Breakfast: Marche
For an upscale breakfast to begin the romantic day, try chocolate croissants, crepes du jour, and house made brioche with cinnamon in a European-style café and marketplace located in East Nashville. You might start dreaming you’re on a romantic vacation in Paris, but really you’re just beginning your day-long date in the worldly city of Nashville.
Marche Artisan Foods 1000 Main St #101 262-1111
Activity: Horseback riding at Percy Priest
Take in the sights at Percy Priest Lake from the back of a horse for a peaceful morning with your honey. Percy Priest feels like a vacation far from the city, but it’s located just ten miles east of Nashville.
J. Percy Priest Lake 3737 Bell Road 885-0010
Lunch: Zumi Sushi
Zumi is one of Nashville’s newest Japanese Kitchens. The front and back decks are perfect for relaxing and enjoying a meal together, and for the sushi-averse, there are plenty of delicious fully cooked bowls and salads, even including Japanese fried chicken!
Zumi Sushi Japanese Kitchen 2119 Belcourt Ave 383-5770
Activity: Arrington Vineyards
Get lost in the vineyards owned by country artist Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn fame. The best time to come is late in the afternoon so you can catch a beautiful sunset over the hills of Arrington, Tennessee, just 25 miles south of Nashville. For a special occasion, Arrington Vineyards has their own hot air balloon available to charter for an unforgettable experience.
Arrington Vineyards 6211 Patton Rd 395-0102
Dinner: Sambuca
Sambuca features live music seven nights a week, award winning entrees, a location in the very trendy Gulch warehouse district, and an unbeatable view of the Nashville skyline. Sound like the perfect formula for dinner with a date? We thought so!
Sambuca 601 12th Ave South 248-2888
Activity: F. Scott’s Jazz Bar
To cap off the perfect date day in Nashville, we need a sophisticated, romantic, cozy place to enjoy drinks and live music. F. Scott’s is just the classy restaurant and bar we need, with a Jazz Age theme that presents some of Nashville’s most talented jazz musicians and an atmosphere much like the parties F. Scott Fitzgerald himself may have attended.
F. Scott’s Jazz Bar 2210 Crestmoor Road 269-5861