In my seven years of running the SoBros Network, I’ve learned that you never really know what’s going to take off and what isn’t. There’s a lot of just throwing things against the wall to see what sticks. I always knew that I wanted to get into more Nashville night life/food scene writing, but I didn’t realize that our series of reviews on ordinary bar food and food trucks would be the ticket for us. But, here we are – ‘Nashville Reviews’ remain some of our most-read pieces to this day. So, we decided to start passing out a few awards for some of our favorite places and favorite menu items.
As a team, we take a lot of pride in how much we eat AND how much we drink for that matter. So, the entire SoBros team and some of our closest friends, about 10 of us in total, got together to dish about some of our favorite spots in town. As a result, the list of 2020 nominees was finalized. That’s it – that’s how the SoBros Network’s ‘Spirit of Nashville’ Awards were born.
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HISTORY OF OUR SPIRIT OF NASHVILLE AWARDS
2018
- Best Overall Spot: Nectar: Urban Cantina
- Best Spot to Grab a Beer: Tailgate Brewery
- Best Restaurant: Butcher & Bee
- Best Hot Chicken: Nadeen’s Hermitage Haven
2019
- Best Overall Spot: Nectar: Urban Cantina
- Best Spot to Grab a Beer: Buffalo’s
- Best Restaurant: Barcelona
- Best Hot Chicken: Bolton’s
- Best Burger: The Pharmacy
Our 2020 SPIRIT OF NASHVILLE AWARDS
Best Overall Spot
- Catch 22 (Mount Juliet)
- Downtown Sporting Club
- Nectar: Urban Cantina
- TennFold Brewing
Others receiving votes: Califarmia
Best Spot to Grab a Beer
- Buffalo’s
- Lucky Rooster (Old Hickory)
- Tailgate Brewery
- TennFold Brewing
Others receiving votes: JB’s Pour House
Best Restaurant
- Adele’s
- Barcelona
- Etch
- Treehouse
Others receiving votes: Butcher & Bee, TennFold Brewing, Smiley Thai (Mount Juliet)
Best Hot Chicken
- Bolton’s
- Helen’s Hot Chicken
- Hurt’s Hot Chicken
- Red’s 615 Kitchen
- Slow Burn
Best Burger
- Brown’s Diner
- Califarmia
- Dino’s
- Gabby’s
- ML Rose
- The Pharmacy
To vote on each award, you can access the ballot via Google Form here.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley
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