Nashville Brews Cruise

A fairly new tour in Nashville that takes you out to the local breweries. I plan on checking them out very soon, so does anyone care to join me? Keep in touch and join the Webbspun fun on this tour.
~Corey



Here is a description of the tour from their website...
Nashville Brews Cruise will stop at three out of the four breweries in Nashville each tour, with occasional stops at pubs that carry more than 50 different microbrews (the breweries we tour will rotate daily). Each stop includes a sampling of the company’s unique brews, and you’ll leave the tour with a better understanding of the creative process behind the beer making. In addition, each tour-goer gets a “swag bag” with a free NBC pint glass and other items. And, of course, we encourage you to bring your NBC experience home by picking up a growler of your favorite beer or some of the brewery merchandise available at our stops.

Learn more and sign up for a tour at the Brews Cruise website. Tell them Corey sent you.

Nashville Restaurant Health Scores this week

HIGH SCORES:

El Chico
1132 MURFREESBORO ROAD
Date Inspected: 10/31/2008
Score: 94

Nyumba Cafe
1310 ANTIOCH PIKE
Date Inspected: 10/27/2008
Score: 93

Opryland Ristorante Volare
2800 OPRYLAND DRIVE
Date Inspected: 10/30/2008
Score: 93

Papa Murphys
2510 MURPHY ROAD
Date Inspected: 10/28/2008
Score: 93

Richards Cafe
4420 WHITES CREEK
Date Inspected: 10/28/2008
Score: 96

Subway
5765 NOLENSVILLE ROAD
Date Inspected: 10/30/2008
Score: 94

Taco Bell
990 MURFREESBORO ROAD
Date Inspected: 10/31/2008
Score: 94

LOW SCORES:

La Siesta Restaurant
519 DONELSON PIKE
Date Inspected: 10/28/2008
Score: 56
Major Violations:

• Employee Entered The Kitchen And Id Not Wash His/Her Hands Before Beginning To Prep Food.
• Roach Crawling On Cutting Board Of Prep Cooler.
• Beef And Chicken Out Of Temperature In The Low-Boy Cooler
• Chicken Sitting On Top Of Oven Is Out Of Temperature

Pancho Villa Grill
233 LONGHOLLOW PIKE
Date Inspected: 10/29/2008
Score: 57
Major Violations:

• Beef On Prep Station Is Out Of Temperature
• Employee Wiping The Counters With Dirty Wipe Cloth And Then Began Prepping Food Without Washing His Hands.
• Several Chemical Spray Bottles Not Labeled Throughout The Restaurant.

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Use Donelson Pike to get into the Nashville Airport

Nashville International Airport (BNA) advises travelers and guests traveling eastbound on I-40 to use Donelson Pike to access the terminal and parking lots as the Terminal Access Roadway Improvements (TARI) Project moves forward. Beginning Monday, November 10, work in the median of the discrete access roadways off of I-40 will begin. These entrances to and from I-40 will remain open at this point; however, BNA encourages customers coming from the west to use Donelson Pike to avoid construction areas.

To learn more about the work being done at the airport visit the FlyNashville website.

Cooperatives in Tennessee

Better Foods Co-op
753 E. Henderson Drive
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37411
Phone: (423) 624-8075
FAX: (423) 624-8075
j-a-jackson@att.net

Fresh Life Natural Food Coop
9101 Glouster Lane
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37416
Phone: (423) 344-9244
Renee0726@aol.com

College Street Bakery
1134 College Street
Clarksville, Tennessee 37040

Oldfort Co-op
Cleveland, Tennessee
Phone: (423) 338-4151
myrnamikeluke137@yahoo.com

Three Rivers Market
937 North Broadway
Knoxville, Tennessee 37917
Phone: (865) 525-2069
FAX: (865) 525-9565
information@threeriversmarket.coop
http://www.threeriversmarket.coop

Morningside Buying Club
215 Morningside Lane
Liberty, Tennessee 37095
Phone: (615) 563-2353
morningside@rlaj.com
http://www.rlaj.com/morningside/

Midtown Food Coop
2158 Central Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38104
Phone: (901) 276-2250
FAX: (901) 276-2252
manager@midtownfoodcoop.org
http://www.midtownfoodcoop.org/

Marketplace Buying Club Co-op
3135 Lakeland Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
Phone: (615) 899-4938
FAX: (615) 899-4938
jackiw@marketplaceco-op.org
http://www.marketplaceco-op.org

Naturally Good Food
4242 Port Royal Road
Spring Hill, Tennessee 37174
Phone: (931) 486-3192
info@naturallygoodfood.com
http://www.naturallygoodfood.com

Kevin Costner and Modern West will be on the Opry this weekend!

Check him and his band "Modern West" out when they take the stage of the Opry. It seems he has a true passion for music and is serious about it. There will be many great performers on the Opry this weekend so be sure to get your tickets now and check it out.

See the full list of who is playing at the Opry website.

Scary monster faces everywhere!!!

2nd Annual Masquerade Ball at The Standard Restaurant this Saturday

Saturday, November 1

167 Rosa L. Parks Blvd

254-1277

6:30 pm

$100

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The Friends of Church Street Park presents the 2nd Annual Masquerade Ball at The Standard Restaurant. A black tie benefit for Church Street Park, with $35 of each ticket sold going toward programming and preserving the park. Enjoy hors doeuvres, a three-course dinner by Chef Joe Shaw, dancing, cocktails and a silent auction.

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Call 254-1277 for purchase tickets.

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Visit The Friends of Church Street Park website for more information.

Best Breakfast Buffet in Nashville; 2 Rivers Grille, Nashville Airport Marriott

Now the secret is out! We have eaten there over the years many, many times and always enjoyed the breakfast buffet and the service. The 2 Rivers Grille is not serving your typical "hotel" food. Take the family or some friends out there for breakfast and sit back, relax and enjoy.

~Corey

Visit the Nashville Airport Marriott for info about rooms and their breakfast their website.

For most eaters, the words "breakfast buffet" conjure up soupy eggs, withered bacon and grease-swimming potatoes languishing in steam-table hell—perfect fare for a dinner-theater production of Glengarry Glen Ross in Snakebite, Ala. At this plush hotel restaurant high on a hill off Elm Hill Pike, however, you'll find omelet and Belgian waffle stations, smoked salmon with capers, and fat sausage links along with the requisite biscuits, bacon and grits. The cost: a reasonable $14.95. Think of this semi-swanky smorgasbord (a Mother's Day must in my household) as an upgrade—Shoney's without the whiff of bus-depot purgatory. —JIM RIDLEY

Titans stand tall and yes...PERFECT

The Tennessee Titans keep winning, and not even Peyton Manning could stop the NFL's only undefeated team.

LenDale White ran for two touchdowns, Chris Hope intercepted Manning twice and the Titans routed the Indianapolis Colts 31-21 Monday night.

The Titans (7-0) have won an NFL-best 10 straight regular-season games, matching the second-best streak in franchise history. More importantly, Tennessee grabbed control of the AFC South away from the team that has dominated this division in winning the past five titles.

Kerry Collins outplayed Manning, throwing for 193 yards with no interceptions.

Read more about this game on ESPN.com.

Josh Smith, Chef Joe Shaw and everyone at The Standard are winning awards and in multiple magazine articles

Congrats to Josh, Joe and their entire team at The Standard. You guys truly deserve this award and I'm sure there are many more to come.
~Corey

Visit the website to see what they had to say about Nashville and The Standard. Great article about our fair city.



Enter Joe Shaw, alumnus of Watermark, who brought his passion for Southern cuisine to the gracious former residence.

Read the rest of story by Carrington Fox at the Nashville Scene website.

Corey talks about recently visited restaurants

Visit the websites for each of the restaurants mentioned...

http://www.ellendales.com/

http://www.bonefishgrill.com/

http://www.thestandardnashville.com/

Nashville International Airport delays the start of construction

Due to the challenging economic times, bond market instability and increased materials and labor costs, the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) is delaying the start of construction on the consolidated rental agency complex (CONRAC). This project includes the design and construction of a consolidated rental car facility in the long-term parking lot, north of the existing short-term garage.

This is just a delay, not the cancelation of the project. The MNAA does not yet have an expected date to re-activate the project, but looks forward to doing so in a stronger financial environment.

Visit Fly Nashville to learn more about this project.

Joe Shaw making the rounds at the Jazz Cafe

Meet, greet and enjoy some food

Joe Shaw talks about food