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🍽️ Are these Nashville’s best restaurants?
September 10, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Good mornin’! The New York Times has updated its list of best Nashville restaurants. Their picks include Alebrije, International Market, and Xiao Bao. But I’m curious, what are YOUR favorite local restaurants? Let me know!
What's CITY Talking About?
🏫 A College Student’s Guide to Nashville
Nashville is a hub for higher education — the Athens of the South! With students back on campus, Vanderbilt Hustler Life Editor and senior Daniela Aguilar joins the City Cast Nashville podcast to give us her tips and tricks for navigating Music City as a new student. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🏠 Two New Housing Bills
Two bills that address Nashville’s housing gap passed Metro Council’s first reading and are up for second readings this month. The first proposes two new zoning types — “residential neighborhood” and “residential limited” — to increase housing in strategic areas. The second gives incentives to property owners who build multi-family affordable housing. [The Tennessean]
- A housing study showed Nashville needs at least 90,000 more homes in the next decade. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
- Related: Waitlists for two affordable housing developments open today and tomorrow. [MDHA]
🪧 Local Students Protest Gun Violence
On Friday, students at six Tennessee high schools — including University School of Nashville, Hillsboro High School, and Nashville School of the Arts — participated in a nationwide school walkout protesting gun violence and demanding a ban on assault weapons. [Nashville Banner]
- Our interview with WPLN reporter Paige Pfleger about gun laws following the Antioch High School shooting [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
Schools should not be a place where you’re worried if you’re going to come home or not.
🚗 Pedestrian Signal Approved for Crosswalk
The Nashville Department of Transportation will be installing pedestrian hybrid beacons at the Germantown crosswalk where two pedestrians have been hit this year, leading to one death. When a pedestrian presses the beacon’s button, red and yellow lights flash, alerting drivers to stop. [WKRN]
What To Do
Wednesday, Sep. 10
- 🧶 Ultimate Guide to Crochet | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Edmondson Pike Library Branch | Free
- 🥬 WeGo Market | Elizabeth Duff Transit Center at WeGo Central | 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
- 🪗 Music for Seniors Free Daytime Concert | Plaza Mariachi | 1-2 p.m.
- 🎉 Food & Arts Fest | The Outfield | 4-7 p.m.
- 📚 "The Endurance Artist" | Clementine Hall | 6 p.m.
- 🎤 Garbage | The Pinnacle | 8 p.m.
Thursday, Sep. 11
- 🫖 A Very Downton Tea | Cheekwood’s Café 29 | Multiple times
- 🎵 Music and Conversation: The Art of the Storyteller | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 10:30-11:45 a.m.
- 👕 Sort Baby and Children’s Clothes | Mother To Mother | 1-3 p.m. | Volunteer
- 🔠 Scrabble Meet-Up | Bellevue Library Branch | 1-4 p.m. | Free
- 🧑🌾 Bellevue Farmers Market | Red Caboose Park | 4-7 p.m.
- 😆 Judson Veach & Friends | District Coffee | 7-9 p.m.
- 🎭 Summer Shakespeare: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” | The Yard at oneC1TY | 7 p.m.
- 🎤 Tate McRae | Bridgestone Arena | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎶 Thursday Nights with Revelry | Tin Roof | 10 p.m.-2 a.m. | Free
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