International Market

Nashville Restaurants and FoodInternational Market2010 Belmont Blvd.Nashville615-297-4453The International Market is a Nashville institution that has experienced a curious reputation change, due to Nashville’s rapidly developing restaurant scene. When they opened in 1975, Southeast Asian cuisine was a new thing for Nashville. The International Market introduced people to Thai food and helped

Piranha’s

Nashville RestaurantsPiranha’s113 2nd Ave. NorthNashville248-4375There’s something to be said for taking the versatile sandwich to new levels of perfection. Primanti Brothers restaurant in Pittsburgh figured it out years ago. They had more potatoes than they could handle one day, so they decided to put the fries on the sandwiches. The result, when combined with cole slaw, is one heck of a

Center Point Bar-B-Que

Nashville RestaurantsCenter Point Bar-B-Que1212 West Main StreetHendersonvilleOpen 7 days615-824-9330There’s lots of folks in Sumner County who have been raised on Center Point Bar-B-Que. The 41 year-old Hendersonville Landmark is best known for the signature “Three Little Pigs”. The Krystal (White Castle) style mini-sandwiches feature moist, minced pork, with pickle and a bit of sauce. The pork

King Fish

Nashville Restaurants and FoodKing Fish708 Monroe Ave. NorthNashville615-242-5700The fish sandwich business has apparently become so red hot in Nashville that there is a bit of a fish war developing between area restaurants. I love hot fish, so I’ll jump into the deep water and start reviewing some of the better joints. I’m going to start with one of the newer kids on the block. King Fish is hard

Bad Ideas in Marketing: Flood

Bad Ideas in Marketing Part FourYou may have seen the artist renderings of the Signature Tower building in Nashville. The pictures used on the company web site provide an interesting, and believable, look at how the building will appear on the Nashville skyline. Yesterday, I was thumbing through my wife’s June copy of Gourmet magazine, when I noticed this ad for the Signature Tower on page 111.

Bad Ideas in Marketing

Bad Ideas in MarketingPart threeI have checked and I don't think this sign fell down this way. So, that begs the question...why is it upside down? The business doesn't exist anymore. Maybe this was their way of saying goodbye? Or perhaps it was intended to make people look, kind of like an upside down newspaper ad. Either way, it seems like another Bad Idea in Marketing.

Bad ideas in marketing: Riding Moors

Bad Ideas in MarketingPart TwoThis is either one of Nashville's best hidden tourist attractions or another bad idea in marketing.