😋 Favorite old-school Nashville restaurants

🍽️ It’s Time to Eat

How do beloved local restaurant institutions like Brown’s Diner adapt to attract new customers without losing their lived-in feel? Acclaimed food and travel writer Margaret Littman joins today’s podcast to celebrate our oldies-but-goodies. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

♿ Local Parks Get More Accessible

Radnor Lake, Long Hunter State Park, and 8 other Middle Tennessee parks are receiving all-terrain wheelchairs in partnership with Sunrise Medical. The wheelchairs will be free and available for visitors of all ages. [WKRN]

😀 Endangered Nashville Crayfish Make a Comeback

The Nashville crayfish population has been slowly increasing for the last 10 years, and now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering removing them from its endangered list. However, doing so might eliminate needed protections. [WPLN]

👩🏻‍⚖️ New Laws Are Already Being Challenged

On July 1, an “abortion trafficking” law will go into effect, making it illegal for adults to aid minors with out-of-state abortions without parental consent. Nashville Rep. Aftyn Behn and attorney Rachel Welty are bringing a lawsuit against Middle Tennessee district attorneys, arguing that the law violates the First Amendment, as well as the Fourteenth Amendment’s vagueness doctrine. [Nashville Scene]

• Check out all the laws going into effect July 1. [WSMV]

You guessed it: Rice Vice, located in East Nashville, is a cozy and hip bar owned by Proper Saké Co. Esquire named it one of the best bars in America.

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