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💘 Best date spots in Nashville

February 13, 2025 · — Natalia Aldana

Hiya! City Cast editor Natalia Aldana here, filling in for Margaret today.

Cheers to Bad Idea, a wine-forward Laotian restaurant in East Nashville, for being listed among USA Today’s 2025 Restaurants of the Year list! Clearly, this spot is a great idea 🍷

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💐 To Love, or Not To Love, Valentine’s Flowers

Mattie Bush-Martin from Amelia’s Flowers joins the City Cast Nashville podcast to answer our burning floral questions: What’s the best flower to cheer someone up? Is buying flowers for yourself economically responsible? And does she hate Valentine’s Day as much as we do?

  • Plus, we get the scoop on Pont Neuf, her buzzy new bar where you can sip a cocktail while building a bouquet. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🏫 Renderings Shared of Vanderbilt-Florida Campus

Vanderbilt University has released images of the planned seven-acre West Palm Beach campus. The South Florida campus, which Vanderbilt purchased in October for $46 million, is expected to be a satellite campus for the schools of management and engineering, host graduate business programs, and serve as an innovation hub. [Nashville Scene]

🎒 MNPS Approves Weapons-Detection System

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Metro Nashville Public Schools board approved the implementation of sensors at the entrances of all high schools to more accurately detect weapons. The Evolv sensors were piloted at Antioch High School after the Jan. 22 shooting, and are currently used at Nissan Stadium. [Nashville Banner]

🏥 South Nashville Clinic Celebrates Immigrants

The Siloam Health center in Melrose says they’re making it their goal to ensure patients “feel celebrated when they walk in” and provide care as Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced they will now arrest undocumented immigrants in hospitals. Siloam Health is also preparing their staff on what to do if ICE attempts to enter and conduct a raid. [WPLN]

What To Do

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Saturday, Feb. 15

⛔ If you shop at Trader Joe’s, Costco, Kroger, or Walmart, various canned tuna brands are being recalled for potential fatal food poisoning risks. Please be careful, and check out the FDA’s site for an extended list of recalled brands.

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