With the Fourth of July falling on a weekend this yr, you already knew it could be an entertaining week in Nashville — even earlier than the hordes descend on downtown to look at the pyrotechnics. One of the best information is that it is going to be an excellent week for locals in addition to vacationers. Right here’s the news for easy methods to entertain your self with a 70 % likelihood of fewer encounters with Marge from Minneapolis or Bucky from Dothan. (Except Marge and Bucky are good sufficient to do their pre-trip analysis right here on Bites …)
Four Partitions continues to be one in all my favourite cocktail emporia on the town, situated in an intimate alcove of The Joseph at 405 Fourth Ave. S. It isn’t precisely a speakeasy, although you continue to may need to ask somebody easy methods to discover it — however there’s no password or secret knock or any of that rigamarole. Simply attentive private service and an impressive mixology employees.
As a precursor to the Fourth, 4 Partitions has invited from buddies from Houston to affix them behind the bar for a particular two-night collab Wednesday, July 2, and Thursday, July 3, from 5 till 10 p.m. This can be a return go to, because the 4 Partitions employees headed to Bandista on the 4 Seasons Houston in December.
To have fun Independence Day, the mixed bar employees will likely be mixing and shaking pink, white and blue cocktails. 4 Partitions’ lead bartender Mickey Stevenson and Bandista’s beverage supervisor Johnathan Jones will signify the house staff, whereas the Bandista crew will whip up cocktails just like the Colada Cosmico — a tropical mixture of Corsair Vanilla Bean Vodka, macadamia, pineapple served 3 ways and coconut house mud. For a extra spirit-forward and complicated cocktail, the Rob Ahoy options Corsair Triple Smoke American Single Malt, Tempus Fugit Crème de Banane, Smith and Cross Jamaican Rum, Punt e Mes, and a lemongrass fog … no matter that’s. You may wager I’m going to search out out! Make your reservation on the 4 Partitions web site.
For the nineteenth consecutive yr, the Music Metropolis Sizzling Hen Competition will take over East Park on July 4 from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. The celebration of Nashville’s most iconic dish will really kick off at 10:30 with an vintage fireplace truck parade to represent what it’d take to place out the capsaicin-induced fires that attendees will encounter from cubicles representing the royalty of native scorching hen purveyors.
Among the many eating places providing their wares to the cautious will likely be: Prince’s Sizzling Hen, Hattie B’s and Damage’s Sizzling Hen, together with lesser-known however nonetheless respected poultry suppliers Eugene’s Sizzling Hen out of Birmingham, Hen Shack Categorical, Mama Pleasure’s Sizzling Hen + Extra, Invoice’s Sizzling Fish & Chicken and Nashville Hen & Waffles.
An annual spotlight of the competition is the beginner contest, the place residence cooks compete to make the best fiery fowl and declare the title of king or queen of scorching hen. There can even be music all through the competition from DJ Tone Zone, Southern jam-rock darlings LadyCouch, folks singer Charlie Deal with and country- and folk-influenced Ivory Coast native Peter One.
Moreover, there will likely be a children’ zone to maintain the younger’uns entertained. Though the competition is free to attend, a portion of food and drinks gross sales will go to help Davidson County’s public parks, whereas additionally supporting native scorching hen companies and the intrepid entrepreneurs who function them.
Lastly, stretch out the vacation enjoyable with a go to to Lona downtown within the basement of the Noelle at 200 Fourth Ave. N. on Saturday, July 5. That is once they’ll be celebrating the second look of “Cinco de Lona.”
The month-to-month social gathering options $5 tacos and drinks, together with tequila pictures, Mexican draft beers and margaritas. You’ll be hard-pressed to beat that deal anyplace on the town, plus you possibly can work off the energy from these cheap tacos dancing to the Latin rhythms of a reside DJ. ¡Salud!
