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Here’s the one Nashville chef named a finalist for the coveted James Beard Award

Rachel Iacovone

April 3, 2025

The field of contenders just got smaller for one of the most prestigious culinary awards in the country — and just one Nashville chef has made the cut.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: food, James Beard, restaurant, restaurants

For the love of chocolate

Mary Mancini

February 13, 2025

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Grabbing a candy bar at the convenient store is one thing, but where do you go in Nashville when you want to elevate your chocolate experience?

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Evane Stoner, food, Goo Goo Cluster, holidays, Olive & Sinclair. Beth Sachan, Poppy & Peep, Scott Witherow

Out, About: More national love for Nashville’s food scene

Rachel Iacovone

October 11, 2024

The Nashville food scene is getting a lot of love lately from national outlets. The New York Times, for the second time in as many weeks, has published a list including the best Nashville eateries.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, NashVillager, Out About, WPLN News Tagged With: food

Out, About: Where can you pick apples around here?

Rachel Iacovone

September 27, 2024

If your friend groups are anything like mine, the group chats started asking promptly on Sept. 1, “Who’s down for apple picking?” and ever since, the question has been: “Where?”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, NashVillager, Out About, WPLN News Tagged With: food

Two Nashville restaurants make coveted New York Times list

Rachel Iacovone

September 24, 2024

The New York Times’ much-anticipated, annual restaurant list dropped Tuesday. And of the 50 featured spots from across the country, two Tennessee establishments made the cut.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Edessa, food, Kurds, Nashville Kurds, new york times, restaurant, restaurants, Wine and Alcohol

Out, About: Centennial Park’s main attraction on summer nights

Rachel Iacovone

August 30, 2024

On the corner of 27th Avenue North and West End, there’s this unassuming stage — that is, when it’s not being used.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NashVillager, Out About, WPLN News Tagged With: Centennial Park, food, music, Parthenon

Out, About: The sweet origin of a Nashville ice cream company

Rachel Iacovone

August 2, 2024

I first had Saturated ice cream from a pick-up window at Brightside Bakeshop in the pandemic. I trekked over to the East location in a cloth mask (#tbt) for the pop-up because I was familiar with owner Lokelani Alabanza’s incredible creations at Hattie Jane’s Creamery.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, NashVillager, Out About, WPLN News Tagged With: food, What Where Whens-day

Out, About: Some last-minute Mother’s Day ideas

Rachel Iacovone

May 10, 2024

WNXP’s Marquis Munson and I got to talking about this ahead of this week’s What Where When-sday and were so passionate about the fact that, while all moms are different individuals, some similarities in interests can exist. So, we recorded some recs.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, NashVillager, Out About, WPLN News Tagged With: food, What Where Whens-day

Out, About: Take me out to the ball game… for dinner?

Rachel Iacovone

May 3, 2024

Mack Linebaugh’s recent Sounds feature had kept me from mentioning the team again in a NashVillager I wrote, but then I saw, across the field, my answer to how to plug the home team once more: The Band Box.

Filed Under: NashVillager, Out About, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: baseball, food, minor league baseball, Nashville Sounds

Out, About: It’s officially patio season

Rachel Iacovone

April 19, 2024

The temperatures are finally up and the sun is finally out — enough for everyone you know from colder states to try to come visit.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, NashVillager, Out About Tagged With: food

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