Nashville Restaurant Health Scores- Nov. 18

High Scores:

At the Table
907 12th Avenue South
Date Inspected: 11/12/2009
Score: 95

H & T Home Cooking
2371 Murfreesboro Road
Date Inspected: 11/11/2009
Score: 91

Low Scores:

There are no low scores.

Updates:

There are no updates.

Testimonial about the Creative Minds Summit

Lynda Drewry attended the Creative Minds Summit. Here are her thoughts afterwards, - Thank you Corey. Tonight was lively, informative and delightfully fun! My friend Faye loved meeting you. DO THIS AGAIN....SOON!!!! It was great!

Success with the Creative Minds Summit tonight

Had a small group for the first Creative Minds Summit but it was a great time and we talked about a lot of things. Ideas were hatched and future meetings were planned. Are you in for the next one?

The Creative Minds of Nashville Summit

The round table gathering will be tomorrow at 5pm at Past Perfect on 3rd Ave South. Near the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Past Perfect, 122 3rd Ave. South, 615-736-7727

Here is a link to their website. http://www.pastperfectnashville.com/

Southern Food in Nashville - Meat and three

Nashville and food is a tricky situation. We are known for fried chicken and most things fried but we are also known for meat and three's. We don't have a certain thing that we are known for when it comes to food but we are slowly building an amazing network and family of restaurants, candy shops, chocolatiers and locally grown foods.

What is a meat and three? It is where you go and pick some meat from a selection of anywhere from 3 to 6 choices and then 2 or 3 choices of vegetables on the side. For the vegetarians there is always the option of getting a plate of 3 or 4 vegetables. Each dish comes with either biscuits or cornbread and the desserts are most always delicious and homemade.

The desserts are often something along the lines of banana pudding, apple or peach cobbler, pie or cake. Always some variety with some places having more choices then others. When it comes to the pies you usually have some pecan, apple, chess, sweet potato, chocolate, coconut and sometimes even more options. Cakes are usually a yellow cake with chocolate icing, coconut and some others.

When it comes to drinks most folks go with sweet iced tea but you usually also have the options of lemonade, coffee, sodas and not much more then that.

Business hours are usually lunch time which usually means 11am-2 or 3pm. Some places are open for dinner but it is always best to check before assuming because most of the meat and threes are family owned and they want to get home to be with their family as much as possible.

This will get you started and if you have any questions or thoughts, email or call me. My cell phone number is 615-400-0966 and my email address is corey@webbspunideas.com

I look forward to seeing you all out there and trying our local foods and restaurants. Enjoy the taste of Nashville, ya'll!

Customer service and hospitality

When you go into a hotel or any type of business and you hear about customer service and hospitality, does it ever feel fake? The words ring hollow to often because they say them as long as you can bring money to them and it is a one way street. Once you need them to extend a favor or the hospitality back your way they just don't seem to care about you like they did before.

I've heard many frequent flyers and hotel chain members who complain about being one night or flight short of reaching the top level of membership and when they ask for the night to be given to them, they are told no. Yet when these companies need the business of the travelers, like now or after 9/11 they said and did all the right things to get people to come back and stay or fly with them. Soon after business was back to normal, they eased back and starting changing they way they handled frequent travelers needs.

Now I understand that businesses are in business to make money and I'm all for that but please don't be fake and pretend like you care so much about the customer. Yes, I've been in the hospitality industry for most of 20 years and most people that I've worked for truly care to keep the guest happy and it can be discouraging when you are told to do things a certain way and then at some point in begins to change and it is solely to save money.

Getting out and communicating with the public through Twitter, blogs, emails, newsletters and the like are great but people can see when you truly care and when you are just looking to get their money. They don't want to be nickeled and dimed to death but would be willing to pay a decent price to have everything included.

I would love to see the best of both worlds come together. The modern convenience and technology mixed with the old-school way of caring for the person right in front of you and not just seeing them as a dollar sign or a number.

As the economy changes and people reevaluate how they do business and whether or not they even have to travel will begin to see many businesses change how they treat the public. If not, they may not make it long term.

Southwest Airlines is a great example of that. They do things that make flying with them a joy. The other airlines don't and then they complain about the things that Southwest Airlines does. Change or close up shop may be the answer.

I just want the companies and businesses to do what they say and be genuine. Don't be shy about making money but don't try to rip everyone off in the process or be two-faced about it.

Thanks and have a good day.