Out Of Office: Tips For Work Trips In Nashville
A Music City executive shares her go-to spots for business dinners, team building and time off
Stroll the neon-lit streets of Tennessee’s capital with confidence the next time you’re in town for business.
Behind the Stetson hats, big hair and powerhouse country ballads of Nashville, there are busy business professionals, just like you. Many of this city’s working men and women—like Emilee Warner, senior director of artist development at Warner Music Nashville—are in the music industry, and experts at blurring the line between work and play.
We tapped Warner to hear about her favorite spots in Nashville—so you know what to experience, eat and listen to the during your stay at the Cambria Hotel Nashville Downtown.
You want to impress a new client, boss or colleague. Where do you meet him or her?
Pinewood Social is my go-to for business conversations.
Impress your co-workers at the trendy workspace Pinewood Social, which features a coffee shop, restaurant, craft cocktail bar and even a place to knock down a few pins after you’ve taken care of business for the day. Credit: Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.
You have three meals—and only three—to get a taste of Nashville. Where do you go for breakfast, a quick lunch and dinner?
Breakfast: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. My fiancé and eat at Cracker Barrel at Music Valley probably once a week. Lunch: Mitchell Deli in Inglewood. Dinner: Lockeland Table in East Nashville. (Ask for a seat by the pizza bar.)
Pull up a seat at Lockeland Table’s pizza bar and indulge in wood-fired selections from this community kitchen located in a historic, reconstructed storefront from the 1930s. Credit: Lockeland Table
- Emilee Warner
You’re only working a half day today. How do you spend the rest of it?
I’d opt for a bike ride on Shelby Bottoms Greenway.
You have a free evening and an expense account! Where do you and your team or client go for fun—whether you’re in the mood for sports, music, film or something completely unique to Nashville?
I’d take my team to dinner at Husk, a show at the Ryman Auditorium and a nightcap at Bar Sovereign.
Business is going great. Where do you and your colleagues meet for happy hour to celebrate, and what do you order?
L.A. Jackson’s rooftop lounge, and I would order a bubbly rose!
You’ve been wearing the same cardigan once a week every week, and you know it. Where do you go to revive and reboot your business casual wardrobe?
J. Crew or Madewell in Green Hills or the J. Crew outlet at Opry Mills Mall.
You have a free hour or two and a camera. Where do you go to capture the best side of Nashville?
Probably Robert’s Western World, where you’ll see world-class musicians—and [enjoy great] people-watching.
What’s the coolest thing you can see or do within an hour of town?
Ride a motorcycle through the Natchez Trace to Leiper’s Fork, get lunch at Puckett’s and head back home.
What’s the one attraction in Nashville you take all of your out-of-town visitors to see?
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
If one place could embody Music City, it’s got to be the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, which houses over 800 different stage costumes among its 350,000 square feet of exhibits and displays. Credit: Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.
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